Site updates

  • I am using WordPress 3.5.1. The site was designed by someone else but I am trying to work on it myself.

    When I go into the site the last person left this message:
    Do NOT Update Twenty Ten. Changes to parent theme

    So if I allow wordpress to update to 4.3.1 will that loose everything that he did? I assume he modified the template for our information.

    Any help appreciated on how I can update without destroying my site

    Thanks ahead for your help.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    That’s why we encourage you to make child theme instead. ??

    First, make a backup: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Backups

    Then, follow this guide: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended#Upgrading_Across_Multiple_Versions

    Finally, edit the header of your custom Twenty Ten’s style.css file, which you saved in the backup, to:

    /*
Theme Name: Twenty Ten Custom
Theme URI: https://www.ads-software.com/themes/twentyten/
Description: Custom Twenty Ten
Author: the WordPress team
Author URI: https://www.ads-software.com/
Version: 2.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: black, blue, white, two-columns, fixed-layout, custom-header, custom-background, threaded-comments, sticky-post, translation-ready, microformats, rtl-language-support, editor-style, custom-menu, flexible-header, featured-images, featured-image-header
Text Domain: twentyten-custom
*/

    Then, change the folder’s name to “twentyten-custom” and upload it to /wp-content/themes/

    Finally, navigate to Appearance -> Themes in your blog’s Dashboard and activate Twenty Ten Custom.

    Eventually, you’ll want to turn just the changes into a child theme of Twenty Ten so that you can keep improvements/updates to the parent Twenty Ten theme without losing your customizations or using an entirely separate theme:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes

    https://themeshaper.com/modify-wordpress-themes/

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