Theme Issue (No one in particular)

  • Resolved joe904

    (@joe904)


    7 years, 1 month ago

    Hey guys,

    I am having issue with various themes. I am sort of a newbie to WordPress so I am now testing it out. I noticed that when I change my theme, my website looks different from what the template displays. I am not sure if this is common or not? For example there is a theme with a t-shirt business. When I activate and publish the site, I can now see the site and it seems somewhat responsive, but it does not look like the template. I see no T-shirts at all. I feel like I am missing some elements, unless I am doing it wrong somehow.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Please identify exactly which theme you are using and then post in that theme’s dedicated forum via its page in the Theme Repository.

    I think many themes have home page separate from blog page. So you may have to configure WordPress to use a static home page.

    The “problem” (it’s not really) that you’re seeing is that the theme is the layout of the site, and doesn’t include any content. In your case that means that the t-shirt items have to be added by you.

    Check with your themes author and see if they have any starter or dummy content available. Some do, but not all. Also check to see if there’s any set up instructions or details with your theme.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    It would be clearer if you gave a demonstration of the problem using a specific theme, because it is much easier to debug the issue in one theme than all themes.

    Thread Starter joe904

    (@joe904)

    That is understandable. Ok, so I am now using the Ascent Theme that is located here:

    https://testbase.info/c/theme/wp/ascent/

    Again my website can be found here, https://www.mintedmaids.com/

    @chits98 – It is strange, I have changed this option before (with no affect) and now I do not even see the option itself in the WordPress GUI. I go to SETTINGS and then READING and all I see is: https://www.mintedmaids.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/word.jpg

    As catacaustic said, the theme only gives you layout and not content. For this specific theme (Ascent), if you add some test blog posts, you will see that on the home page. For the slider, you will have to go to Appearance | Theme Options and customise the theme appearance (by adding images / video for the slider etc).

    Thread Starter joe904

    (@joe904)

    Thank you @chits98 & @catacaustic for your advice. I checked the theme settings. The options for the the slider pointed to it being activated. I tried adding an extra slider image and when I saved it, both images started showing up on the website. I really appreciate all of your assistance.

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