If you get stuck at any point just message me. OK here goes!
1) using you prefered FTP client login to your webspace
2) navigate to /wp-content/themes/
You should see a bunch of folders representing all the themes you see in the Themes chooser bit in the Appearance menu of your WordPress website admin area
3) create a new folder called ‘minamaze-child’
4) using your prefered text editor create a new file and copy paste the follow text between the dotted lines, save as ‘style.css’ and then upload into the new ‘minamaze-child’ folder
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/*
Theme Name: Minamaze Child Theme
Theme URI:
Description: Minamaze Child Theme
Author: Steve Ginever
Author URI:
Template: minamaze
Version: 1
*/
@import url(“../minamaze/style.css”);
@import url(“custom-style.css”);
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5) create another text document save it as ‘custom-style.css’ and upload to the minamaz-child folder as well.
6) login to your WordPress website admin area and go to the Theme chooser in the Appearance menu.
You should now see a new theme called Minamaze Child Theme. Activate it and you have just finished preparing your child theme. Congratulations!
You will probably also notice the child theme has no image. If you have image editing software you can create your own. Make it 600×450 pixels, save as ‘screenshot.png’ and upload to the minamaze-child folder as well. Alternatively you can copy the screenshot.png file from the minamaze parent theme folder.
7) Now to go to the Appearance menu and select Editor. Choose Minamaze Child Theme from the drop down selector located at the top right. You should see in the list on the right the custom-style.css you created earlier. Drop all your custom css into this file, save and you should see the effects on your live site.
So good luck. Let me know how you get on. Message me again if you get stuck at any point.
