functions.php child theme

Is it your blog became white blank screen? Then i think you forgot to put opening <?php and closing ?>.

Sincerely,
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Hi Naziman,
No I get an error.
Maybe you can help me to put the above code in a functions.php?

Johanna

Try checking your site’s error logs for a more specific error message. Your hosts should be able to help you accessing your site’s error logs.

Hi Esmi,
It has nothing to do with my host.
I just have a wrong functions.php in my child theme.
I get an error that says that something is declared twice.
I understand the message, but I don’t know how to create this functions.php for my child theme.
I have now changed the functions.php from the original theme, but I know that isn’t handy in case the Twenty Fourteen theme is updated.
So all that I am looking for is somebody that can tell me how I create that functions.php for my child theme with the above codes.

Johanna

It has nothing to do with my host.

I didn’t say it had something to do with your hosts. But all sites have error logs. They are what you use when you get a blank screen and need to know what & where the error is. Try checking yours.

The error is like I said, that something is declared twice: “Fatal error: Cannot redeclare twentyfourteen_widgets_init() (previously declared in /data/home/secr02/domains/secretsistersblog.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen-child/functions.php:9) in /data/home/secr02/domains/secretsistersblog.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/functions.php on line 197”

This is the functions.php:

<?php
function alter_comments_form_defaults($default) {
    unset($default['comment_notes_after']);
    return $default;
}
add_filter('comment_form_defaults','alter_comments_form_defaults');

function twentyfourteen_widgets_init() {
	require get_template_directory() . '/inc/widgets.php';
	register_widget( 'Twenty_Fourteen_Ephemera_Widget' );

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => __( 'Primary Sidebar', 'twentyfourteen' ),
		'id'            => 'sidebar-1',
		'description'   => __( 'Main sidebar that appears on the left.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</h2>',
	) );
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => __( 'Content Sidebar', 'twentyfourteen' ),
		'id'            => 'sidebar-2',
		'description'   => __( 'Additional sidebar that appears on the right.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</h2>',
	) );
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => __( 'Footer Widget Area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
		'id'            => 'sidebar-3',
		'description'   => __( 'Appears in the footer section of the site.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</h2>',
	) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'twentyfourteen_widgets_init' );

?>

The first part works, but when I add the second part, then I get the error. I want to change the original h1 to h2.
Somebody any idea what is wrong in the above child functions.php?

Johanna

Try changing the name of the the twentyfourteen_widgets_init() function.

What name exactly?
widgets_init? For example to widgets_init-child?

Yes – that should do it.

No that doesn’t do it. The same error.
If I change this: function twentyfourteen_widgets_init() to function twentyfourteen_widgets_init-child()
I get an error.
The same if I change these 2: add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘twentyfourteen_widgets_init’ );

I searched online and I think I first have to perform a remove action syntax. But I have no idea how to do that.
Is there maybe somebody that is good with php here?
Thanks.

Johanna

Hello Johanna,
I think I encountered the same problem while developping my new website on wamp-local server. I can not show you the result but it works great. How did I do to add various widgetizable zones in 2014-footer?
I added this in the functions.php of twentyfourteen-child (without touching to the parent):

<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
 register_sidebar( array(
  'name' => __( 'First Footer Widget Area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'id' => 'sidebar-4',
  'description' => __( 'First footer widget area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'before_widget' => '<div class="textwidget">',
  'after_widget' => '</div>',
  'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
  'after_title' => '</h3>',
 ) );

register_sidebar( array(
  'name' => __( 'Second Footer Widget Area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'id' => 'sidebar-5',
  'description' => __( 'Second footer widget area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'before_widget' => '<div class="textwidget">',
  'after_widget' => '</div>',
  'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
  'after_title' => '</h3>',
 ) );

register_sidebar( array(
  'name' => __( 'Third Footer Widget Area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'id' => 'sidebar-6',
  'description' => __( 'The third footer widget area',  'twentyfourteen' ),
  'before_widget' => '<div class="textwidget">',
  'after_widget' => '</div>',
  'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
  'after_title' => '</h3>',
 ) );

register_sidebar( array(
  'name' => __( 'Fourth Footer Widget Area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'id' => 'sidebar-7',
  'description' => __( 'The fourth footer widget area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
  'before_widget' => '<div class="textwidget">',
  'after_widget' => '</div>',
  'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
  'after_title' => '</h3>',
 ) );
}
?>

Actually this is creating 4 new zones… That are not yet included in footer.php nor in sidebar-footer.php. In fact, I created a copy of sidebar-footer.php, named it sidebar-footer2.php and I adapted it as follows:

<?php

/**

 * The Footer widget areas.

 *

 * @package Cryout Creations

 * @subpackage mantra

 * @since mantra 0.5

 */

?>
<div class="footline">
<div class="sidefoot">
   <ul>
      <?php
      if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar-4') ) :
      endif; ?>
   </ul>
</div>
<div class="sidefoot">
   <ul>
      <?php
      if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar-5') ) :
      endif; ?>
   </ul>
</div>
<div class="sidefoot">
   <ul>
      <?php
      if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar-6') ) :
      endif; ?>
   </ul>
</div>
<div class="sidefoot">
   <ul>
      <?php
      if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar-7') ) :
      endif; ?>
   </ul>
</div>
</div>

(Note that I created two new div to set up the new widget zones.)
Last action consist in calling this new sidebar-footer2 in footer.php.
Just put a copy of footer.php in your child theme and replace
<?php get_sidebar( 'footer' ); ?>
by
<?php get_sidebar( 'footer2' ); ?>
This should help you but tell me if it doesn’t…
T’Cheers