Theme upgrade to 1.9

You could make a backup of your database first
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Backups#Database_Backup_Instructions

Were modifications made to any other file than style.css?

It’s always best to upgrade, as there may be security issues involved in future updates (not 1.9). The update from 1.8 to 1.9 should not break any of your custom CSS, but if it did, please let me know.

OK thanks…only small issue stripped out custom font files from theme folder. Guess no way round that just back-up?

You shouldn’t have any additional folders or files in the theme, those should all go in your child theme, and when the parent theme updates, the child theme stays intact.

Hi,

I just installed a child theme for expound (great theme, thanks a lot) and everything works fine, except that the primary menu doesn’t display properly. That is, it seems to diplay the content for a screen reader (?)

When I compare the site code using expound vd expound-child the difference is that with expound-child the code is:

<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">

    <div class="site-branding"></div>
    <nav id="site-navigation" class="main-small-navigation" role="navigation">
        <h1 class="menu-toggle toggled-on"></h1>
        <div class="screen-reader-text skip-link"><a hre…
        <div class="menu-menu-1-container"></div>
    </nav>
    <!--
     #site-navigation
    -->
</header> 

Using expound the code is:
    <div class="site-branding"></div>
    <nav id="site-navigation" class="navigation-main" role="navigation"></nav>
    <!--

     #site-navigation 

    -->

</header>

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The files in my expound-child folder are:
style.css
(added rule for ul.blok related to extra widget area)
index.php
(to define the extra widget area)
featured.content.php
(to register the extra widget area)

Nothing else.

Help is much appreciated!

Sandra

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