Unsuccessful in making Child Theme

  • Resolved LoisB

    (@loisb)


    2 years ago

    I can’t seem to make a child theme which includes the different stlyes as it should from this theme. I have tried using the plugin Child Theme Configurator, which although it hasn’t been tested with this WP version, has always been successful in the past. I then tried Child Theme Wizard, which is compatible with the latest WP version, and still no success. Lastly, I generated my own files for a child them and still no luck. I can’t see what I am missing in this process. I’ve made many child sheets successfully before. The problem is, When I go to Editor (beta) to start working on my appearance, I go to to the Styles link at the top, and only one style shows up. I really want the flexibility of different styles. I hope someone can help.

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  • yogabasics

    (@yogabasics)

    Try the Create Block Theme plugin. https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/create-block-theme/

    bernhard-reiter

    (@bernhard-reiter)

    Hey @loisb,

    As @yogabasics has said, the Create Block Theme plugin might be a good option here.

    For what it’s worth, child themes for Block Themes — such as Twenty Twenty Three — are a bit more involved than for Classic Themes. If you’re creating your child theme manually (by including a style.css file) and would like it to contain the parent theme’s Style Variations, you’ll need to copy the parent theme’s styles/ folder to the child theme.

    It’s possible that the Child Theme Wizard plugin isn’t currently taking this into account. As for www.ads-software.com’s own learning resources, we have some material on creating a child theme for a Block Theme, but it doesn’t currently mention the styles/ folder; I’ll ask folks to include this information.

    Hope that helps!

    bernhard-reiter

    (@bernhard-reiter)

    Update: I’ve asked to update our learn.www.ads-software.com resource, and filed an issue to potentially change the behavior to auto-include a parent theme’s style variations in the future.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Thanks @bernhard-reiter ??

    Thread Starter LoisB

    (@loisb)

    Thank you all for your support. It was the Twenty Twenty Three Theme I was trying to make the child for. I will try both of your suggestions @yogabasics and @bernhard-reiter just as a learning exercise for myself. I have since just went in and worked with the block editor and found that I could create what I needed without the styles that normally would have come with the theme. I am loving the Full Site Editor!!

    Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    @loisb Glad you’re liking the Site Editor! I’ll mark this thread as resolved but feel free to start a new one if we can help with anything else.

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