can’t install child theme, missing template?

  • Resolved machepap

    (@machepap)


    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi and thanks for taking a look at this,

    What am I missing? I’ve stripped my child theme to bare bones, just the folder (called twentyseventeen-child) and a style.css file with this code:

    /*
 Theme Name:   Twenty Seventeen Child
 Template:     Twentyseventeen
*/

    I’m receiving an error that this can’t be installed because it is missing a template. I’ve tried zipping the folder and installing through the wordpress dashboard and unzipped via ftp.

    Thanks for your help, this is driving me nuts!

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic

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  • Wahab Ali

    (@wahabtawab400)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    The Template Name of your Child theme, is incorrect. Use twentyseventeen except Twentyseventeen.

    Thread Starter machepap

    (@machepap)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks – I should’ve posted it that way here because that’s how I GD it originally. actually I tried it both ways (added the capitol T Because I didn’t know what else to try)

    Thread Starter machepap

    (@machepap)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi again – I have since replaced the stylesheet content to the original and retested, the problem is not resolved. Here’s what’s in style.css now:

    /*
    Theme Name: Twenty Seventeen Child
    Template: twentyseventeen
    */

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