Child Theme not loading customizations

  • Resolved tskniep

    (@tskniep)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hey everyone,
    The theme I’m using is Matheson. I’ve made a child theme for it and currently have no changes under the style.css sheet because all my changes have been on different files. However, when I loaded my child theme, all my customizations- my menu, my header, the background, etc- had disappeared. The changes I made (like adding a favicon and removing the sidebar) were fixed, but I have none of the customizations. Did I do something wrong?

    My website is maesmusings.com

    This is what it looks like with the child theme:
    http://i61.tinypic.com/14xe2jb.png

    This is what it looks like without:
    http://i57.tinypic.com/30m8r53.jpg

    Thanks in advance!

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  • stephencottontail

    (@stephencottontail)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    WordPress considers a child theme as a “new” theme, so when you switch to your child theme you will probably need to reassign your custom navigation menus, widgets, header images, etc.

    Thread Starter tskniep

    (@tskniep)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    I can understand that; however on one of my different websites, when I switched to a child theme it kept all the customizations. Why is that?

    Also, is there a certain file that all the customizations are kept in so that I can paste it to the child theme files?

    stephencottontail

    (@stephencottontail)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Had you previously used that child theme on that website? Also, any customizations you make via plugins will stay when you switch themes.

    As for your second question, things like navigation menus, widgets, and header images are usually saved in the database, so if you know MySQL, you may be able to copy the information over. I don’t recommend trying this, but if you do, be sure to back up your database beforehand.

    Thread Starter tskniep

    (@tskniep)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    I had not. I made all customizations beforehand (with no plugins) and the customizations stayed when I had a child theme.

    Ah.. I’m not very familiar with MySQL, so that wouldn’t be a viable option for me.
    Is there any other way I can transfer all my customizations without having to redo all of them?

    stephencottontail

    (@stephencottontail)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Unfortunately, I don’t think so. However, your custom menus and widgets are still there, so you won’t have to completely recreate your menus and widget settings, you can simply reassign them just like you did with the parent theme.

    Thread Starter tskniep

    (@tskniep)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Okay.. Thanks for your help 🙂

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