Hey there Diana,
Hope you’re well! 🙂
The code you posted above is correct and the one you need to allow upload of .epub file extension. To do that follow the instruction below:
Use child themes for any customisation you will make. Read more about it here: http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Child_Themes
Put this code inside your functions.php or use Code Snippet plugin
function addUploadMimes($mimes) {
$mimes = array_merge($mimes, array(
'epub|mobi' => 'application/octet-stream'
));
return $mimes;
}
add_filter('upload_mimes', 'addUploadMimes');
Let me know if it helps! 🙂
Best Regards,
Calvin
Thank you so much, Calvin 🙂
I almost finished creating a virtue-child theme (after some hours of work… I’m quite unexperienced, as you can see!), but now it appears as a “broken theme” in my themes.
The error message says there is no parent theme… But I followed carefully all the steps (creating the directory, creating the style.css and functions.php files…), so I don’t know where the problem is. How do I indicate that Virtue is the parent of the new child theme?
Maybe there is an error in the style.css or function.php?
Here is the code I included in the style.css:
/*
Theme Name: Virtue Child
Theme URI: http://bonport.cat/virtue-child/
Description: Virtue Child Theme
Author: D.Coromines
Author URI: http://bonport.cat/
Template: Virtue
Version: 2.3.3
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Tags: responsive-layout, two-columns, one-column, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, translation-ready, theme-options, photoblogging
Text Domain: virtue-child
*/
And here the code I included in functions.php file so far:
<?php
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘theme_enqueue_styles’ );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘parent-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’ );
}
?>
Sorry because this is a bit off-topic (not corresponding to the title -uploading epubs), but thanks to your piece of advice Calvin I realised the first thing to do was to solve the child theme problem…
Diana
You have: Template: Virtue
but it should be: Template: virtue
Kadence Themes
It worked, thank you so much!
Now I only need to paste the code to allow upload of .epub file extension. I went to functions.php (in my virtue child theme in WordPress Editor) and I pasted it there, but probably not in the right spot cause it didn’t work (it gave a “fatal error”). Here is where I put the piece of code:
<?php
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘theme_enqueue_styles’ );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘parent-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’ );
}
function addUploadMimes($mimes) {
$mimes = array_merge($mimes, array(
‘epub|mobi’ => ‘application/octet-stream’
));
return $mimes;
}
add_filter(‘upload_mimes’, ‘addUploadMimes’);
?>
Isn’t that right? Could you tell me where exactly I should paste it?
Again, thanks a lot…
Diana
I don’t see anything wrong with the code, although you don’t need this:
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
That can be removed.
As for supporting epub it’s not really anything theme specific. If the code you found doesn’t work for you then I would try approaching this through the htaccess files. Adding the file type. I am surprised your hosting company didn’t have a easy fix for you.
Kadence Themes
I removed that piece of code and… this time it worked! I could finally upload my epub file 🙂
Thank you so much, Calvin and Kadence, for your help 🙂
Diana
Hello Diana and Kadence.
@dianna
Glad it’s working for you! 🙂
@Kadence
Thanks for helping out here 🙂
Take care,
Calvin
