• Registered: 04-18-2012 UTC
  • Posts: 1

Topic: Multiple Child themes

Can you help me understand how I would create multiple child themes, so each site on my Wp multisite network can use it’s own version of your theme? I successfully installed the child theme you provided, but I don’t know if I can just duplicate that and name it differently, or if there is another step?

  • From: Chicago
  • Registered: 07-30-2011 UTC
  • Posts: 10,495

Re: Multiple Child themes

Hi,

You can, but they would need to be named differently.

Emil


draivika wrote:

Can you help me understand how I would create multiple child themes, so each site on my Wp multisite network can use it’s own version of your theme? I successfully installed the child theme you provided, but I don’t know if I can just duplicate that and name it differently, or if there is another step?

Emil Uzelac's Website

  • Registered: 10-31-2012 UTC
  • Posts: 15

Re: Multiple Child themes

Hi Emil,
I have found one way to make a child theme files for every sub-site in a Multisite setup.  It is a bit clunky. I have to create a new set of files  of the child theme. The change the name in several places in Style.css , re-Zip the package (new name) and then upload the 'new' child.

I have found at least one way that fails: One Click child plugin is a total loss. It does make a 'proper' child however, the child never finds its parent, the main Responsive theme.

Is there a simpler way to do this?

(One that works would be nice, I can find a lot that don't all by myself. http://themeid.com/forum/img/smilies/big_smile.png)

Chris

  • Registered: 04-12-2012 UTC
  • Posts: 2,942

Re: Multiple Child themes

There is a new plugin that might help.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/child-themify/

Ulrich

  • Registered: 10-31-2012 UTC
  • Posts: 15

Re: Multiple Child themes

Thanks,

I give it a try.

Chris

  • Registered: 10-31-2012 UTC
  • Posts: 15

Re: Multiple Child themes

I tried the plugin. It works, after a fashion. The style.css file it creates is nothing like the one from the 'official' child. There is a bunch of stuff in the 'real' one; nothing in the one created by the plugin. I assume that Emil et al put that stuff in for a reason. I don't really want to take a shortcut that will bite me later.

Over to you.

Chris

  • Registered: 04-12-2012 UTC
  • Posts: 2,942

Re: Multiple Child themes

Yea. What might be easier is to use ftp. So you change the name of the folder and the drag and drop in your host using fillezilla.

Ulrich