Child Theme Broken

Hi all,

I’m trying to add a Child Theme for Newspaper v8.7.5

This is my structure:

/Newspaper-child
functions.php
style.css

Here’s my functions file:

<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles', 1001);
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style('td-theme', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css', '', TD_THEME_VERSION, 'all' );
    wp_enqueue_style('td-theme-child', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css', array('td-theme'), TD_THEME_VERSION . 'c', 'all' );
}
);

And my style.css

/*
Theme Name:     Newspaper 8 Child theme
Theme URI: 		http://themeforest.net/user/tagDiv/portfolio
Description:    Child theme made by tagDiv
Author:         tagDiv
Author URI: 	http://themeforest.net/user/tagDiv/portfolio
Template:       Newspaper
*/

When I try to activate the child theme, everything breaks. What am I doing wrong?

• This topic was modified 8 years by altpress.

Hi. I’m completely new to WordPress, themes and especially child themes. It is very hard to understand where to begin, but I understand installing a child theme is generally recommended if one need to add code later. But I have more questions than answers. The child theme “tutorial” is not very useful for a beginner, like how do I install one? https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/ I’ve tried uploading it like I did with the “main” newspaper theme (newspaper.zip), but I don’t find a zip file named “childtheme.zip” or similar. I only find a folder named “Newspaper-child” with the files functions.php and styles inside. Do I upload theese files? I have a lot of beginner questions like: Can I still use one of the included demos to start? But I don’t find any help in the documentation. Tips where to start? Don’t want to install one of the demos in the “main” theme and start changing them before I understand how I can safely build the site without risking losing custom settings, content etc.

Thank you for your answer. I think I understand this a bit better now.

As I’m all new to this I don’t quite know yet if I will need to make .css changes or not. But I imagine it would be good to have the opportunity.

Is it possible to start using the normal theme, and then just add the child theme later if I need to make this kind of changes?

One other thing I don’t quite understand from the sources: How does the connection between the parent theme and the child theme work; how does the child theme “know” that the parent theme is updated? Are both themes active at the same time? So that you never really “update” the child theme, only the parent theme?

Some of the disadvantages mentioned in the articles include the time needed to learn the parent theme, and the importance of choosing a good parent theme. I guess this disadvantage and risk is eliminated by using the included parent theme?

Sorry if the answers to these questions are “obvious” for more experienced users. I get the impression that child themes are not really for beginners, but at the same time that they are something that is smart to use from the beginning:)