I'm trying to modify a theme in Wordpress, I'm using it in a local server, but when I modified the style page of the theme, I don't see the result in the page.
My question is if someone knows How to fix the problem or well, How to modify the theme, but with really changes.
Make sure that no caching plugin like WP super cache or WP Rocket is enabled. Finally, make sure the style.css file is writeable by the server with permission like chmod 755.
If the above does not help, you can use a custom CSS plugin (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/) and add your CSS code using its interface (cleaner and less hassle for everyday users).
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i moved my wordpress website from domain-a.com to domain-b.com and changed the the WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL with define and the siteurl and home with update_option. I can access the page now but the css and js-files still links to the domain-a.com. What else can i do?
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Refer to codex Moving WordPress. Your database may have records that still refer to domain-a.com. There are several options listed for search/replacing safely. I usually use Better Search Replace. If you can't access the dashboard, you'll need to use a PHP script to update the database.
Hopefully you have backups in case things get really wonky!
You may also consider reviewing any theme or plugin files that you have customized (if you're using a child theme or have written a plugin yourself) to ensure that there are no hardcoded domains.
I didn't know about the best practice of not skinning/modifying/working off of the core wordpress theme (twenty-ten, twenty-eleven, twenty-twelve, twenty-thirteen), and a bunch of my clients sites are running right now on the core themes with a custom/modified skin.
I've heard stories of wordpress getting hacked and sites being compromised because wordpress is out of date. The wordpress team also pretty much states that security issues are being fixed with each update. I need to update the core wordpress files on these sites to prevent this, but now I'm scared that if I update wordpress, the theme will be overwritten.
In fact, I had a client click the update button once in the wordpress admin (not really knowing what they were doing) and overwrite the theme (that was pretty disasterous). I even use a plugin now to disable that message so my other clients don't do that.
What steps should I take now to fix this? Copy the theme, rename the folder/theme name in style.css, and change the theme in admin settings? Would I be OK to update wordpress after I do this? Or are there more steps that I need to take?
You have the right idea. Copy the theme folder and rename the new copy to something else like customtheme. Then edit customtheme's theme info in the comments at the top of style.css and switch to it in the admin panel. After that you are safe to update.
Do keep in mind that it's possible WP updates will break things anyway, depending on how you implement custom functionality and what plugins you are using.
Agree with the above. Don't go anywher near the WP core or the default themes. Either create child themes or better off, build your own.
Copying and renaming and existing theme will cause you all sorts of problems as each theme uses named functions. If you just rename the stylesheet there will be more conflicts than you can fix in a week of debugging.
If you are blocking the update messages you are putting your clients at risk.
I'm having a very basic problem: I'm trying to create a new theme for a wordpress installation locally on my computer.
I've created a styles.css and index.php file and put it in a folder in wp-content/themes. But it doesn't appear in the Wordpress themes page.
As a test, I made a change to the description of one of the existing themes (Twenty-Ten) in its style.css, and refresh the Wordpress themes page, but the old description continues to be shown. This suggests to me that I'm simply using the wrong folder, but that's not possible! Any ideas on this problem much appreciated.
UPDATE: In fact, even when I delete Twenty Ten from the Themes folder, it's still available as an option in the Wordpress backend, and I can activate it... Very strange...
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I agree with your diagnosis. You are either looking at the wrong folder or in fact the wrong computer. There's no other way that you could change the theme to one that has been deleted.
I suggest that you confirm you are in the same universe you think you are in. Create a simple file localserver.txt in your WordPress directory and then confirm that you can access that file.
If you can't, you have your answer. You are somehow accessing a different location.
If you can access that text file, you need to go further and look to see if something like the site url setting is redirecting you to the live site, without you realizing it, when you access wp-admin.
Beyond that, I'd need to know more about your setup. Something like having www.example.com in your /etc/host file and not example.com can cause similar confusion...
Are you using Wordpress Multisite?
In that case you have to 'enable' that theme in the Network admin manager
Hey I accepted a drupal project, I am experience with PHP, HTML, but not so much Drupal. I am editing the look of the page. So not to much php is needed. However I was provided the ftp and site drupal admin. How do I go about editing css, as of now the ftp file are read-only, and I cannot edit them. Thank you.
Drupal works from themes.
ftp into your site
find the "themes" folder where you installed Drupal
each theme will be in it's own folder ie: garland, bluemarine etc.
open appropriate theme
depending on the theme you should see a style.css file
drag the file down, edit and put back online!
done!
Edit: also I should note, that if you are wanting to edit the CSS from the Drupal Admin it's really only supported on a per theme basis. So if that theme has this built in. I know some themes do, Fusion and Zen.
You should have an FTP write access. At least for sites/all/themes folder, where You should put Your custom theme.
I have posted on the template creator's site, as well as Magento support, but no one has responded.
The CSS is not loading at all on the custom theme I have installed, which is supposedly compatible with the current version of Magento.
You can view the page here: shop.dearearth.net
This is a fresh installation of Magento and the theme, with a fresh database.
I have a feeling it should be a relatively quick fix.
Thanks for looking.
All the links in your page referring to the
http://www.shop.dearearth.net/skin/frontend/base/
directory on your site returns 404. Make sure your css files are in fact in there. Also make sure your links aren't being broken by a .htaccess file.
Make sure your CSS is 777 rights by admin.
OR
Please copy the whole code from latest css and take it as a backup and create a new css file as same name and past the code.
Check in admin back-end, System > Configuration > General/Design if your theme is right specified. Also check if after you installed the new theme, the files have the proper rights (normally, they must be accessible by the web server with Write permissions)
For more info please also take a look at Magento Designers Guide for understanding of how Magento read and split template information. Maybe you have put the CSS and images in a wrong directory :)
Solved.. sort of. The version of the template turned out to be quite outdated, and the incompatible with the current version of Magento, which handles things differently in terms of calling styles in the page.xml file.
Thanks for your inputs.