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  • January 23, 2017 at 4:36 am #737073
    vero

    So i am now trying to make some modifications to the PHP files to customize a few shortcodes.
    My website is using the “enfold health coach” variation of the theme. I have my site about 90% finished already… not starting from scratch.
    I am trying to use the child theme to modify the code. here is what i did:

    1. Download the enfold child zip file from here: http://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/downloads/
    2. Export my theme settings file via the enfold>import/export panel.
    3. Upload the uncompressed child folder next to the enfold theme folder via FTP.
    4. Activate the child theme via Appearance>themes in wordpress.
    5. Import the theme settings i saved in step 2.

    I end up with all the fonts messed up on the site, different colors in the menu, buttons among many other problems.
    Just for the sake of it, i also tried overwriting the functions.php and style.css files included in the child theme with the ones that were already present in the regular enfold folder on the site, but then the website crashed completely. (not an expert here as you can see)

    I had to revert everything back to the regular enfold theme. Now the site is back to normal the way i customized it. No problems whatsoever :)
    In other words, the child theme messes up the site even if i import the backed up settings.

    Am i missing something or doing anything wrong?

    Thanks a lot for your help.

    January 23, 2017 at 4:53 am #737079
    felipe-mello

    That’s an excellent question… I have some websites with no child pages and would like to know the steps to create a child page without losing any settings created. What files do i have to transfer from my Enfold folder to my Enfold Child folder?

    January 23, 2017 at 4:26 pm #737311
    vero

    Anyone from the support team?

    January 23, 2017 at 4:28 pm #737312
    Yigit

    Hey!

    After activating child theme, you can simply go to Import & Export tab of Enfold theme options to import parent theme settings with a single click. You might need to save the theme options to flush stylesheets. You can simply go to Enfold theme options > General Styling > Quick CSS field and type something in it, then remove it and save the changes. That should help :)

    Cheers!
    Yigit

    January 23, 2017 at 4:40 pm #737320
    vero

    I believe that is exactly what i described on my first post. Please take a minute to read the full post, or may you clarify what is the difference of what you are telling me and what i did?
    Thanks a lot

    January 23, 2017 at 4:49 pm #737327
    Yigit

    Hey!

    I always read the full post before replying :)
    It seems like flushing stylesheets part was skipped. Could you please create a temporary admin login and post it here privately so we can activate child theme and try importing parent theme options and check if it works fine?

    Best regards,
    Yigit

    January 23, 2017 at 4:50 pm #737329
    vero

    let me try the flushing thing myself, hold on. and thanks again

    January 23, 2017 at 4:51 pm #737332
    Yigit

    Hey!

    Not at all :)
    We will keep the thread open and wait to hear from you

    Regards,
    Yigit

    January 23, 2017 at 5:02 pm #737343
    vero

    Ok guys. I did the same thing importing the settings back from the parent and this time it worked without the need to flush anything.. very strange. BUT whatever was setup in the sidebar and footer widgets is gone. Maybe you forgot to include that when you export the settings?
    Not a problem for me anyways, as i was not finished setting up these sections, but keep it in mind for the other users reading this thread.

    Thanks a lot!

    January 23, 2017 at 5:13 pm #737345
    Yigit

    Hey!

    Glad it worked! We will inform our devs to double check however widget areas should have worked fine as well :)

    For your information, you can take a look at Enfold documentation here – http://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/
    And if there are features that you wish Enfold had, you can request them and vote the requested ones here – https://kriesi.at/support/enfold-feature-requests/
    For any other questions or issues, feel free to post them here on the forum and we will gladly try to help you :)

    Cheers!
    Yigit

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