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Okay, it’s been a VERy frustrating two days trying to get this installed.
I have gone through the install through my admin account multiple times with the .zip file provided for download. First, the whole package, which, after reading the support thread found one helpful person who said it needs to be the enfold.zip only file.
When I do that, it goes through what seems like the whole install, then is freezes/stalls out at:Unpacking the package…
I’ve left it there for 2 hours and it doesn’t move.
I’ve downloaded filezilla, attempted to go through that, but don’t know enough about what host to use, or how to make that work.
I am SO hoping that someone here can show me or do the install on my behalf.
I got very excited about using this well reviewed theme, but have been cursing my purchase ever since because of the challenge to get it installed and available to work.Please tell me how I can do this through wordpress?
One other thing. When I download the “for wordpress install only” file, it downloads, but then unzips on my computer. Since that won’t upload, I then compress it back again, but still no go.
Help?
you got a ftp account ?
That is the fastest and secured way.
All my updates on enfold i do it this way.
if you have your account data.
1) Goto the wordpress directory via ftp – navigate to wp-content/themes/
that is the directory where the themes folders come into.
2) Your downloaded enfold zip – decompress it til you have an enfold folder
3) download the child-theme (believe me this is a good advice) here: Download
4) decompress it til you see enfold-child folder
5) both folders (enfold and enfold-child) upload it to this themes folder.
– 5a) If you are using filezilla – on the right side there is the Server directory. navigate to themes and click on it once.
on the window beneath there is the content of the themes folder. (
drag&drop both folders to the themes folder:
click to enlarge:
– now it is most done. Wait til upload process is finished with success.
6) Login to your wordpress with your account.
7) Goto Dashboard – Appearance – Themes. ( the child-theme preview looks a bit different – because i made my own preview image for it)
8) activate the child-theme – move with your mouse over the child-theme preview and than press activate
click to enlarge:
if you have further questions feel free to ask everything you like – there are no silly questionsby the way you don’t need to drag&drop them from the window on the left side in filezilla
you can even drag&drop them from outside filezilla into the themes folder (zB from your desktop or download folder.Thanks for your quick reply!
I contacted my web hosting company, name cheap, and they helped me do it through Cpanel.
Such a frustrating experience, but with their help it got done.What’s the trick with Enfold child?
And, so you know how I can use templates with this theme?
Thanks.
the child-theme comes with a lot of advantages. One big advantage is that all settings there will not be lost on parent theme updating.
The pre-build child-theme comes with an own functions.php file.
This is except of some comments in it at the beginning empty. most of the tips and hints here on board goes to that file.
functions.php is a very special file. On wordpress all other php files like ( header.php, footer.php, single.php, index.php etc.) are replaced by a file with the same name in child-themes folder. The child-theme functions.php contributes to the parent functions.php.
There are some functiions and codes which could force a overwriting of the parent rules – but this had to be special codes.
you see here at the documentation of enfold: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/code-snippets/
f.e. if you like to change the logo on different pages : https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/change-the-logo-url-on-some-pages/
These changings stay active even if you are updating your parent-theme (enfold folder)
etc.on wordpress on the left side there is the dashboard.
Now (activating the child-theme). there is an Options dialogo for Enfold Child – click it.
now on the right side there are Enfold Options.
If you like to start with a demo – goto “Demo Import”
look what all is in there ( some of them needs some plugins – f.e. if there are a shop demo – the woocommerce plugin)
on each of the images there is a link to the demo-page – you first have a look to – if it will fit your needs.
if so – hover the image and click “click to import”Guenni007,
Can you explain the use of the child theme in a little more detail, please? Since you said no question is a dumb one to the original post I need someone to explain how/why to use it. The one thing I do know is that its useful if the parent theme is ever updated which I assume Enfold is and that a developer would lose all information if they only used the parent theme. However, I do not plan to change all that much on the original theme so do I really need to use the child theme or not? Thank you for your quick response to my questions.
Bobbie
PS. I have downloaded the child theme but have not activated it yet. Also, I have only made a Coming Soon page but wanted to wait before creating any other pages until I have satisfactory answers to my questions. Thanks for the insight to help me move forward.
What danger do you fear comes from using a child-theme ?
it is much more better to use it. I really can not found a reason against it.
Look to the folder child-theme on your computer. Only three files are in it. So no file-size that incriminates your server.
Believe me or not there will be changings to make. And these get lost if you done it in parent theme.
Working from the beginning with a child theme is much more easy than to change it later. Allthough enfold brings some cool addons to make a change easy (like import theme settings file etc)See here: ( and maybe on google a search ? : Link )
https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/using-a-child-theme/dear mods on documentation there are some links to www – now you have it without www since https
I am not fearful so to speak just new to web development and trying to gain some understanding as to how all this works. I realize that the child theme has only three files in it so that should make things really easy. My next question is how much functionality will my website have if much of the meat of the theme is in the parent theme and not in the child theme?
What are the three files that make the child theme better? I guess less is more in this case but still want to gain some understanding of what I am doing as I move along in the process. Any clarification you can offer would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Hi,
The job of a child theme is only to override the parent, so a child theme can have more than the 3 files you are referring to. You will always have all the functionality of the parent even if you are using a child theme, the child is only there to override or to extend the parent. A very important aspect as well is that the child won’t change on updates, that is why we recommend most users to have a child theme in place.
Best regards,
RikardWie Kinder halt so manchmal sind: sie greifen einem tief in die Tasche ohne eigentlich selbst etwas beizusteuern. Ihren eigenen Willen wissen Sie aber allzuhäufig durchzusetzen.
Und trotzdem lieben wir sie – weil Sie einem Freude bereiten.As children sometimes are: they reach deep into your pocket without actually contributing anything.
But they know how to enforce their goals.
And yet we love them – because they give you pleasure.:lol:
kleines Beispiel wo soetwas sehr hilfreich ist. Solltest du ein sehr ausgiebig gestalltetes Menu haben, welches eine gewisse Breite überschreitet, kann es passieren, dass der Punkt wo das mobile Menu tätig wird zu spät einsetzt. Heißt, das Menu überlappt ( bei Logo links – Menu rechts ) das Logo. Wie ist sowas zu beheben.
In der Online Dokumentation gibt es sogenannte Snippets : da wäre es also hilfreich das Mobile Menu in Abhängigkeit von der Browserbreite früher in Aktion treten zu lassen.https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/switching-to-mobile-menu-on-higher-resolutions/
dieser Code ist dann in die functions.php des Child-Themes einzutragen, und damit man nicht immer mit ftp arbeiten muss, erreicht man diese und die Möglichkeit dort Einträge zu platzieren über das Dashboard – Design – Editor
da wählt man dann links die Datei an, die man verändern möchte. Anfangs werden dort die beiden Files functions.php und style.css gelistet.
Eventuell kommen welche hinzu. ZB eine header.php – falls man was am Aufbau des Headers verändern möchte (im verhältnis zum Eltern Thema)Okay. I now have the theme in place, the child theme also in place (for reasons I still don’t understand).
How do I get the templates in so that I can work with a pre existing design instead of
doing it all from scratch?if you can now activate your child-theme all the goodies of the parent themes are in place. Even the demo import. So goto ( now with the child and i guess you are working with a german version of wordpress )
Dashboard – Enfold Child – Demo Import
on every image and description there are a preview link under “What you get: Online Demo”
if one fits your needs – hover the preview image of the Demo and click to import. Now a bit of waiting time.
On the base of that predesigned demo you can now begin to customize it.Hi,
Thanks for helping out @guenni007, did you try the suggestion out and did you have any luck with them @bewellbotanicals?
Best regards,
Rikard
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