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  • April 13, 2018 at 7:36 am #941309
    mycolourisred

    I’ve created a site with the Enfold Theme, and would now like to activate a Child Theme. (I didn’t release previously that I should have done it) Will this have an effect on all the work I have done on my site? I have not customised the style.css or other core files. I’ve only used the editor.

    April 13, 2018 at 4:02 pm #941572
    Victoria

    Hey mycolourisred,

    Here is the info on how to do it

    Using a Child Theme

    If you need further assistance please let us know.
    Best regards,
    Victoria

    April 14, 2018 at 12:44 am #941767
    mycolourisred

    Hi

    Thank you. But it doesn’t answer my query, which was whether it would impact any of the work I had already done on my site. I have not customized the style.css or other core files.

    Thanks in advance.

    April 14, 2018 at 3:37 am #941786
    Mike

    Hi,
    Glad to hear you want to use a child theme, you will find this is a good move once you decide to make any custom modifications to the theme.
    To answer your question, adding a child theme will not have any impact on your site.
    You will want to take a couple of steps, 1: please export your theme settings at: Enfold Theme Options > Import/Export > Export Theme Settings File
    2: once you install your child theme, please import your parent theme settings at:
    Enfold Theme Options > Import/Export > Import Settings from your Parent Theme
    Then you’ll need to re-set your menu options and any other WordPress theme specific options that are tied to which theme you are using.
    Finally, sometimes it is necessary to save your theme options one more time, to encourage the settings to be saved and activated in the /wp-content/uploads/dynamic_avia/ folder.

    Best regards,
    Mike

    May 1, 2018 at 12:17 pm #949506
    NR1234

    Hi Enfold team,

    While using GTM and updating the enfold theme I realized that the GTM code gets written over in the header.php file since I did not create a child theme.

    Unfortunately I have spent the last few months finalizng our website and now am concerned that if I create a child theme will I lose all the customization done on the parent theme.

    I have read the above thread as well as the following links:
    https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes#How_to_Create_a_Child_Theme

    WordPress Child Themes: The Whys and Hows

    Using a Child Theme

    Creating a child theme for an existing enfold site

    I have a few questions:
    1. Should the first step towards setting up a child theme be exporting the theme settings onto my laptop ?
    2. How will the content on my webage and layout move to the child theme?
    3. Should I be using the plugin as recommended in the codex link for this purpose?

    Guidance would be helpful.
    Thanks
    Garima

    May 1, 2018 at 12:31 pm #949509
    Mike

    Hi,
    To answer your question, Please use our pre-built child theme
    You will want to take a couple of steps, 1: please export your theme settings at: Enfold Theme Options > Import/Export > Export Theme Settings File to your computer, this is just for backup.
    2: Once you install your child theme, please import your parent theme settings at:
    Enfold Theme Options > Import/Export > Import Settings from your Parent Theme
    Then you’ll need to re-set your menu options.
    Finally, sometimes it is necessary to save your theme options one more time, to encourage the settings to be saved and activated in the merged /wp-content/uploads/dynamic_avia/ folder, a simple way to do this is to go to General Styling > Quick CSS field and place a space in the field so the theme options “Save all changes” button is clickable.

    Best regards,
    Mike

    May 1, 2018 at 1:54 pm #949537
    NR1234

    Hi Mike,
    Thanks for your reply.

    So are you suggesting I go as per the video suggests of uploading the child theme functions.php and style.css files to the wordpress site instead of using the plugin?

    Thanks

    Garima

    May 1, 2018 at 5:33 pm #949587
    NR1234

    Hi MIke,

    I used the Child Theme Configurator plugin to create a child theme successfully.

    However, while everything else seems to be working perfectly the contact form 7 that I was using on the signup section and in the popup on the home page is not working. I have checked the contact form and everything seems to be in order.

    I would really appreciate your guidance on the above.

    Thanks

    Garima

    May 2, 2018 at 1:46 am #949759
    Mike

    Hi,
    It looks like the error you are getting is “wpcf7-form failed novalidate” Perhaps this will help: CF7 FAQ about Configuration Validator
    If you are still having trouble, Please open a new thread so we can assist, we will want to have admin login, but as this is not your thread your login info will not be private.
    In your new thread please provide admin login info and detail your issue.

    Best regards,
    Mike

    May 2, 2018 at 8:28 am #949886
    NR1234

    Hi MIke,

    Thanks for your reply.
    I have managed to fix the issue. Just needed to insert the following snippet in functions.php and resertup the WPmailSMTP plugin.
    function change_cf_from() {
    return ” (Email address hidden if logged out) “;
    }
    add_filter(‘avf_form_from’, ‘change_cf_from’, 10);

    Thanks for your support.
    Garima

    May 2, 2018 at 10:30 am #949925
    Mike

    Hi,
    Glad we were able to help, we will close this now. Thank you for using Enfold.

    For your information, you can take a look at Enfold documentation here
    and the video tutorials here
    And if there are features that you wish Enfold had, you can request them and vote the requested ones here
    For any other questions or issues, feel free to start new threads under Enfold sub forum and we will gladly try to help you :)

    Best regards,
    Mike

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