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Sean Wrigley
Sean Wrigley
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Posted by Sean Wrigley
Sean Wrigley
500 Points

Target file already exists when creating a Child Theme

Hi all. I'm trying to setup my child theme through FileZilla. When I drag and drop my wordpress file from Local site to Remote site a whole lot of the target files already exist.

Actions: Overwrite Overwrite if source newer Overwrite if different size Overwrite if different size or source newer Resume Rename Skip

This means I cant access my site or the admin panel.

Thanks in advance

2 Answers

Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points
Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points

What is it you're transferring? If it's just the child theme are you placing it in wp-content/themes within it's own unique folder?

kevin jordan
kevin jordan
11,353 Points
kevin jordan
kevin jordan
11,353 Points

Hey Sean - Maybe I can help clarify Andrew's answer. The only thing that you need to do to set up a child theme is to add a folder to your wp-content/themes folder - you need to name it -> [parent theme name] - child.
The only file that you need to have in that folder is a style.css.

Within that style.css file however you need to make sure you have the proper comments format at the top of the page so that WP core can make the connection between your child theme and the parent theme template. Here's the css format you need [example link]http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Hope this helps !