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Adding a WordPress PHP file to a theme without FTP
Looking to add a php file to your theme, but no FTP then try this. Some hosting servers will not let you do this for security reasons In WordPress’ Dashboard’s menu: Choose Appearance/Editor then select your function.php or header.php file. At the top add <?php touch(‘wp-content/themes/yourthemefolder/whatever.php’); ?> Obviously yourthemefolder and whatever.php should be changed to your […]
How do I set up a theme ‘preview image’ for my child theme?
When choosing a WordPress theme in the Appearance sub-menu, the themes usually have an image you can see to identify them and to check them out. The image cab can be set up by upload a png image to the theme’s parent folder, e.g. for a twentysixteem child them this would be: /yourdomain.com/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen-child. The image […]
Sub-sub menu Twenty fourteen secondary menu is not aligned
A work round for where your sub menus in Twenty fourteen secondary menu is not aligned, detached or overlaps. If you have customised your 2014 secondary menu and the sub or sub-sub menu doesnt’ work then add a style change in your twenty fourteen child’s CSS. Simply change the xxxpx width of the CSS “class […]
How do I add a background image to WordPress’s Twenty Fourteen’s content area?
You should always create a child theme before modifying your sites CSS. Aim: To achieve the results you can see on this page, in this case, a stainless steel background image on the content area. Set the id #main to your background image then set the various classes areas making up the Twenty Fourteen content […]