How to setup a child theme with Hello Chic

QuestionsCategory: Hello ChicHow to setup a child theme with Hello Chic
Oceans To Alpines asked 5 years ago

Good morning, I’m trying to set up a child theme with Hello Chic. So far I never had problems setting up child themes, but when trying with this one I find this issue:
“This theme is broken. The parent theme is missing. Please install the “Hello Chic” parent theme.”
I don’t know whether hello chic is a child theme of Genesis and therefore my child theme should be pointing to Genesis Framework instead of Hello Chic. But one thing is clear, I have both Hello Chic and Genesis installed, so that shouldn’t be the issue.
Anyway, please help me setting up the code on top of the style.css and the functions.php (if it needs any specific code). So far for the style.css, I copied the one from Hello Chic:

Start your code here

/*
Theme Name: Hello Chic Child
Theme URI: https://helloyoudesigns.com
Description: A mobile responsive and HTML5 feminine WordPress theme built for the Genesis Framework by Hello You Designs
Author: Hello You Designs
Author URI: https://www.helloyoudesigns.com/
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2018, Hello You Designs
Version: 1.0.1
Template: Hello Chic
Template Version: 2.6.1
License: GPL-2.0+
License URI: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
*/

3 Answers
Jennifer Staff answered 5 years ago

These are already a child theme of Genesis.  To my knowledge a “grandchild” theme will not work.  It is better to add an extra style sheet and php file to the theme file, that you can add modifications to.  Then if you ever need to update, you move those over to the updated file.
 

Oceans To Alpines replied 5 years ago

how often do you usually update the theme? because it can be quite a fuss

Oceans To Alpines replied 5 years ago

There is a major problem that is affecting the website, the plugin “quadmenu” is not displaying the burger menu (the toggle button) in the tablet/mobile version and all links are displayed outside the box. I tried this plugin in other themes and they function properly. It feels like there must be something bugging with your code, could you please give it a look?

https://oceanstoalpines.com/

Jennifer Staff answered 5 years ago

We already have mobile code in the theme so by adding a mobile plugin, it will conflict with the theme code.  You would need to remove the mobile code from the style sheet and the Java file if you would like to use a mobile plugin.   Because this theme had two menus on either side of the navigation, there was special code that would combine them into 1 mobile menu. 

Oceans To Alpines replied 5 years ago

what files should I have to modify and what lines exactly (for the java and php part)? The style sheets are not a problem. Also, please tell me how often do you update this theme moreless. Thanks

Oceans To Alpines replied 5 years ago

Never mind about the code, got it solved. Just let me know about the theme updates. Thanks!

Jennifer Staff answered 5 years ago

For the theme updates, they get updated whenever necessary to keep up with whatever changes WordPress and Genesis have come up with, or if I add new features or styling to the theme.  This last update was the first time in 3 years that it was necessary to update, all other times it has been optional.  On average, maybe 2 updates a year, per theme. 

Oceans To Alpines replied 5 years ago

oh, ok then! thank you again 🙂