i see there's a Soledad update. If i update the theme, will i lose the customisations that i've made (colours, fonts, options, etc. etc.)? Or will the update keep all customisation changes?
What about Custom CSS changes?
Sorry to ask such a basic question! In the past i've always used Child themes, but i'm not using one for Soledad as it doesn't seem to be necessary.
Sorry for posting a late reply to this, but i haven't updated the theme yet and wanted to check something. i know customizations and custom CSS are fine, but following discussion with you i've made two changes to files to alter the appearance:
js > main.js, remove line 515: titleSrc: 'data-cap' [to enable captions under images]
css > editor-style.css, change max-width value in line 19 from 770px to 850px [to alter width of post editor in dashboard]
Am i right that these changes will be lost when updating the theme? If so, is it possible to setup a child theme to preserve these changes? Or do i need to just make these two changes each time i update the theme?
Incidentally, i tried switching on the child theme, but it looked very different from my main theme which seemed a surprise - shouldn't it look the same if i haven't made any changes to the child theme?
i hope this all makes sense - let me know if i'm being unclear...
1/ Yes, you need to do again for those changes after updating the theme.
And the codes from editor-style.css can't inherit from child theme, so you need to do that again after updated the theme..
2/ Yeah, that's normal because if you want to move from parent theme to child theme, you need to move the customization data from parent theme to child theme. Please do follow steps:
Hi - a simple question.
i see there's a Soledad update. If i update the theme, will i lose the customisations that i've made (colours, fonts, options, etc. etc.)? Or will the update keep all customisation changes?
What about Custom CSS changes?
Sorry to ask such a basic question! In the past i've always used Child themes, but i'm not using one for Soledad as it doesn't seem to be necessary.
Hi,
The update doesn't affect anything on your site - include Custom CSS
You can check this guide to know how to update this theme.
Best Regards,
PencIDesign
Oh good, that's what i hoped!
So the only reason to use a Child theme now is if you want to change the functionality - i.e. the code in the files, is that right?
Hi,
Yes, exactly
Best Regards,
PenciDesign
Great!
Is there a way to see what the update contains? Like when we update apps on a phone?
Hi,
We've said about this in the documentation for Soledad theme here - at the top:
Best Regards,
PenciDesign
Sorry for posting a late reply to this, but i haven't updated the theme yet and wanted to check something. i know customizations and custom CSS are fine, but following discussion with you i've made two changes to files to alter the appearance:
Am i right that these changes will be lost when updating the theme? If so, is it possible to setup a child theme to preserve these changes? Or do i need to just make these two changes each time i update the theme?
Incidentally, i tried switching on the child theme, but it looked very different from my main theme which seemed a surprise - shouldn't it look the same if i haven't made any changes to the child theme?
i hope this all makes sense - let me know if i'm being unclear...
Hi,
1/ Yes, you need to do again for those changes after updating the theme.
And the codes from editor-style.css can't inherit from child theme, so you need to do that again after updated the theme..
2/ Yeah, that's normal because if you want to move from parent theme to child theme, you need to move the customization data from parent theme to child theme. Please do follow steps:
a) Install & activate plugin Customizer Export/Import
b) Keep activate parent theme > go to Customize > Export/Import > and export the customization data > you will get a .dat file.
c) Activate child theme > go to Customize > Export/Import > and import the .dat file you got on step b.
Best Regards,
PenciDesign
Great - thanks as always for the quick and very helpful advice! :)