How to Create a WordPress Child Theme

  • Navigate to the themes directory of your WordPress website and create a new child theme sub-folder in the path of your themes folder (for example, yourwebsitedomain/wp-content/themes/ChildTwentyFourteen/).  This sub-folder is going to be your new child theme folder for your current themes.  Mane the sub-folder something like “ChildTwentyFourteen” or be a little more creative than me.
  • Search Google for — child theme wordpress codex — and the first link that you should find and follow is to http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
  • On the codex support page which will be displayed from your search, please locate and copy the gray block of code to your clipboard memory.  Make sure you copy every line including the /* — */ comment part.  The code you copy should look like this:

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Child
Theme URI: http://example.com/twenty-fourteen-child/
Description: Twenty Fourteen Child Theme
Author: John Doe
Author URI: http://example.com
Template: twentyfourteen
Version: 1.0.0
Tags: light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-ready
Text Domain: twenty-fourteen-child
*/

@import url(“../twentyfourteen/style.css”);

/* =Theme customization starts here
————————————————————– */

  •  Open your child theme folder and create a new text file called style.css.  Open the style.css file with your php editor, like notepad++ and paste into that file the code contents that you just copied to your clipboard (that is, paste the above code to the style.css file) and save the file contents of style.css.
  • You can modify each of the lines in the style.css file.  The required lines are the theme name, the Template, and the @import url line
  • Theme customization begins below the dashed line — like css changes.
  • Note: The child theme’s stylesheet is included after the parent theme’s and, consequently, the child theme styles will override those in the parent theme’s stylesheet.
  • Activate your childtheme in your wordpress administrative panels — Appearance — Themes.

You can override main content theme with your child theme content as follows.  For example, to remove or change the contents of the wordpress footer “Proudly Powered by WordPress,” you would first make a copy of footer.php (copied from the main theme folder and pasted into your child theme folder).  Open your child theme copy of the footer.php file using Notepad++ editor and edit the code.  Save the modified footer.php file.  Refresh your wordpress site and check your changes.

How to Enable or Disable the Demo Store Notification in Magento

You can configure Magento eCommerce to display a notice when your store is in demo mode to ensure that your customers know that their orders will not be processed.

Log into the Magento admin panel and hover your mouse pointer over the “System” tab on the horizontal menu. Select “Configuration” from the drop down list. Under “GENERAL” on the vertical menu on the left, select “Design” and then select “HTML Head” on the submenu on the right side. Scroll down and you will see a “Yes/No” toggle option appearing next to “Display demo store notice.”

To Enable/disable the Demo Store Notification make your selection Yes/No from the drop down toggle and click the “Save Config” button at the top right of your display in order to save this configuration change.

Add Common Icons to Windows 8 Desktop

There are a couple ways that you can add desktop icon shortcuts for “Computer,” “Network,” “Control Panel” and “User’s Files” to your traditional-looking Windows 8 desktop, along side the icon for “Recycle Bin” which is normally already on the desktop. 1.  Go to the Control Panel of Windows 8 and select Personalization.  How do I get there?  Right click the so-called Start button of Windows 8.  It is located at the bottom left corner of the traditional-looking desktop.  Then, left click to select “Control Panel.”  At the top right corner of the Control Panel, select “View By” and select “Small Icons” from the drop down list.  In the small icon menu that is displayed for the Control Panel, click to select “Personalization.”  In the left pane of the Personalization page click “Change desktop icons.”  Under Desktop Icons select the checkbox next to each icon that you want to add to the desktop, or clear the check box for each icon that you want to remove from the desktop. For example,  check or clear the appropriate check boxes next to “Computer,” “User’s Files,” Network” and “Control Panel.” Click Apply, then click OK. OR 2.  A quicker way to achieve this same result is to right click a blank spot on the traditional-looking desktop of Windows 8.  You should then see the list shown below.  Left click to select “Personalize.” right-click-desktop In the left pane shown below, click to select “Change desktop icons.” personalization See should then see the Desktop Icon Settings screen as below.  Check or clear the appropriate check boxes next to “Computer,” “User’s Files,” Network” and “Control Panel.”  Click Apply, then Click OK. change-desktop-icons