Functions.php file content to create GK News - child theme

analystguy

I want to create a child theme of GK News (gknews_1.13). What should my functions.php file read?

Thanks

dominic

Hi analystguy,
You can add the following code to the functions.php file:

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
    $parenthandle = 'parent-style'; // This is 'twentyfifteen-style' for the Twenty Fifteen theme.
    $theme = wp_get_theme();
    wp_enqueue_style( $parenthandle, get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css', 
        array(),  // if the parent theme code has a dependency, copy it to here
        $theme->parent()->get('Version')
    );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style', get_stylesheet_uri(),
        array( $parenthandle ),
        $theme->get('Version') // this only works if you have Version in the style header
    );
}

Also, you can refer here: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/

analystguy

Dominic
Thanks very much for your reply.
I am running gknews1_13 for wordpress.

For functions.php I had been using -

<?php
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'child_theme_css');
function child_theme_css() {
wp_enqueue_style('parent-theme-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css');
}

I replaced with your code in and everything looks the same.

The issue I am trying to resolve is that I want to change the layout of my home screen widgets. When I do, the change is replicated on all page templates and not just my custom home screen template. So that now while the home page displays like I want it to, the post page doesn't.

Customize only allows me to customize menus.

It seems that by going into Appearance > Widgets and setting the widgets has the effect of setting ALL pages and templates to whatever I define. How do I define individual templates that display different widgets?

Thanks

dominic

analystguy
At the moment, the theme using the widgets to insert into the position on the pages. If you want to change the layout, you should use the Widget Context option to select the page that you want to show the widget.
See the screenshot: https://prnt.sc/vd4l2x

analystguy

dominic

My home page is set in the readings configuration.
https://ibb.co/72ktTmX

My text widget doesn't display the same as yours for some reason but I've set it to not be visible on any pages except the Homepage which I've defined in the Settings> Reading.
https://ibb.co/10N6TBx

Despite the settings, it doesn't appear on my home page.

dominic

Hi analystguy,
In the Setting > Reading section you can select the Your latest posts option and go to the Gk News Menu open the Basic tabs then enable the Widgets Display on Homepage option. From now, you can configure the widget to show on the Homepage.

Also, you can install the Widget context plugin to show and hide widgets on certain sections of your site.