very important:
after you have created the child theme folder, you must ACTIVATE it, otherwise of course it will not work.
wautom uses this child theme: mesocolumn-wautom
it15 uses this child theme: mesocolumn-it15
Both the child theme and the parent theme must be installed, and the child theme must be activated:
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-child-themes-work/
Just use this Child Theme Configurator plugin
OK, I will surely keep the IT15.NET to store my study stuff
Steps: how to create and activate a child theme https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-create-wordpress-child-theme/?nhp=b&utm_expid=3606929-87.FQUx5sKvRhKbhK_8_C59WQ.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2F Example: /* Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Child Theme URI: http://yourwebsite.com/twentyfourteen-child/ Description: My first child theme, based on Twenty Fourteen Author: Daniel Pataki Author URI: http://danielpataki.com Template: twentyfourteen Version: 1.0.0 Tags: black, green, white, light, dark, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, fixed-layout, responsive-layout, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, translation-ready, accessibility-ready, responsive-layout, infinite-scroll, post-slider, design, food, journal, magazine, news, photography, portfolio, clean, contemporary, dark, elegant, modern, professional, sophisticated Text Domain: twenty-fourteen-child */ The two necessary items in the code above are the lines starting with “Theme… Read more »
WordPress first reads the active theme’s stylesheet (style.css) to get the theme’s “header” properties. It then checks if the theme has a functions file (functions.php) and executes it if it exists.
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-child-themes-work/
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-child-themes-work/
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-child-themes-work/