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Child theme images not working - by darrencnz

This topic has 6 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years, 6 months ago ago by Robert Hall

darrencnz

Participant

September 29, 2015 at 04:22

Is there any reason that when i create a new folder in my child theme called “images” just like the main theme, why those images don’t show up, as soon as i put them in the main themes images folder they work straight away?

I have forced a refresh as well and still does it, kind of defeats the point in having child themes when this does not work…??

Any suggestions?

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Robert Hall

Support staff

September 29, 2015 at 07:44

Hello,

Please provide us with wp-admin and FTP credentials in Private Content.

Regards,
Robert Hall.

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darrencnz

Participant

September 29, 2015 at 09:52

I have provided details in private section. You can see that i have an image in the same location as the main theme (but inside the child theme) and it still displays the original icon-cart.png image and not the one i put in the images folder inside the child theme.

As soon as i put the image into the images folder of the main theme, it works perfectly, however this is no good as when i update the theme, it will overwrite all the images. Why is this not working in my child theme?

Please, contact administrator
for this information.

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Robert Hall

Support staff

September 29, 2015 at 10:07
I’ve added this code in Child Theme. Please check it.
```
.shopping-cart-widget .cart-summ .items {
    display: inline-block;
    height: 44px;
    background: url(images/icon-cart.png) no-repeat center left;
    padding-left: 30px;
}
```
Regards,
Robert Hall.
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darrencnz

Participant

September 29, 2015 at 10:18

Ok, so basically the images folder cant be replicated in the child theme and be automatically overwritten like the them folders then is that correct?

So if i want to do things like this in the future, i need to create a new CSS, and not just copy the images to a folder within the child theme?

That’s great, i just thought i would be able to move the new image into it’s new location and it would overwrite automtically.

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Robert Hall

Support staff

September 29, 2015 at 10:42

Yes, you need add the code into the Child Theme also.

Regards,
Robert Hall.

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