I forgot to install the child theme before I set up some styling in the main theme. Do I need to move the styling over to the child theme and then delete it on the main theme? I should have thought of this earlier but it’s only been a week so I want to do things properly now and not have to worry about duplication, etc. later on.
Yes. Just install the child theme, and move the CSS or any PHP snippet to the child theme from the main if you have inserted them into the main’s theme file editor. So it won’t get overwritten by the newer version in the future.
Do I do this manually - one item at a time or is there a quick way? Sorry, I am a new Bricks (paid) user. Also, should I delete the settings in the main theme manually after it’s done?
Sorry but I’m not sure where you insert those stuff to. If it’s in the theme file editor(mostly CSS and Php snippet(functions.php) If everything is in there, copy/paste should be an easy task. If you insert custom CSS to the Bricks setting, then you dont need to touch that.
Hi @Davec, are you referring to the elements you add on a page and their styling? if so then you don’t need to do anything, you can just activate the child theme and your styling will be preserved.
You will only need to copy things over if you actually added code to the theme files (e.g. functions.php) which would have been wiped out with any update anyways.
Thanks for help everyone! Much appreciated.
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