Questions tagged [parent-child-theme]
Magento parent/child infinite theme fallback system is new as of version 1.9.0. The system provides a pathway to set a parent theme to inherit the layout and themes of the parent.
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How to create a Child Theme in Magento 2
I want to modify certain aspects of the out-of-the-box Luma theme but I would like to do it by preserving the original file(s) and also ensuring that whenever I update Magento I preserve my changes as ...
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Magento 2.1 override the view.xml file and see changes on site
I'm pretty new to Magento 2.1 and am trying to figure out how the themes work. I've read through a lot of the documentation, but what I'm having trouble with right now is the view.xml file in my own ...
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Magento 2 - Creating a child theme
I purchased a theme for a Magento 2 website. I know want to create a child theme to modify some of the styles, etc.
The theme purchased is called Porto and resides in
/app/design/frontend/Smartwave/...
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How add extension/css/js to the parent theme?
I am quite new to magento :)
We are using an external theme (hyva) which inherits from luma. This external theme does not have a checkout module, so when we navigate to the checkout form, it falls ...
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Can't change Magento 2 theme
We have taken on a new client's webstore and have cloned it to our server. The clone seemed to work absolutely perfectly, however after doing some custom work, and creating a child theme for template ...
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Layout Updates in theme.xml to pick up parent theme's xml
I've created a theme package called hoi with a default theme. In the app/design/frontend/hoi/default/etc/theme.xml I've set a parent theme to be the a theme we purchased called blacknwhite.
This ...
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Best way to override custom theme
I bought a custom theme for my Magento store and want to customize it slightly.
Customizations mean that I will probably update layouts, templates, and other files that are available under app/design/...
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4th Generation CSS inheritance - grand grand child theme
I have a child theme that inherits magento luma, let's call it Theme A.
Theme B inherits from theme A,
and Theme C inherits from Theme B (By the way this is a multi-store so this is the reason behind ...
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How to do customization in the Luma theme CSS?
I have created a child theme with a Luma theme as a parent. and activate the theme from the configuration.
Now I need to do some modifications in the CSS file like I need to change the background ...
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layout/default.xml doesn't seem to work in a child theme from Luma
I have created a new child theme from Luma. The admin panel recognizes that it's registered and I have set it up to be used for my store.
One of the things I tried to achieve was changing the logo for ...
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How to override carousel.phtml file in Magento 2 custom theme
I want to override below Page builder Carousel phtml file in my custom theme. Please provide magento standard way for this.
vendor/magento/module-page-builder/view/frontend/templates/catalog/product/...
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Custom CSS file not available on front end
I have created a child theme of parent theme, and declared default_head_blocks.xml at
<child_theme_dir>/Magento_Theme/layout folder with following content:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
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Magento 2.4 - Build Child Theme parent of theme installed via composer
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I need a tip. I've installed a theme via composer and I need to create a child theme having as parent a theme installed via composer.
path of theme installed via composer: vendor/{vendor}/{theme}/
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magento 2.4.3 Custom theme "Required parameter theme_dir was not passed"
I'm trying to create custom theme in my magento 2.4.3. I m getting error "" have written like this below.
1 exception(s):
Exception #0 (InvalidArgumentException): Required parameter '...
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Exception #0: Warning: include(/var/www/html/vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/templates/product/view/attribute.phtml)
I am getting this error when I try to open to product catalog page in Magento 2.4.3 Custom theme?
Exception #0 (Exception): Warning:
include(/var/www/html/vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/...
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Magento frontend is breaks and shows correctly magento 2.4.2
After I set up the production mode my store is working correctly, but sometimes at the page load design get's broken and loading correctly how to fix it Magento 2.4.2. I had run the below commands. I ...
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How to create _extend_child.less for grand children theme
I am new to Magento 2. I am having difficulty in creating a child theme. However I have created the child theme now I am facing how to add source for child them.
In my configuration, I have created ...
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Magento 2.2.4 Upgrade issue : Area is already set
I have upgraded to version 2.2.4 from 2.2.3 now I'm getting error when try to save theme seting
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Changes in the child custom theme are not visible in the front end
<referenceBlock name="footer_links">
<block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Html\Link\Current" name="about-us" before="search-term-popular-link&...
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How to change the front look of the website as it is showing without css?
I made the custom theme with the parent theme luma and now applied it as well but site lost its css.
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Style is not loading in the child theme
I am new in the magento 2 and created child theme first time , you can see here http://www.neplyn.in/staging/
Css is not loading not sure why.
DO I need to copy the parent theme css and put in child ...
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How to override js files in Child theme? Magento 2.4
I've been overriding a few files in our child theme which seems to work perfectly, however, I don't seem to be able to override JS files.
In this case, I'm trying to increase the yearRange in the ...
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Luma child not appearing in Admin
I am trying to set up a child theme of Luma but it's not appearing in the Admin area. I have checked I have it set up correctly, I think I have. Main area I'm worried about is that the original Luma ...
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Getting Cannot read property 'nodeName' of undefined in magento 2 console
I am getting this error on all of the pages except the HOMEPAGE, i am using a custom theme whose parent theme is LUMA.
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Override a parent theme in vendor with a child theme in app Magento 2.3
I have made a theme that is a child to a customized theme that is a child of Luma.
My theme lives in:
app/design/frontend/{mycompany}/{mythemename}/
My themes parent lives in:
vendor/{...
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Adding CSS to child themes _extend.less has no effect
I have set up a child theme of Luma and can see it is being loaded by looking at the page source in the browser. I now want to customise the styling of the theme.
I followed the instructions here: ...
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How to delete custom child theme in magento2
I clone my theme to set child theme. I deleted child theme folders in app/design/frontend/ and app/code//ThemeOptions/fixtures but in admin backend it's not removed. I flush cache , Please let me know ...
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Magento2 Content -> Design -> Configuration Tables are empty
I am using Magento-2.3.4 and came to the page to change the theme and I saw only the empty tables.
I looked for answers and they said allow_url_fopen to be on but it is already on.
What should I do ...
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Creating child theme how will I add css for extensions I have installed [duplicate]
I am newbie in Magento.
Template monster theme has already been installed and along with that I have installed many extensions.
Now for adding custom css I have installed child theme .
I am not ...
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Magento 2 Parent's theme styles are not loading in the child theme
I have create a child theme that extends from magento-luma theme by following the steps below:
app/design/frontend/Company/parent/registration.php
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\Magento\Framework\Component\...
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Magento2.2.5 make root.phtml load from child theme folder
I am developing a custom "child" theme based off Luma and wondering how I might add a custom root.phtml .
I have copied the entire contents of the vendor/theme-frontend-luma to my
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Magento2.2.5 Luma child theme not using default_head_blocks.xml in child theme folder
I have a Magento 2.2.5 based multi-store view website. What we want to do is take the Luma theme and create a custom child theme from it. Each store view (we have 3) would use its own child theme of ...
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Is it necessary to use a child theme?
I'm using Magento 2.3.1 and Porto theme, that theme is a hassle to install. Just got it done.
This is a Porto child theme
Is it necessary to install it?
is there an easy way to install it without ...
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Inheriting CSS in child theme's child theme
I'm relatively new to this, so i hope someone can help me out.
In my store i have a child theme of blank. The changes in this child theme get properly displayed on the store front and everything not ...
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Declaration of overridden method should be compatible with parent class
This is my custom class:
class Collection extends \Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\ResourceModel\Search\Collection
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public function _getSelectCountSql($select = null, $resetLeftJoins = true)
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$...
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Magento 2 : Add to Wishlist not Appearing on Product Page
When the store is using custom child theme design, add to wishlist is not appearing on the product page.
When I switch to other theme, it appears.
What could be the reason?
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I realised ...
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Magento 2 add new block template file
I am trying to add a new phtml template file (in my child theme) of a custom module (not mine).
Here is the block :
{{block class="Sm\FilterProducts\Block\FilterProducts" template="Sm_FilterProducts:...
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my theme stopped working after I switched back to the tip of the branch from an older git commit
So I have backups of all the files in the Magento root folder and tried overwriting the current Magento folder with the backup folder and it still doesn't recognize the changes I've made in my child ...
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Editing my child theme
I've created a child theme by adding files to C:\xampp\htdocs\magento\app\design\frontend\Magento\themename
In this, I have a theme.xml file, a registration.php file, web folder, media folder and a ...
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How to create new theme in magento 2 without parent theme delcartion?
What if i don't declare parent theme in theme.xml while creating new theme in magento 2? will the new theme work properly?
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Creating grandchild themes
I'm using ultimo theme for a multi store configuration.
Since I have to update the theme regularly I don't want to make changes to the base files of it.But I've to make some changes which apply to all ...
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How to find the file in getchildhtml('customer') in magento 2
How i find this file and i want to add some fields here
<?php echo $block->getChildHtml('customer_form_register_layout3');?>
i search in
app/design/theme/childtheme/custom module
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Changes in Parent Luma theme is not reflected in Child Luma theme in Magento 2.3.0?
I have created seven child themes and one parent theme for these seven child themes.
All seven child themes points to their parent theme, we've named "Master".
<theme>
<title>Child ...
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Magento 1.9 Minor template update
I've got a question about making an extremely minor change within a .phtml file on 1.9. I've gone through the RWD guide here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/ee114-ce19-rwd-dev-...
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Magento 2 Child theme of Luma change media query
I have a custom theme that is a child of Luma. I see the styles-l min-width is set at 768px. Up until then the styles-m is active. I know if it was in my custom theme I could set that in my ...
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Why do I get an exception when trying to append a block to a container in a parent theme?
I'm following an exercise in the ebook 'No-Frills-Magento-2-Layout' by Alan Storm (excellent book so far btw) and am coming across a slight issue for which I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
I am ...
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Specific Theme for specific language, can I compile each theme in just the applicable languages?
We have a site that has been designed with a new theme for each language and each language on a different URL.
It's not how I would have built it but we have to "run what you brung".
The problem I ...
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magento 2 extend theme only on desktop
In a child theme (luma is parent), how do I extend a desktop theme but not mobile?
something like:
if desktop "color:teal;"
else "" <--- do nothing.
I'm using _extend.less, so far changes are ...
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Error in css and js in child theme in Magento 1
I'm having a problem loading style sheets and scripts. I created a child theme, and I did not add any css or js to it. Even so, the magento looks for them in the son theme instead of the father. I'll ...
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Best way to customize a theme
I recently bought a template and I want to customize it.
I spoke with the help center and they said it's not necessary to use a child theme.
What is the best way to do that.
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