Custom Child Theme?

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  • July 24, 2014 at 6:41 am #9724

    Evan Burrows
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    Hello,

    I’m using my own custom theme for this, and I was wondering if there was a way to keep the plugin template files styled, without being overwritten when I update the plugin.

    Like, I’m looking for a way to child theme the plugin if that makes sense.

    Would love some help on this, thanks!

    July 24, 2014 at 12:01 pm #9745

    Guust
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    Not too sure what you’re asking.
    If you want to style the GD pages, you would just add the relevant CSS to your (child) theme’s style.css files.
    That will not get changed by any updates.

    Can you clarify your question? Thanks.

    July 25, 2014 at 4:32 am #9880

    Evan Burrows
    Buyer
    Post count: 18

    I would like to do a bit more of inDepth customization. Like I’ve added my own side menu/sidebar and custom wrappers and such.

    So what I’m saying is, I have changed the actual pages like listing-detail.php…and I am wondering if there is a way to make a child version of the plugin where I can stick my new version of listing-detail.php and have it override the default version when it updates itself.

    July 25, 2014 at 4:40 am #9883

    Guust
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    You can create a geodirectory folder in the child themes folder, where you keep your changed GD templates.

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/search/?bbp_search=Geodirectory+folder

    August 8, 2014 at 7:25 am #11385

    Evan Burrows
    Buyer
    Post count: 18

    Okay, I’ve got that working well. Just a but of an issue with overriding a few files.

    I had to make modification to the popular posts widget to make it rotate through entries. Here are the modified files:

    1) geodirectory_popular_widget.php

    2) I duplicated listing-listview.php and made it listing-listview2.php so I could call in this rotating functionality only in geodirectory_popular_widget.php

    The problem is, when I put these in themes_root/geodirectory like the other templates, they don’t override the root plugin.

    Here is the website if needed: http://bit.ly/1ovLuIT

    August 8, 2014 at 12:07 pm #11396

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
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    Hi Evan,

    #1 Just copy the widget function to your child theme and rename it and you will add your own new widget you can use.

    #2 easy if you follow #1

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

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