Use Genesis core as child theme

[P1SMH]

I would like to start a child theme from scratch using the Genesis core. I have created a folder with a stylesheet, and WordPress recognizes the theme, and I am able to activate it. I imported the core stylesheet, so all the CSS is correct, but the structure is not right because some of the class names are not being used on the child theme as they were on the core theme (for example on the core theme it gives the header div a class of "site-header" and on the child theme it doesn't). Is there something I am missing? Does a functions file need to be added to the child theme folder?

[photastic]

http://my.studiopress.com/docs/child-themes/ 😉 second paragraph and beyond 🙂

perhaps a good idea to download and activate the Genesis Sample theme?

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[P1SMH]

Thank you for the response. I have worked with 100s of child themes and I know how they work, but I downloaded the sample theme and it doesn't look like the one online (at http://www.genesisframework.com/). Again, some classes are not being applied to divs (like the header div). My core theme puts a class of "site-header" on the header div, and on the child themes, it does not. So if you have a stylesheet with site-header as a class it won't recognize it.

[markmelch]

I'm new to Genesis, so I may be way off, but I believe you would need to add some functions to the core functions.php e.g.:

//* Add HTML5 markup structure
add_theme_support( 'html5' );

[Bill Murray]

@P1SMH - The child themes DO put a class of site-header on the header div under HTML5.

Assuming you are using Genesis 2.0 and assuming your child theme has the line that @markelch correctly quoted, your child theme should include that markup. If it's not doing that, first check how you enabled HTML5 support in your child theme. If it's not as markmelch quoted, it's wrong. You'll also want to make sure your sample child theme is current as of release, since there were some changes made just prior to release that would impact this.

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[P1SMH]

@markmelch and @Bill-Murray - Thank you. Adding the HTML5 theme support to the functions.php file did the trick.

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