[Resolved] Elements stop working when switching from child theme

[epickenyan]

1. Hi. I recently switched from the child theme to parent theme after getting comfortable with the hooks. However, the elements stopped working and causing errors e.g. on single pages. I had to recreate all the elements afresh. Is this normal behaviour?

2. I was reading a comparison of GeneratePress and Astra and one of the cons raised against GP is lack of a dedicated styling for single posts in the customizer (typography, width, etc). Is this something in the works?

[Tom]

Hi there,

1. Elements aren’t aware of child theme vs parent theme. What kind of errors were you getting?

2. What kind of options do you find yourself missing? Always looking for feedback 🙂

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[epickenyan]

1. I have hooked several elements on the single posts (breadcrumbs, author, related posts created with ACF plugin, etc). So, when I switched from child theme to parent theme, anything after the entry header section stopped showing. That’s why I recreated the elements afresh.
2. What I meant is separating e.g. the typography of single posts from the body because any changes to the single posts (or pages) have to be done with CSS. Maybe have a separate (or additional) section for single posts in the typography section. Also maybe add a separate width element for single posts that is separate from the container (I saw there is a function to enable this, but it would be good to have it in the customiser).

[Tom]

1. You re-created the elements? They no longer existed at all?

2. We haven’t received a lot of requests for different typography options for single posts. However, we do have plans on adding an option to adjust the content width under certain conditions.

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-development

[epickenyan]

1. I discovered it was one element that caused the issue after testing in the local environment. What I meant by ‘recreate’ is copy and paste each element to a new element and delete the previous one.
2. I would suggest the typography option. I like full width for posts but would prefer separate typography option for single posts. Right now, CSS works fine though.

[Tom]

1. All resolved then?

2. Appreciate the feedback! 🙂

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