[Resolved] image-attachment customized page

[Robin]

Hello again!

I did not go to a child theme but I have (with your excellent support) customized the attachment page (the page displayed when the link in a thumbnail in a gallery is clicked).

Now I think it is best I do go to a child theme, and have set one up, but at this point I am unsure how I did customize that attachment page, and viewing source hasn’t yet enlightened me.

Any chance you can look at the underlying code and know?

For example:
https://janestarks.com/02-16-19-taos-mesa-sunset-3/

from the page:
https://janestarks.com/jane-starks-cloudscapes-01/

I was too timid to activate the child theme at the time, and now… well… apologies: I could use some help.

Thank you very much.

[Tom]

Hi there,

It’s hard to tell by looking at the page, unfortunately.

What did you customize on the page, exactly? How did you add your customizations?

[Robin]

Some of the customization is via the customize>additional css and via an “attachment page” element.

But I am pretty sure I am also using a *.php file– just can’t remember which one so I don’t know how to best implement the child theme.

If I give you access to my dashboard, would you be able to determine that?

. . .

Thank you

[Tom]

Additional CSS and your Element should be safe.

It would have to be the attachment.php template, I think. You can always activate the child theme and see what changes – that way it might give us some hints as to what else needs bringing over. You can always re-activate the parent theme.

[Robin]

That’s what I thought it had to be too, but there is no attachment.php file in the theme folder. There is, however, an attachment.php file in the child theme– not activated.

[Tom]

You may want to re-name that in the child theme so it doesn’t apply when you activate it. I assume you’re not using a special template right now unless you’ve made changes to the core theme.

[Robin]

I thought I was using a template that support gave me and that I customized, but having gone to child and seen that the attachment page was completely not okay, and gone back, I am still at a loss as to how I customized that attachment page– css certainly, but what else?

Any chance you can help me sort this out? I just want to know what php file is being accessed CURRENTLY when I click on the two-links link from any gallery page.

Your assistance most appreciated!

I view source, I inspect elements, and I haven’t yet figured this out.

[Tom]

Hi there,

This is pretty impossible for me to tell, unfortunately. The templates being used aren’t visible from the front-end.

You can compare your files to the core theme files found here: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress

Perhaps that will help?

[Robin]

I did the change by hand: reduced child theme to only style.css and proceeded one change at a time from there.

So there is no way to tell which *.php file is called when an image attachment link is clicked?? Really?

[Tom]

By default in GeneratePress, single.php should be called when a single attachment is opened.

This can be overwritten by adding a attachment.php file.

[Robin]

Good to know. Thank you.

[Tom]

No problem 🙂

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