Problems Creating Child Theme in 1.6.1.7

[adamcarter]

Hi guys,

 

I'm finding it difficult to source clear documentation on creating a child theme in PrestaShop.

 

If I follow the official documentation, specifically the following...:

 

"Creating a brand new theme

The best way to create a new theme for PrestaShop is to copy the files from the default theme, and start modifying its TPL and CSS files to make them your own. The reason is that a PrestaShop theme requires many files to be present: by starting from an existing theme instead of from scratch, you make sure that your own theme will not be missing any part.

You can do this directly on the web server, but PrestaShop makes it easy to copy the files from an installed theme and register your new theme in its system (a step you would have to do in any case).

All of this is done by clicking on the "Create new theme" button from the "Add new theme" button at the top of screen. It displays a creation form.

Fill-in its fields:

• Name of the theme. Make sure the name is not already used by another theme (check on the Addons website).
• Preview image for the theme. You should always add a preview image, as it is a clear reminder of what the theme looks like. If you do not have one yet, leave that for later, when the time will come to release the theme.
• Default left column and Default right column. Indicate if your theme has a column (or even two columns), and if so, on which side of the screen. This is purely informational, and can be changed at any time.
• Number of products per page. Indicate the default number of products that should be shown on a page. This option can be adjusted later on.
• Name of the theme's directory. Try to keep it close to your theme's name. If you have not already created a theme folder, PrestaShop will create one for you.
• Copy missing files from existing theme. This is the cleanest method to start a new theme from another theme's files. Choose "default-bootstrap", or any other theme that you would like to base your foundation on.
• Responsive. Indicate if your theme has a responsive design or not (if you do not know what a responsive design is, then you probably should choose "No"). This is purely informational, and can be changed at any time.

Click save, and PrestaShop will register this information for you: the theme is ready to be enabled, and its preview image appears in the theme selector.

It is now up to you to change your theme's files in order to make it unique! On your local installation (not a production one!), select your new theme, and start working!
Once you are done with your designing and code it, go back to this setting page and change it accordingly: definitive preview image, default column, number of products, and responsiveness."

 

...will it work? I don't want to do this then down the line update the theme and lose all my work.

 

Any and all help is appreciated as always.

Best wishes,

Adam