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1. laptophobo
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi. I'm using the theme "notes-blog" and whenever I try to use a function.php file in my child them, I get this error:

   "Fatal error: Cannot redeclare site_header_style() (previously declared in /home/p52347r2/public_html/site/wp-content/themes/doww-console/functions.php:59) in /home/p52347r2/public_html/site/wp-content/themes/notes-blog/functions.php on line 73
   "

   In one version I kept the content exactly like the parent version. In the other, I put in only the additional code. No matter what I do, I get the error message -- until I delete the functions.php file from my child theme.

   So, what might I be doing wrong?

   Thanks for helping!

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Actually that is the one file you don't want to copy to your child theme as it acts as a plugin of sorts.
   Just make the modifications to your parent file and let the child theme pick it up.

3. laptophobo
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Well, in the Codex and several other sources, it says the opposite. That I should not make changes to the parent functions.php file, but instead create a child theme functions.php to work from. It does, however, mention that the file differs from the others.

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