Child Theme not working

Resolved mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago
Hi – My child theme is not working and I do not understand why? All the code will work when i use CSS Manager, but i wanted to know what was wrong with my child theme for my own future reference.

Here is what I did:

I created a file name style.css and put this content in:

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```
/*
Theme Name: Twentytwelve Child
Description: Child theme for the twentytwelve theme
Author: Your name here
Template: twentytwelve
*/

@import url("../twentytwelve/style.css");
```
Then, I uploaded it onto my server:

/Megans WordPress/wp-content/themes/twenty twelve child

And then activated the theme through my wordpress dashboard.

But, none of my code will work? The code will only work when i put it in my CSS Manager plugin?

Any ideas as to why this isn’t working would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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leejosepho
(@leejosepho)

11 years ago

Theme Name: Twentytwelve Child

/Megans WordPress/wp-content/themes/twenty twelve child

That might have to do with your theme name and the name of its folder not being the same, but I am not sure about that.

Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

Thank you. I tried that, but it did not work.

WPyogi
(@wpyogi)

11 years ago

If you post a link to your site, someone can more likely help you with this question.

Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

meganrmccarrin.com
WPyogi
(@wpyogi)

11 years ago
Looks like your child theme is not set up correctly – did you create a folder for the child theme? Is this the file structure you have:
```
wp-content
            themes (directory where all themes are)
                twentytwelve
                twentytwelve-child
                    style.css
```
Perhaps review: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

Yes, that is the structure I have.

Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

And, I have reviewed that link several times and I can’t figure out what is wrong?
WPyogi
(@wpyogi)

11 years ago
That’s what we are trying to figure out :).

Did you use a plain text editor for making the style.css file?

Is there anything else in the file besides what you posted above?

What you posted above this:
```
/Megans WordPress/wp-content/themes/twenty twelve child
```
is not the same as this – which is what is visible on your site:
```
http://meganrmccarrin.com/wp-content/themes/TwentytwelveChild/style.css
```
Try taking the capital letters out of the child theme folder name.
Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

I took the capital letters out. I saved this in Notepad under style.css and uploaded it:

/*
Theme Name: Twentytwelve Child
Description: Child theme for the twentytwelve theme
Author: Your name here
Template: twentytwelve
*/

@import url(“../twentytwelve/style.css”);

Still not working.

esmi
(@esmi)

11 years ago

You can download a pre-made Twenty Twelve child theme from here. Tested and known to work. 🙂

Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

Thank you, but what does it mean if I try that and it doesn’t work?

WPyogi
(@wpyogi)

11 years ago

Then post back and someone can continue helping you figure out what’s going on.

esmi
(@esmi)

11 years ago

If the downloadable child theme doesn’t work, then there’s an issue outside of the child theme itself – possibly in the parent theme or within the server’s configuration.

Thread Starter mrmccarrin
(@mrmccarrin)

11 years ago

It makes edits within the child theme, but they do not carry over to my twenty twelve theme?

WPyogi
(@wpyogi)

11 years ago

You don’t have a child theme active at the moment. We can’t help you unless you have that active.

Also, theme settings and options don’t carry over to a child theme, so you will have to redo those in the child theme.