Title: Broken Child Theme Last modified: February 11, 2018 --- # Broken Child Theme * [andrew.fenner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewfenner/) * (@andrewfenner) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/) * I’m sorry if this has been asked before, but I cannot find the exact answer to the problem which I have anywhere on the forum. I have been trying to install a child theme for twentyseventeen using the instructions I found on this web site: [https://www.designbombs.com/master-twenty-seventeen-wordpress-theme/](https://www.designbombs.com/master-twenty-seventeen-wordpress-theme/) * I followed the instructions, but when I go to the themes page I don’t see the new them and get the message: Twenty Seventeen Child Theme\ The parent theme is missing. Please install the “/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen. * This is the CSS code: /* Theme Name: Twenty Seventeen Child Theme Theme URI: [https://ormskirkchristadelphians.org.uk](https://ormskirkchristadelphians.org.uk) Author: Andrew Fenner Author URI: [https://ormskirkchristadelphians.org.uk](https://ormskirkchristadelphians.org.uk) Template:/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen Description: Child theme for Twenty Seventeen. Version: 0.1 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) Tags: Text Domain: twentyseventeen-child */ * Any suggestions? Thanks. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbroken-child-theme-6%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9509596) * You’ve got this line wrong: * ``` Template:/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen ``` * See the tutorial: * ``` Template: twentyseventeen ``` * Thread Starter [andrew.fenner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewfenner/) * (@andrewfenner) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9548554) * Thanks Andrew * That was how I had it originally and it didn’t work. I have tried it again (with Template: twentyseventeen), and I still get the same error message. * Any other suggestions? * Thanks. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9887507) * > I still get the same error message * So, it’s worth asking. Is twentyseventeen installed in wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen? * [catthehuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catthehuman/) * (@catthehuman) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9962496) * Hi, I’m having this exact same problem, albeit with the parent theme Readly. Readly is definitely installed, but the child theme gets the same “parent theme cannot be found” message. I was working on localhost and it was fine until I moved everything online. * Here’s the beginning CSS of the child theme (sailor.semicool.net): * /* Theme Name: Readly Child Theme URI: [http://sailor.semicool.net/](http://sailor.semicool.net/) Description: Readly Child Theme Author: Cat Author URI: [http://semicool.net](http://semicool.net) Template: Readly Version: 0.0.1 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) Tags: light, single-column, minimal Text Domain: readly-child */ * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9962526) * [@catthehuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catthehuman/), if you need support then per the [forum welcome](https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#post-in-the-best-place) please create your own [new forum post](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/#new-post). Thanks. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9962529) * [@catthehuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catthehuman/), is the parent them directory “Readly” or “readly”? Case matters. * [catthehuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catthehuman/) * (@catthehuman) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9962549) * Thanks! I had everything lowercase originally like the parent directory, and when it didn’t work I tried uppercase, which of course didn’t work. I changed everything back to lowercase like you said. That didn’t fix it but I noticed the parent theme didn’t have a ‘Text Domain:’ in the style.css. I added that with lowercase ‘readly’ and it finally worked…but is editing the parent theme the only way I could’ve done that? I was trying to avoid doing anything to the parent. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Broken Child Theme’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 7 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [catthehuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catthehuman/) * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-child-theme-6/#post-9962549) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics