Title: child theme
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# child theme

 *  Resolved [itislp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itislp/)
 * (@itislp)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-126/)
 * Fantastic theme! I love how clean it is!
 * However, I am trying to create a child theme to make mild adjustments with the
   functions.php / css files that will not be overwritten during an update but it
   does not render the stylesheets correctly.
 * Using both manual creation and plugin (child themes configurator) for the child
   themes renders a child theme to use but when viewing the site, the style sheet
   is not applied correctly and it just shows the site without styling.
 * Any help is greatly appreciated!

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 *  [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
 * (@stephencottontail)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-126/#post-5634629)
 * Can you post a link to your site with the child theme active?
 *  Thread Starter [itislp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itislp/)
 * (@itislp)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-126/#post-5634636)
 * UPDATE: I got it…just had to manually copy all of the .css files from the original
   to the child-theme folder via FTP.
 * Thanks for responding!
 *  [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
 * (@stephencottontail)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-126/#post-5634640)
 * Looks like a minor issue with the theme. The actual stylesheet doesn’t get loaded
   correctly if you’re using a child theme because the author uses `get_stylesheet_directory_uri()`
   instead of `get_template_directory_uri()` in `functions.php`.
 * For now, you could work around this issue by making a child theme manually. You
   need two files:
 * `style.css`:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Hellish Simplicity Child
       Template: hellish-simplicity
       */
   
       /* Changes below this line
       --------------------------*/
       ```
   
 * And `functions.php`:
 *     ```
       <?php
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles', 20 );
       function theme_enqueue_styles() {
           wp_dequeue_style( 'style' );
           wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style-compiled.css' );
           wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), array( 'parent-style' ) );
       }
       ```
   
 * You should place these two files in your child theme’s folder, replacing any 
   files of the same name that are already there.
 *  Theme Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-126/#post-5634962)
 * I’m not sure how you intended the stylesheets to load, but I created a demo child
   theme for those who are unsure how to create child themes.
    [https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/themes/hellish-simplicity/#child-themes](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/themes/hellish-simplicity/#child-themes)
 * Just please be aware of future updates messing with whatever changes you make.

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 * Last reply from: [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-126/#post-5634962)
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