Title: Child theme
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Child theme

 *  [RL92](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rl92/)
 * (@rl92)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-203/)
 * I am creating a child theme for the theme fluxus and have made a child theme 
   and created a stylesheet.css
 * Containing:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Fluxus
       Theme URI: http://themeforest.net/item/fluxus-portfolio-theme-for-photographers/3854385
       Author: inTheme
       Version: 1.4.1
       Author URI: http://inthe.me/
       Description: Minimalistic portfolio theme for creatives with a focus on big images and beautiful typography.
       License: GNU General Public License
       License URI: licensing/README_License.txt
       Template: fluxus
       */
   
       /* =Theme customization starts here
       ------------------------------------------------------- */
       ```
   
 * However when I activate the child theme and view my site it isn’t laid out like
   fluxus and everything is all over the place.
 * I can’t work out what is going wrong, does anyone have any idea?

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 *  [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
 * (@stephencottontail)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-203/#post-7356717)
 * One thing to check is that because WordPress considers the child theme to be 
   separate from the parent theme, certain theme settings such as menus, widgets,
   and any other options that might have been set through a theme options page in
   the Dashboard won’t carry over to the child. Because you’re using a commercial
   theme, though, your best bet would be to contact your theme’s authors. After 
   all, that’s part of what you paid for.

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