Title: Child Theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Child Theme

 *  Resolved [EllieH2O](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellieh2o/)
 * (@ellieh2o)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-75/)
 * Hi: I’m very, very new to wordpress. I created a Child theme from the beutiful
   Decode theme. Followed instructions from Support->Codex->Child theme, but the
   site looks different, I know that I have to modify the CSS. Since this is the
   first time I have used a child theme, I would like to know if I am on the right
   path before changing the CSS and being completely lost. Pls help!
 * the site is [http://magentina.net](http://magentina.net)
 * Thank you

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 *  [Kris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwsystems/)
 * (@kwsystems)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-75/#post-4682873)
 * Look for **‘Appearance’** in your dashboard, select **‘Customize’**.
 * There you will find the themes options. **‘Colors’ **allows you to choose the
   accent and text colours and **‘Other Options’ **is where you can put your own
   CSS code.
 * When you duplicate the theme, it only copies the theme core files, these custom
   settings are stored separately in the database.
 * Hope it helps!
 *  Thread Starter [EllieH2O](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellieh2o/)
 * (@ellieh2o)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-75/#post-4682923)
 * It worked, thanks!
 *  [Kris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwsystems/)
 * (@kwsystems)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-75/#post-4682925)
 * Excellent! I helped someone!!! 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Kris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwsystems/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-75/#post-4682925)
 * Status: resolved