Title: child theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# child theme

 *  Resolved [cathay98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathay98/)
 * (@cathay98)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-85/)
 * I was trying to create a child theme.After I created a style.css under the virtue
   child folder, i went to the theme under appearance to activate the child theme,
   but it is not activatable, i got this:
 * ————————————-
    Broken Themes
 * The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet
   and a template.
 * Name Description
    virtue-child Stylesheet is missing. ————————————- How I should
   create the stylesheet and template? I am a newbie, appreciate it if you can guide
   me the details of each stop. Many thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [cathay98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathay98/)
 * (@cathay98)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-85/#post-4916667)
 * What is the right way to create a style.css for the child theme?
    Is this right?/*
   Theme Name: Virtue child theme Theme URI: [http://kadencethemes.com/product/virtue-free-theme/](http://kadencethemes.com/product/virtue-free-theme/)
   Description: The Virtue theme is extremely versatile with tons of options, easy
   to customize and loaded with great features. The clean modern design is built
   with html5 and css3 and uses the powerful responsive framework from Bootstrap
   to be a fully responsive and mobile friendly. It’s fully ecommerce (Woocommerce)
   ready with all the tools you need to design an awesome online store. The versatile
   design is perfect for any kind of business, online store, portfolio or personal
   site. We built Virtue with a powerful options panel where you can set things 
   like your home layout, sliders, custom fonts, and completely customize your look
   without writing any CSS. You are going to love how easy this theme is to work
   with. Virtue was built and designed by [Kadence Themes](http://kadencethemes.com/).
   Version: 2.1.6 Author: Kadence Themes Author URI: [http://kadencethemes.com/](http://kadencethemes.com/)
   Tags: responsive-layout, two-columns, one-column, custom-colors, custom-header,
   custom-menu, featured-images, translation-ready, theme-options, photoblogging
 * Template:virtue
 * License: GNU General Public License v3.0
    License URI: [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)*/
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(‘../virtue/style.css’);
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-85/#post-4916702)
 * Yes that above would work if placed in the styles.css file of the child theme.
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * You can also just add this and it will work:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Virtue Child Theme
       Theme URI: http://themes.kadencethemes.com/virtue/
       Description: Child Theme for Virtue
       Author: Kadence Themes
       Author URI: http://kadencethemes.com/
       Template: virtue
       Version: 1.0
       */
       ```
   
 * Kadence Themes
 *  Thread Starter [cathay98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathay98/)
 * (@cathay98)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-85/#post-4916829)
 * Thanks it works!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-85/#post-4916829)
 * Status: resolved