Title: Child theme different than parent theme..
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Child theme different than parent theme..

 *  Resolved [Jakeeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeeck/)
 * (@jakeeck)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-different-than-parent-theme/)
 * When I downloaded the leaf child theme (leaf-child-master or something) and activated
   it, my homepage got totally messed up..
 * here’s how it looks just regular: [http://imgur.com/j1Elr3m](http://imgur.com/j1Elr3m)
 * now with the child theme activated:
    top of page: [http://imgur.com/bXP4sIb](http://imgur.com/bXP4sIb)
 * bottom of page: [http://imgur.com/4BqOLH9](http://imgur.com/4BqOLH9)
 * When I switch back and forth the regular leaf theme always works fine, and when
   I preview the child theme it looks normal, but when I activate it, it gets all
   messed up.. how do i make the child theme the exact same as parent?

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 *  [tizz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tizz/)
 * (@tizz)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-different-than-parent-theme/#post-3934392)
 * Looking at the widget settings… it seems you have widgets in header widget area
 *  Thread Starter [Jakeeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeeck/)
 * (@jakeeck)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-different-than-parent-theme/#post-3934407)
 * Thank you.. I’m not sure how that happened but I went back into child theme and
   moved all of the header widgets to the sidebar
 * fixed 🙂

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