Title: Child theme doesn't effect website
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Child theme doesn't effect website

 *  Resolved [tombrew123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrew123/)
 * (@tombrew123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m a bit of newbie to coding and everything but I’ve created a child theme and
   wanted to edit the footer (which I did successfully when I edited the parent 
   theme so I know the coding is correct). I deleted the parent theme and reinstalled
   it because I found out the changes will get deleted when the theme gets updated.
 * I then created a footer.php file based on the parent footer.php file and made
   the changes to the child footer.php file. However these changes haven’t appeared
   on my site. I’m not certain that the coding for the child theme is set up correctly?
   Could one of you clever people on here possibly look at my coding for the child
   theme and footer and make sure everything is okay? And if it is, what can I do?
 * Please find codes below..
 * Thanks,
 * Tom.
 * STYLE.CSS
 * /*
    Theme Name: Twenty Sixteen Child Theme URI: [http://tombretravel.com](http://tombretravel.com)
   Description: Twenty Sixteen Child Theme Author: Tom Brewerton Author URI: [http://tombretravel.com](http://tombretravel.com)
   Template: twentysixteen Version: 1.0.0 License: GNU General Public License v2
   or later License URI: [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
   Tags: light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-
   ready Text Domain: twenty-sixteen-child */
 * FUNCTIONS:
 * <?php
    add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘theme_enqueue_styles’ ); function theme_enqueue_styles(){
   wp_enqueue_style( ‘parent-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’);
 * }
    ?>

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314320)
 * what changes have you made to **footer.php**?
    what effect are you expecting?
 * your site **is **using the child theme, so that is ok.
 *  Thread Starter [tombrew123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrew123/)
 * (@tombrew123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314336)
 * Hi Michael,
 * Thanks for the quick reply. I wanted to get rid of ‘powered by wordpress’ and
   to add in a link to my disclaimer. Here is my edited version of the footer.php.
   I have made the changes on line 50-51 I think. I deleted the following:
 *     ```
       <span class="site-title"><a>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></span>
       				<a>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentysixteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
       ```
   
 * And replaced it with:
 *     ```
       <p>&copy2016 <a href="http://tombretravel.com">tombretravel</a></p>
       <a href="http://tombretravel.com/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a>
       ```
   
 * So in full, this is what my footer.php file looks like:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * The template for displaying the footer
        *
        * Contains the closing of the #content div and all content after
        *
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage Twenty_Sixteen
        * @since Twenty Sixteen 1.0
        */
       ?>
   
       		</div><!-- .site-content -->
   
       		<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
       			<?php if ( has_nav_menu( 'primary' ) ) : ?>
       				<nav class="main-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Footer Primary Menu', 'twentysixteen' ); ?>">
       					<?php
       						wp_nav_menu( array(
       							'theme_location' => 'primary',
       							'menu_class'     => 'primary-menu',
       						 ) );
       					?>
       				</nav><!-- .main-navigation -->
       			<?php endif; ?>
   
       			<?php if ( has_nav_menu( 'social' ) ) : ?>
       				<nav class="social-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Footer Social Links Menu', 'twentysixteen' ); ?>">
       					<?php
       						wp_nav_menu( array(
       							'theme_location' => 'social',
       							'menu_class'     => 'social-links-menu',
       							'depth'          => 1,
       							'link_before'    => '<span class="screen-reader-text">',
       							'link_after'     => '</span>',
       						) );
       					?>
       				</nav><!-- .social-navigation -->
       			<?php endif; ?>
   
       			<div class="site-info">
       				<?php
       					/**
       					 * Fires before the twentysixteen footer text for footer customization.
       					 *
       					 * @since Twenty Sixteen 1.0
       					 */
       					do_action( 'twentysixteen_credits' );
       				?>
       <p>&copy2016 <a href="http://tombretravel.com">tombretravel</a></p>
       <a href="http://tombretravel.com/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a>
   
       			</div><!-- .site-info -->
       		</footer><!-- .site-footer -->
       	</div><!-- .site-inner -->
       </div><!-- .site -->
   
       <?php wp_footer(); ?>
       </body>
       </html>
       ```
   
 * Thanks for your help!
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314364)
 * your site is running ‘WP-Super-Cache’
    – have you made sure that the cache was
   cleared after the changes?
 *  Thread Starter [tombrew123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrew123/)
 * (@tombrew123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314464)
 * I’ve cleared the cache both on my web browser and in the ‘wp super cache’ itself
   and still no joy. Is my coding correct? Or am I missing something really obvious?
 *  Thread Starter [tombrew123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrew123/)
 * (@tombrew123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314465)
 * Okay, I just made the same edit in the parent theme to double check my coding
   was correct and it is. This must mean that my child theme is not linking my footer.
   php file to the child theme?
 * So how do I get the child theme to use the customised child footer.php that I
   have created?
 * I have uploaded it via file zilla like I did with the child theme so I’m not 
   too sure if the child theme is looking for the updated file?
 * Again, any help is hugely appreciated!
 *  Thread Starter [tombrew123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrew123/)
 * (@tombrew123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314467)
 * RESOLVED!
 * Apologies for all the comments! Basically, the child theme’s footer php file 
   was called ‘footer-child-1.php’. I renamed it to footer.php and it solved my 
   problem! Think wordpress didn’t like the file name!
 * So all sorted, thanks again for all the help Michael!

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 * Last reply from: [tombrew123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrew123/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-doesnt-effect-website/#post-7314467)
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