Title: Child theme not using parent
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Child theme not using parent

 *  [lreids](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lreids/)
 * (@lreids)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/)
 * I’m fairly new to wordpress, I have recently created a child theme, however, 
   a lot of the fomatting that was on the original theme has disappeared.
 * Please help if you can.
 * Thanks

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087331)
 * Link to your site?
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087332)
 * After activating a Child Theme you must set it settings just like for any other
   theme, but only once.
 *  Thread Starter [lreids](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lreids/)
 * (@lreids)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087374)
 * Hello, thanks for the quick response. The site is [
    Thanks in advance.
 *  Thread Starter [lreids](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lreids/)
 * (@lreids)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087375)
 * [ reviewedapp.com](http://www.reviewedapp.com)
 * Trying to reply on my phone, it’s a bit tricky.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087399)
 * This line is not really correct – though it looks like it’s working that way:
 *     ```
       @import url("http://diivinecom.ipage.com/reviewedapp/wp-content/themes/ideas/style.css");
       ```
   
 * It should be:
 *     ```
       @import url("../ideas/style.css");
       ```
   
 * But as leejosepho said, theme options and settings don’t carry over from the 
   parent to the child theme – you have to redo them just like in any other new 
   theme.
 *  Thread Starter [lreids](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lreids/)
 * (@lreids)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087430)
 * Hello,
 * Thanks for your help on this. I think I understand the gist of a child theme 
   a little better now, so basically if i want to edit any php such as the header.
   php, I’d upload it to the child theme and have a play, if all goes wrong I can
   delete it and it will revert back to the parent theme?
 * One thing i’m struggling with is the top navigation menu. the original looks 
   like this [http://demos.appthemes.com/?theme=ideas](http://demos.appthemes.com/?theme=ideas)
   and mine is just too basic, i’m not sure why the parent theme isn’t pushing the
   menu setting forward.
 * Sorry to be a pain, but any help would be greatly appreciated…again.
 * Thanks
 * Luke
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087432)
 * > …if i want to edit any php such as the header.php, I’d upload it to the child
   > theme and have a play, if all goes wrong I can delete it and it will revert
   > back to the parent theme?
 * Exactly, and if that does not clear things, you can temporarily rename the folder
   for your Child Theme via FTP and your site should drop back to running the default
   WordPress theme.
 * > One thing i’m struggling with is the top navigation menu…
 * Back to you, WPyogi or whoever else knows that stuff!
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-using-parent/#post-4087434)
 * You have to redo any theme options/settings in the child theme – the parent theme
   settings don’t affect the child theme.
 * It looks like the demo may be different from the actual theme – but please ask
   the developers of the theme for more help with this – as these forums only provide
   theme-specific help for themes from here:
 * [http://wordpress.org/themes/](http://wordpress.org/themes/)

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## Tags

 * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/)
 * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/)
 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)
 * [formatting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/formatting/)

 * 8 replies
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