Child theme problems

  • kath123

    (@kath123)


    11 years, 3 months ago

    Hello,

    I seem to be having a problem with my child theme. When I edit the child theme it doesn’t seem to be overriding the parent theme – even when using !important.

    I think I have added the correct information at the top of the child style.css (please correct if I’m wrong):

    /*
    Theme Name: Mystile Child
    Theme URI: http://www.woothemes.com/
    Description: Child theme for Mystile.
    Author: Kath Rogers
    Author URI: kathrogers.co.uk
    Template: mystile
    Version: 1.3.1
    Tags: woothemes

    Copyright: (c) 2009-2011 WooThemes.
    License: GNU General Public License v2.0
    License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

    */

    Is there an alternative to using the !important tag to override the parent?

    Any help is greatly appreciated!

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  • WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Generally, you should avoid using !important except in very limited situations. Can you post a link to your site?

    Thread Starter kath123

    (@kath123)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Oh yeah sorry, forgot to add the link:

    http://independent-apparel.com/

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    A couple of things – first is that it looks like the style.css file is getting loaded before some other theme styles – so yeah, that’s going to be a problem. It’s POSSIBLE to work around that – but you’d need to increase the specificity of the CSS you add to your child theme. That’s the way to avoid using !important.

    Also, your child theme style.css file should not be a copy of the parent stylesheet – it should contain only changes.

    It may be possible to fix where that file is being loaded, but that’s something you’d have to ask WooThemes – as these forums only provide theme-specific help for themes downloaded from this site.

    Alternatively, since they may not support it, you might want to look at other themes that won’t be so problematic for you.

    Thread Starter kath123

    (@kath123)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    That makes sense. Thinking about it, the last time I used a child theme I only added the changes. Not sure why I added the whole parent theme.

    I’ll read up on increasing the specificity of the CSS and I’ll get in touch with WooThemes if I am still having problems.

    Thanks for your help!

    Kath

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