Title: Child theme trouble
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Child theme trouble

 *  [campersand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/campersand/)
 * (@campersand)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-trouble/)
 * I’ve been trying to set up a child theme and I can’t get it to work correctly.
   It’s recognizing my new stylesheet but for some reason things get all screwy 
   in other ways.
 * The code in my stylesheet is:
 * /*
    Theme Name: platformchild Description: Child theme for the platform theme
   Author: Cameron Jones Template: platform */
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“…/platform/style.
   css”);
 * strong {
    color: #009900; }
 * Here’s how it looks: [http://newverselessons.com/?page_id=13](http://newverselessons.com/?page_id=13)
 * Here’s how it’s supposed to look: [http://www.newverselessons.com/wp-content/themes/screenshot.JPG](http://www.newverselessons.com/wp-content/themes/screenshot.JPG)

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-trouble/#post-2568521)
 * Try using `@import url("../platform/style.css");`
 *  Thread Starter [campersand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/campersand/)
 * (@campersand)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-trouble/#post-2568537)
 * You=genius, me=idiot. Thank you so much, esmi!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-trouble/#post-2568538)
 * No problem. We all have days when we could do with a second pair of eyes. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-trouble/#post-2568538)
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