Title: child theme/custom header problems….
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# child theme/custom header problems….

 *  Resolved [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/)
 * I have a problem with my child theme for twenty eleven. It is a mess as of a 
   few days ago…this is my child theme:
    /* Theme Name: TwentyelevenChild Description:
   Child theme for the twentyeleven theme Author: Kelly Template: twentyeleven */
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../twentyeleven/style.
   css”);
 * when I activate this theme, it looks a mess…all content to one side of the page(
   left)…the parent theme is fine…when I activate it..which it is currently..site
   looks just the way it is suppose to.
 * What am I missing? I did read a support thread support/topic/child-themecustome-
   header travails…but still confused as to what the them above is missing. can 
   you please provide some feedback? (Note: I am new to this) thank you for your
   help. Kelly

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 *  Thread Starter [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324128)
 * site is nettleague.org
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324136)
 * > when I activate this theme, it looks a mess…all content to one side of the 
   > page (left)…the parent theme is fine…when I activate it..which it is currently..
   > site looks just the way it is suppose to.
 * I might be wrong, but you might only need to go to Appearance > Themes > Customize
   and change the template and pages settings to what you had before.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324146)
 * your posted child theme style.css code looks normal.
 * possibly try and clear the broser cache once the child theme is activated – press‘
   ctrl f5’ or ‘reload’…
 * what code are you using for the custom header?
 * however, without the child theme activated, there is no way to help with troubleshooting.
 *  Thread Starter [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324152)
 * Ok, I activated my child theme so you can see it…thanks for the prompt response.
 *  Thread Starter [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324158)
 * my header image is just a logo for the site…actually it is not a custom header.
   No code for the header.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324161)
 * it seems that the browser cannot find style.css of the child theme at this url:
   
   [http://nettleague.org/wp-content/themes/twentyelevenchild/style.css](http://nettleague.org/wp-content/themes/twentyelevenchild/style.css)
 * double check the child theme folder name, spelling, capitalisation, etc.
 * i.e. double-check where the style.css of the child theme is saved.
 *  Thread Starter [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324166)
 * html
    [Apache Logs] [Error Logs] cgi wp-admin wp-content plugins themes responsive
   twentyeleven twentyelevenchild upgrade uploads wp-includes
 * thats a copy of my directory files at godaddy…its spelled the same as the parent
   directory…the child theme is located in the twentyelevenchild directory. The 
   directories are in the order as above…
 *  Thread Starter [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324172)
 * it is under content >themes>twentyeleven>twentyelevenchild and the file when 
   I click on twentyelevenchild style.css file is under twentyelevenchild.
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324199)
 * > it is under content >themes>twentyeleven>twentyelevenchild and the file when
   > I click on twentyelevenchild style.css file is under twentyelevenchild.
 * Place twentyelevenchild inside your Themes folder and you should be good-to-go.
   You can have as many Themes and/or Child Themes as you wish inside Themes, and
   they will then each-and-all be available at your Dashboard. I have three versions
   of my Child Theme in my Themes folder (along with Twenty Twelve as Parent, of
   course), then use each at-will.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324259)
 * > it is under content >themes>twentyeleven>twentyelevenchild
 * as [@leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/) already mentioned,
   the child theme has to be located at wp-content>themes>twentyelevenchild i.e.
   directly in the /themes folder
 *  Thread Starter [Nettleague](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettleague/)
 * (@nettleague)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-themecustom-header-problems/#post-3324270)
 * Its working!! Thank you! Spent rediculous amount of time on that! Thank you!

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