Layout different using child theme

Resolved TechAdam
(@techadam)

13 years, 6 months ago
I am running version 1.4 of this theme. I want to update the theme but not lose my changes. I have created, as far as I can tell, the necessary folder and file to have a child theme. When I activate the child theme, all of my content, including my right sidebar content, is in a left sidebar. I have no left sidebar configured/visible/etc. Below is the code from the style.css in my child theme directory:
```
/*
Theme Name:     travel-blogger-Child
Description:
Author:         Adam
Template:       travel-blogger

(optional values you can add: Theme URI, Author URI, Version)
*/

@import url("../travel-blogger/style.css");
```
From what I have read, that would basically make my child theme exactly like the parent theme, but it’s not.

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Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)

WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

13 years, 6 months ago

Where is your Child Theme, in which directory?
Can you provide a link to this Child Theme website?
Thread Starter TechAdam
(@techadam)

13 years, 6 months ago
The directory structure is as follows:
```
wp-content
     themes
         travel-blogger
         travel-blogger-child
```
I can’t provide a link to the child theme as I need my website up and fully functional. I only activated the child theme for a short period of time to see if it works, then re-activated the parent them when I realized the child wasn’t working.
Theme Author TravelBlogSite
(@travelblogsite)

12 years, 10 months ago

You can update the theme and your changes that you made will automatically be saved, if you are worried about them not being saved, then make a back up of your current theme. You should be fine just updating though and it will automatically keep the changes that you made… We built it to do this. 🙂

Thread Starter TechAdam
(@techadam)

12 years, 10 months ago

I’m not sure you understood what I was saying. Since my last post, I have decided to use a different theme. For you to see what I’m saying, I have installed XAMPP and configured wordpress, etc. on my computer. I don’t have any plugins or anything. All I did was install this theme, and take the necessary steps to create the child theme.
Here are screenshots for comparison:
http://s10.postimg.org/ex1823uk9/child_theme.png
http://s8.postimg.org/u8q086zit/parent_theme.png

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