Title: Layout different using child theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Layout different using child theme

 *  Resolved [TechAdam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techadam/)
 * (@techadam)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-different-using-child-theme/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-different-using-child-theme/#post-3170119)
 * Where is your Child Theme, in which directory?
    Can you provide a link to this
   Child Theme website?
 *  Thread Starter [TechAdam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techadam/)
 * (@techadam)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-different-using-child-theme/#post-3170135)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travelblogsite/)
 * (@travelblogsite)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-different-using-child-theme/#post-3170164)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techadam/)
 * (@techadam)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-different-using-child-theme/#post-3170165)
 * 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://s10.postimg.org/ex1823uk9/child_theme.png)
   [http://s8.postimg.org/u8q086zit/parent_theme.png](http://s8.postimg.org/u8q086zit/parent_theme.png)

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 * Last reply from: [TechAdam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techadam/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-different-using-child-theme/#post-3170165)
 * Status: resolved