Title: Problem child (theme)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problem child (theme)

 *  Resolved [EYA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eya/)
 * (@eya)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/)
 * I’m making a child theme for twentytwelve.
    I’ve created a directory called “
   twentytwelve-child” The theme directory is in this order: -themes -twentythirteen-
   twentytwelve -twentytwelve-child I’ve created a style.css file and put it in 
   the twentytwelve directory. This is the text: “/*  Theme Name:     twentytwelve-
   child Theme URI: [http://meloncarvings.com](http://meloncarvings.com) Author 
   URI: [http://meloncarvings.com](http://meloncarvings.com)  Template:       twentytwelve
   Version:        0.1.0 */
 * /* =Imports styles from the parent theme
    ————————————————————– */ [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
   url(‘../twentytwelve/style.css’);
 * /* =Theme customization starts here
    ————————————————————– */”
 * The error I get is:
    “Broken Themes The following themes are installed but incomplete.
   Themes must have a stylesheet and a template. Name Description Template is missing”
 * My site is: meloncarvings.com
 * I’ve done two days of due diligence finding the answer on my own with no success.
   
   I have deleted Twentytwelve and reinstalled, recreated the child folder a few
   times, and use Filezilla for file transfer. Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/#post-4195359)
 * through some ‘problem’ with the used text editor while creating style.css, it
   contains stray characters:
 *     ```
       /*
       Â Theme Name:Â Â Â Â Â twentytwelve-child
        Theme URI:      http://meloncarvings.com
        Author URI:     http://meloncarvings.com
       Â Template:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â twentytwelve
       Â Version:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.1.0
       */ 
   
       /* =Imports styles from the parent theme
       -------------------------------------------------------------- */
       @import url('../twentytwelve/style.css');
   
       /* =Theme customization starts here
       -------------------------------------------------------------- */
       ```
   
 * try using a text editor like notepad – [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files#Using_Text_Editors](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files#Using_Text_Editors)
 *  Thread Starter [EYA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eya/)
 * (@eya)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/#post-4195377)
 * alchymyth for the win!
    Recreated the style sheet using Notepad++, uploaded, 
   good to go! Thank you!
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/#post-4195381)
 * > I’ve created a style.css file and put it in the twentytwelve directory.
 * I hope that is a typo! Never change anything inside Twenty Twelve.
 *  Thread Starter [EYA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eya/)
 * (@eya)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/#post-4195384)
 * Yup, typo. “twentytwelve-child”
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/#post-4195386)
 * I was fairly certain of that since your Child Theme is working. Congrats on your
   success.

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 * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/)

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 * Last reply from: [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-child-theme/#post-4195386)
 * Status: resolved

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