Title: Problems with child theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problems with child theme

 *  [Jollyirishman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jollyirishman/)
 * (@jollyirishman)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-child-theme/)
 * So I screwed up. I built my website (www.secondcoursepodcast.com) with the landscape
   theme. I edited the style css without creating a child theme first. Now there
   is an update for the theme and I want to update with out losing my edits, so 
   here is what I did. I created a child theme that contains my edits to the code
   and loaded it up to wordpress thinking that if that was there I could activate
   it then download the update to the parent theme and I’d loose no edits. the problem
   is this, when I uploaded the child theme I got this response:
 * Broken Themes
 * The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet
   and a template.
    Name Description landscape child theme Stylesheet is missing.
 * I save the child theme as a .css and this is what I have at the top:
 * /*
    Theme Name: Landscape Child Theme Theme URI: [http://blankthemes.com/landscape/](http://blankthemes.com/landscape/)
   Author: Jamie Parrish Template: Landscape */
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../landscape/style.
   css);
 * What did I do wrong, besides the obvious of editing the parent theme.

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 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-child-theme/#post-3736638)
 * Try One, add a version no., and Two, install an unedited theme in place of the
   current theme. Also, for theme URL, use your own URL.
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/landscape](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/landscape)
 * Review: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  Thread Starter [Jollyirishman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jollyirishman/)
 * (@jollyirishman)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-child-theme/#post-3736665)
 * So are you telling me the only way for wordpress to recognize my child theme 
   is for the original parent theme to be on my server? I added a version no. but
   I’m really afraid to download the update and the child theme still not work. 
   I spent many hours getting things the way I want them and I don’t want to have
   to do it all over again. I’m new to web development and I don’t know code. I 
   had to use firebug and muddle through. Will I experience any major compatibility
   problems in the future if I don’t update the parent theme?
 *  Thread Starter [Jollyirishman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jollyirishman/)
 * (@jollyirishman)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-child-theme/#post-3736667)
 * by use my own url do you mean my website’s url?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-child-theme/#post-3736668)
 * Try changing this:
 *     ```
       Template: Landscape
       ```
   
 * to
 *     ```
       Template: landscape
       ```
   
 * And yes, the parent theme must be installed (not active).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-child-theme/#post-3736668)
 * Status: not resolved

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