Title: 'Responsive' child theme issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# 'Responsive' child theme issue

 *  [odenell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odenell/)
 * (@odenell)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-child-theme-issue/)
 * Greetings.
 * A WP-newbie child theme related question.
 * [http://martillosperu.com/](http://martillosperu.com/)
 * I am trying to create a basic child theme that inherits from the ‘Responsive’
   theme parent.
 * Here is a snapshot of my child-theme:
    [http://martillosperu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/child-theme.jpg](http://martillosperu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/child-theme.jpg)
 * It is -mostly- working,
    but when the child is activated the ‘Responsive’ menus
   become reordered , my unique logo is replaced by generic logo, etc. … How do 
   I create a child theme that will inherit 100% of my original theme ?
 * Thanks for any suggestions.

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 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-child-theme-issue/#post-4073249)
 * > How do I create a child theme that will inherit 100% of my original theme?
 * With only a style CSS in your child theme, it inherits everything in your parent
   theme.
    BTW, did you modify the original files of your parent theme? What are
   the files/templates in your child theme?
 *  Thread Starter [odenell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odenell/)
 * (@odenell)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-child-theme-issue/#post-4073268)
 * Thanks for your response.
 * I have only a style CSS in the child-responsive directory
    containing the following
   code: [http://martillosperu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/child-theme.jpg](http://martillosperu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/child-theme.jpg)
 * If I activate the parent theme it appears as expected.
    If I activate the child
   a number of details change, menu, logo, etc.
 *  [Rod Whiteley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rod-whiteley/)
 * (@rod-whiteley)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-child-theme-issue/#post-4073271)
 * Looks like a bug in Responsive, although I haven’t investigated fully. It reminds
   me of a problem I had with Nest and a child theme.
 * Responsive uses get_template_directory() to find its own directory (see functions.
   php), but when a child theme is in use this function returns the child theme’s
   directory instead. The result is that Responsive cannot find some of its own 
   files.
 * A solution might be to copy the core directory from Responsive into your child
   theme, but if Responsive is ever updated without fixing the problem, you’ll have
   to remember to copy the updated core directory. I haven’t tried this myself.

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 * Last reply from: [Rod Whiteley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rod-whiteley/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-child-theme-issue/#post-4073271)
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