Title: storefront child theme broken
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# storefront child theme broken

 *  Resolved [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/)
 * I know this topic has been kicked around ad nauseum, but I just can’t seem to
   find the answer I need. Using the Codex instructions I built a child theme for
   my Storefront parent theme, but I can’t get it to show up in Appearance>Themes.
   In my child folder I have 3 files: style.css, functions.php, and rtl.css. I coded
   them thus:
    STYLE.CSS
 *     ```
       /*
        Theme Name:   Storefront Child
        Theme URI:    http://picklestreetcreations.com/PSC_E_com/
        Description:  Storefront Child Theme
        Author:       WooThemes, with help from Nancy Bode
        Author URI:   http://picklestreetcreations.com
        Template:     storefront
        Version:      1.3.1
        License:      GNU General Public License v2 or later
        License URI:  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
        Tags:         black, white, light, two-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, custom-background, custom-colors,
       			   custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, full-width-template, threaded-comments
        Text Domain:  storefront-child
       */
   
       @import url("../storefront/style.css");
   
       @charset "UTF-8";
       ```
   
 * FUNCTIONS.PHP
 *     ```
       <?php
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
       function theme_enqueue_styles() {
           wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
       	wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
               get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
               array('parent-style')
           );
       }
       ```
   
 * RTL.CSS
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Storefront Child
       Template: storefront
       */
       ```
   
 * The only thing I found strange was that there was no closing ?> in the Codex 
   php text, so I left it out of mine, too. Someone please help!

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 *  [albertstrun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albertstrun/)
 * (@albertstrun)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873564)
 * Hi, I think the Template: field is case sensitive? if there is a mismatch there,
   that may cause some problems.
 * It’s worth a try 😀
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873565)
 * Yes, it is case sensitive, but the parent theme folder is lowercase.
 * Where is the child theme folder located? It should be on the same level as the
   parent theme (not inside it).
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873567)
 * albertsrun – My file names are all lower case, so I went through and made everything
   in the files lower case, refreshed everything, but no change. Thanks for trying,
   though. If you have other suggestions, I’d happily try them!
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873568)
 * Also, try using just this in the functions.php file (file names should not be
   capitalized):
 *     ```
       <?php
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
       function theme_enqueue_styles() {
       wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
       }
       ```
   
 * in style.css, try just this:
 *     ```
       /*
        Theme Name:   Storefront Child
        Template:     storefront
   
       */
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873570)
 * WPyogi – in my themes folder I have my storefront folder, my storefront-child
   folder, and an index.php file. In my storefront folder is another storefront 
   folder, and inside that subfolder are all of my storefront files. In my storefront-
   child folder are my three files. Is the storefront parent subfolder a possible
   problem?
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873571)
 * WPyogi – I made the suggested code changes, but it didn’t help. But I’ll try 
   any other suggestions you have!
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873572)
 * >  In my storefront folder is another storefront folder, and inside that subfolder
   > are all of my storefront files.
 * That doesn’t sound correct – I just downloaded storefront and all the files are
   directly in the folder.
 * Is the child theme not showing up at all in the dashboard?
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873575)
 * WPyogi – nope, not at all.
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873577)
 * Maybe I should delete my parent and reload it. I use Filezilla for transfers.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873581)
 * Yep, try deleting the parent theme and reinstalling it from the Dashboard.
 * And did you try redoing your child theme files per what I posted above?
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873584)
 * WPyogi – Yes. That’s #7.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873587)
 * Can you post a link to your site? Did you reinstall the parent theme?
 * How are you creating the files for the child theme? Using a text editor?
 *  Thread Starter [JudahsMom63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judahsmom63/)
 * (@judahsmom63)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873596)
 * WPyogi – I started over, except this time instead of getting the theme from WooCommerce
   I did as you suggested and got it through the dashboard. Then, before I did anything
   else, I created the child theme and viola! it worked. I was able to activate 
   my child theme and now I can go and edit it. I really appreciate your help! If
   you want to see the site raw before I start adding stuff, it’s [http://www.picklestreetcreations.com/PSC_E_com/](http://www.picklestreetcreations.com/PSC_E_com/)
 * I also have another site that I’m working on that’s not e-commerce. That one 
   is [http://www.picklestreetcreations.com/](http://www.picklestreetcreations.com/)
 * Have a look around my sites if you like, and thanks again! You’re the best!
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/storefront-child-theme-broken/#post-5873612)
 * OMG, awesome to hear that!! Yay!!

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