Title: Child theme customization
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Child theme customization

 *  Resolved [eabigelow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eabigelow/)
 * (@eabigelow)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/)
 * Hi, Tomas–
 * I have stupidly not used a child theme (my first time to WordPress!), but now
   I am recognizing that it might be a good thing to do. I see that you have included
   a child theme (which is handy). Thanks!
 * If I activate the child theme, can I import all my css changes that I have already
   made in style.css into the child theme? I also have commented out a number of
   php items–can I import those changes into the child theme, as well?
 * Or will all my modifications be lost if I activate the child theme?
 * Many thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [eabigelow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eabigelow/)
 * (@eabigelow)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4723860)
 * Oops! An finally, will using the child theme change the url of the site?
 *  Theme Author [Tomas Mackevicius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomasm/)
 * (@tomasm)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4723907)
 * URL will stay the same.
 * you will have to transfer CSS manually, but from your site it doesn’t look like
   you have changed a lot of code. Just do cross-compare your style.css with original
   Tiny Forge style.css and you will see what should be transferred.
 * Example: if you commented out php lines in footer.php, you can just copy that
   file to your child theme. If that file is already present in child theme, I would
   transfer changes manually.
 *  Thread Starter [eabigelow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eabigelow/)
 * (@eabigelow)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4723912)
 * Thank you, Tomas. I will take a look. Again, thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [eabigelow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eabigelow/)
 * (@eabigelow)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4724024)
 * Hi–
 * I am experimenting with the child theme, specifically as a tiny-forge-child-custom
   because I expect to make more changes. I have not actually activated it yet, 
   but one thing I am noticing when previewing it in my WordPress Dashboard is that
   the menu on top does not appear, and the logo (and perhaps other images–can’t
   access them because menu has not showed yet) also have not appeared.
 * Is this the nature of a child, that I will have to reconfigure these things? 
   Or can I port those image links and other configurations into the child theme
   from the tiny-forge base theme? I have already compared my revised style.css 
   with the original of tiny forge, so I know what changes I have made, but pretty
   much all of my changes are in css, and I don’t expect them to make that much 
   difference in terms of logo and main menu. Or am I mistaken in that?
 * Many thanks for any advice!
 *  Theme Author [Tomas Mackevicius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomasm/)
 * (@tomasm)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4724042)
 * You have to select your menu as primary.
 * Yes, logo will have to be uploaded again.
 *  Thread Starter [eabigelow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eabigelow/)
 * (@eabigelow)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4724047)
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [eabigelow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eabigelow/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-customization/#post-4724047)
 * Status: resolved