Title: Child Theme Error Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Child Theme Error * Resolved [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/) * As my last threads have showed I´ve had a lot of problem with my child theme for twenty eleven and it ended up with that I had to delete it and make the changes directly in to the Twenty Eleven theme to make the site run. I been looking at several “create a child theme” guides but no one works for me, would love if someone could take some time to healp me with that (so that my changes still are keept as well if possible) so that I can make my final changes. * Site; [http://www.daperley.com/](http://www.daperley.com/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/page/2/?output_format=md) * [alysonearl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alysonearl/) * (@alysonearl) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707819) * Did you get so far as to create a custom css file? If not, we’ll back up a few steps. Otherwise, please post the lines at the top of your child theme style. css file. They look something like this: /* Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Child Theme URI: [http://example.com/twenty-fourteen-child/](http://example.com/twenty-fourteen-child/) Description: Twenty Fourteen Child Theme Author: John Doe Author URI: [http://example.com](http://example.com) Template: twentyfourteen Version: 1.0.0 Tags: light, dark, two-columns, right- sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-ready Text Domain: twenty-fourteen- child */ * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../twentyfourteen/ style.css”); * /* =Theme customization starts here ————————————————————– */ * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707846) * Oh, thank you, now it looks right, can´t get what I got wrong last time. * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707848) * But how do I make changes to it? Should I copy the files where I want to do cahnges from the Original Twenty Eleven map? * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707858) * What do you want to change * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707886) * I want to make the textinput area wider (so that it´s less white space on the sides) and the same thing with the footer * (excuse my bad english) * [alysonearl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alysonearl/) * (@alysonearl) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707888) * Say for example you want to make each 630px wide, you’d enter the following into the style.css in your child theme. * #content { width: 630px; } * #footer { width: 630px; } * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707927) * I´ve tried that one now alysonearl but nothing happens, also tried to change th numbers up and down and to use procentage as the rest of the twent eleven theme seem to be scaled but nothing * [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/) * (@stephencottontail) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707928) * This should work: * ``` .singular #content { width: 90%; } #colophon { width: 100%; } ``` * Adjust the widths as you see fit. * [alysonearl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alysonearl/) * (@alysonearl) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707929) * stephencottontail–I wish there were a Like button. * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707931) * stephencottontail – that code surely looks right but I can´t make it change the look even a little neither hoe much I change the numbers * Should I import something from the parent theme or just add this to the child theme (as I´ve done now)? * Thank you everyone for putting your time at this. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707932) * No, you’ve done everything right. The code above wasn’t going to work, unfortunately. Try this: * ``` #page { max-width: none; } ``` * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707933) * Still nothing, I’ve emptied my cache three times as well so it should not be because of it * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707934) * Odd, because I can see the change on your website. Try another browser * Thread Starter [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * (@daperley) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707935) * I´ve tried explorer but the only change I can see is that the white area have gotten veeeery wide, even that it was the textinput area that was supposed to change * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/#post-4707936) * What do you mean by “text input” because that isn’t a term I’m familiar with Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Child Theme Error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/) * [eleven](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/eleven/) * [twenty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/twenty/) * 18 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [daPerley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daperley/) * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-error-1/page/2/#post-4707939) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics