Title: Child Theme Problems
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Child Theme Problems

 *  [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/)
 * Hi,
 * I just installed a theme called Moses and I am trying to create a child theme.
   I’ve made a few customizations on the parent theme, and then realized that I 
   needed to do those through a child theme.
 * The problem is, that when I activate the child theme, it takes away my background
   and navigation (controlled by the ubermenu plugin).
 * In my themes directory, I have a folder called Moses-child. The style.css looks
   like:
 * /*
    Theme Name: Moses-Child Description: Child Theme for Moses Parent Author:
   admin Template: Moses
 * (optional values you can add: Theme URI, Author URI, Version)
    */
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../Moses/style.css”);
 * The style.css in the regular Moses theme is:
 * /*
    Theme Name: Moses Theme URI: [http://mintthemes.com](http://mintthemes.com)
   Description: Themes for Churches Version: 1.8.6.7 Author: Mint Themes Author 
   URI: [http://mintthemes.com](http://mintthemes.com) Tags: church, basic, moses*/
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) “css/reset.css”;
 * /* import the theme css *after* the base_styles */
    [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)“
   css/base_styles.css”;
 * /* font stylesheet */
    [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)“
   css/museosans/stylesheet.css”;
 * Is there any reasons why the imports on the original style.css would be causing
   the child theme not to work?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163339)
 * Try moving your child theme so it sits in this directory
 *     ```
       wp-content/themes/
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163342)
 * Yup, it is there. The original theme is in wp-content/themes/Moses and the child
   is at wp-content/themes/Moses-child.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163344)
 * In your child theme style.css, try lower case Moses:
 *     ```
       Template: moses
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163346)
 * Well, that may have helped point to an issue. The original theme has an uppercase“
   M” and when I took that away just to try, it REALLY messed the site up. So, I
   think that the child theme is “working” however it is still not showing the background
   images or navigation.
 * Since the original Moses style.css just has [@imports](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imports/),
   would that be causing it not to work?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163348)
 * You may need to redefine CSS URLs, wherever referenced, to something more specific,
   like;
 *     ```
       url('/wp-content/themes/Moses/...');
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163353)
 * No dice.
 * I changed all the [@imports](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imports/) in
   the Moses style.css to:
    [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)“/
   wp-content/themes/Moses/css/reset.css”; [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)“/
   wp-content/themes/Moses/css/base_styles.css”; [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)“/
   wp-content/themes/Moses/css/museosans/stylesheet.css”;
 * When, I activated the child theme, I still get this: [http://fbcsudbury.dreamhosters.com/](http://fbcsudbury.dreamhosters.com/)(
   no backgroud, no nav, and crazy footer)
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163356)
 * Sorry I meant the URLs for the missing images.
 *  Thread Starter [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163363)
 * Yeah, I’m still seeing no change. 🙁
 * When I inspect with Firebug, it shows that the entire UberMenu pluging is not
   being included. Sigh.
 * I’ve de-activated the child theme, so now the correct site is showing.
 *  Thread Starter [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163366)
 * Okay, on the style.css for the child theme, I just included the other .css files
   that reference the background and that works.
 * What I still don’t see is a correct footer or navigation…
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163367)
 * I see this error,
 *     ```
       Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) http://fbcsudbury.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/themes/Moses-child/css/minimal.css
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [clevis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clevis/)
 * (@clevis)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-problems-2/#post-3163373)
 * I think it is pulling in the css now…just not the UberMenu plugin…

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