Title: evolve child theme & css modification
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# evolve child theme & css modification

 *  [Laurent J.V. Dubois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljvd/)
 * (@ljvd)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/evolve-child-theme-css-modification/)
 * When I create a a child theme, the style.css don’t overwrite the base.css of 
   the parent theme.
 * If I put a base.css in my child theme, it don’t overwrite it too
 * I just want to change some elements of the base.css like in `.nav li.current-
   menu-item a,.nav li.current-menu-parent a,.nav li.current-menu-ancestor a
    { 
   text-shadow:0px 1px 2px #0a5182; text-decoration: none; background:#1f9ef6 url(‘../
   images/menu-item4_ljvd.png’) top left repeat-x; color:#fff; border:1px solid #
   C38213; padding: 14px 9px 12px 9px; }`
 * And preferably without hacking the base theme, child themes are made for that.
 * Someone have an idea, or this theme isn’t child theme compatible?

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 *  [terwilliger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terwilliger/)
 * (@terwilliger)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/evolve-child-theme-css-modification/#post-2190939)
 * I know this was posted 5 months ago, but I was looking for information on how
   to create a child theme of EvoLve and found this post. I think I figured out 
   how to do it if this helps anybody.
 * You create a folder for your child theme and put in two files, one called “style.
   css” and one called “base.css.”
 * You create the style.css as usual regarding your child theme information at the
   top. But when you come to the point where you would type “@import url(‘../evolve/
   style.css’);” instead you copy all the “@import” information from the style.css
   in the original EvoLve theme. Then delete or comment out *the one that imports
   the “base.css” file and type “@import url(‘base.css’);” instead.
 * Then copy the “base.css” file from the original EvoLve theme, which is found 
   in “evolve/library/media/css/base.css,” and copy it into your child theme.
 * Then you can change the base.css theme however you want to change the look of
   the site.
 * I hope that is clear enough.
 * *it says “@import url( ‘library/media/css/base.css’ );”
 *  [terwilliger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terwilliger/)
 * (@terwilliger)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/evolve-child-theme-css-modification/#post-2190940)
 * Also, I realized you have to add “../evolve/” to the beginning of the other “
   @import” paths; for example, “@import url( ‘../evolve/library/media/layouts/2col-
   r.css’ );”.
 * There are also some layout style commmands that should also be copied.

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 * Last reply from: [terwilliger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terwilliger/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/evolve-child-theme-css-modification/#post-2190940)
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