Title: Parent Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Parent * [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/) * Hello every one. I got a problems with installing my own themes in wordpress. it said that my theme is a child without parent and I need to install parent first!!! my theme is designed by myself.so it is no child and have no parent. can anyone help me? any advice? Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * [salsaturation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salsaturation/) * (@salsaturation) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774729) * Can you please paste the top part of you theme style.css eg * ``` /* Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyfourteen Author: the WordPress team Author URI: http://wordpress.org/ Description: In 2014, our default theme lets you create a responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern design. Feature your favorite homepage content in either a grid or a slider. Use the three widget areas to customize your website, and change your content's layout with a full-width page template and a contributor page to show off your authors. Creating a magazine website with WordPress has never been easier. Version: 1.0 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Tags: black, green, white, light, dark, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, fixed-layout, responsive-layout, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, translation-ready, accessibility-ready Text Domain: twentyfourteen This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL. Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others. */ ``` * Thread Starter [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774825) * Yes I did.But It seems that my web take style from other themes too. for example the banner of site comefrom my style but the logo comefrom twenty twelve’s style. * you can see my web [HERE](http://t-biozar.ir) * use mozila and from the menu bar go tools > page info > media there you can see the address of pics and etc.ofc you knew that. * im cofused. pls help me. * [salsaturation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salsaturation/) * (@salsaturation) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774831) * Sorry I meant can you copy and paste the top part of style.css from the theme you are designing and paste it here so I can see it * Thread Starter [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774832) * ``` /* Theme Name: Biozar Theme URI: http://www.biozar.ir/wp-content/themes/bio Author: A3Group Author URI: http://a3group.ir/ Description: only for biozar Version: 1.3 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Tags: Bio biozar Text Domain: bio This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL. Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others. */ ``` * here you are. and thanks for reply. * [salsaturation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salsaturation/) * (@salsaturation) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774833) * This is the them you already have activated… you said * > I got a problems with installing my own themes in wordpress. > it said that > my theme is a child without parent and I need to install parent first!!! * What is the code you have on style.css (similar to the one above) for the theme you are having problems with * Thread Starter [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774840) * what do u mean of code? When I finished writing style.css I coppied those code above it. that’s all the codes that I used. pls explain more. sorry for taking ur time. * Thread Starter [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774845) * I’m sorry. let me explain more. first I couldn’t install my theme.but then somehow I installed it. but it seems now it take twenty twelve theme as a parent. the above code is all i used and its the only theme that I have. * and onething more: are you not Thomas from Ireland? 😀 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774847) * Check the comment block at the top of your child theme’s style.css file as outlined in [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes). Especially the folder name you have used for the Template tag. * Thread Starter [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774850) * My theme is not a child theme and it has no parent. please notice that. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774852) * Where did you download this theme from? * Thread Starter [Mohsen35](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a3group/) * (@a3group) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774855) * thank you for reply. but please read other comments. I designed it by myself. and I put link of it. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774857) * As this is a bespoke theme, there is very little we can do to help * [salsaturation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salsaturation/) * (@salsaturation) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774859) * I dont see anything like this in your source * `` * So I doubt it is using twentytwelve * Did you base the theme on twentytwelve… If so please check your functions.php for twentytwelve text domain * Anyway for * `logo` * Please check your header.php as it looks like it is herd coded on there Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Parent’ is closed to new replies. * 13 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [salsaturation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salsaturation/) * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-1/#post-4774859) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics