Title: Stuck with a empty Patchwork child folder
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Stuck with a empty Patchwork child folder

 *  Resolved [RagDolls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ragdolls/)
 * (@ragdolls)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-with-a-empty-patchwork-child-folder/)
 * I really like the Patchwork theme, however I want to replace the patchwork image
   with my own. I’ve read the “Codex Child Themes” and get stuck at a certain point.
   
   I’ve created a patchworkchild folder in my themes folder at blue host. I’ve written
   the directory info and saved it as style.css on my computer.
 * Now how do I get the file on my computer in the folder I made in the Themes folder?
   I tried drag and drop, it didn’t work.
 * Any help would be appreciated, thanks, Diane
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/patchwork/](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/patchwork/)

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 *  Theme Author [Caroline Moore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixhours/)
 * (@sixhours)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-with-a-empty-patchwork-child-folder/#post-3169678)
 * Hi Diane!
 * I don’t know if Bluehost has a browser-based file manager you could use, but 
   if you were able to create a new directory on the server, I’m betting you can
   upload files there, too. I would look there first, and ask your host or consult
   their support files if you get stuck.
 * If not, you can use an [FTP client](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) to
   connect to your host and transfer the files. You can get the connection information
   from your host.
 * Another alternative is to create the child theme directory on your computer, 
   put the style.css inside, and zip it up (create a ZIP archive). Then you can 
   upload it through WordPress by going to Appearance -> Themes -> Add New -> Upload.
   You may need to delete the first child theme directory you created first for 
   this to work.
 * I hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [RagDolls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ragdolls/)
 * (@ragdolls)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-with-a-empty-patchwork-child-folder/#post-3169724)
 * Caroline,
    Piece by piece I think I’m getting this. I’ve got my Patchworkchild
   folder in my theme directory with my style.css file in the Patchworkchild folder.
   The child theme is loading o.k. The big question is …how do I make changes? There
   are several places to find files: in the dashboard-apperances-editor in the Manager
   files area of my Blue Host account
 * Where do I grab the code from? I understand that I paste my changed code in my
   child theme style.css file…right?
 * I do appreciate your help, Diane
 *  Theme Author [Caroline Moore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixhours/)
 * (@sixhours)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-with-a-empty-patchwork-child-folder/#post-3169747)
 * I don’t know how your host is set up, but it’s probably easiest to change the
   code under Appearance -> Editor. You can make changes to your child theme’s style.
   css there.
 *  Thread Starter [RagDolls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ragdolls/)
 * (@ragdolls)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-with-a-empty-patchwork-child-folder/#post-3169748)
 * Caroline,
    Thanks for your reply. Yes, it is easiest to go into my dashboard 
   and make the edits. I downloaded Firebug and found it to be a fantastic tool 
   for discovering what code needs to be changed for what effect. thanks again, 
   Diane
 *  Theme Author [Caroline Moore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixhours/)
 * (@sixhours)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-with-a-empty-patchwork-child-folder/#post-3169749)
 * Fantastic! Firebug is a lifesaver. 🙂

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