Title: Theme Child problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Theme Child problem

 *  Resolved [mcky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcky/)
 * (@mcky)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/)
 * Hi,
    I created a child theme for mantra on my local host, but doesn’t work!!!
   My style is: /* Theme Name: Mantra Child Description: Mantra child theme Version:
   0.1 Template: mantra */ [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
   url(“../mantra/style.css”);
 * The child theme it loads ,but doesn’t recogniz the configurations of the parent
   theme, showing a screen incorrect setting!!!!
    Others have had the same problem?
   Is a bug??? Thancks!!!

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803537)
 * Did you use a plain text editor to create that style.css file? Looks like you
   have curly quotes in there and those can be problematic. See the difference between
   your and mine?
 *     ```
       (“../mantra/style.css”); 
   
       "  "
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [mcky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcky/)
 * (@mcky)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803628)
 * HI Wpyogi,
    Thank you for your quick reply,but my curly quotes are correct!! 
   I created my style css whit notepad++ I tride to change my curly quotes whit 
   those of your example…. But never changed in my site!!! Doesn’t recognize the
   main settings!!! 🙁
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803629)
 * there shall be no curly quotes.
 * see Codex example [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * `@import url("../twentytwelve/style.css");`
 *  Thread Starter [mcky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcky/)
 * (@mcky)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803638)
 * Hi Alchymyth,
    i followed the example [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes&#8230](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes&#8230);..
   but not work!!
 * **[@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../Mantra/style.
   css”);**
 * Thanks for your help
 *  Thread Starter [mcky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcky/)
 * (@mcky)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803639)
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../mantra/style.css”);
   
   is correct!!
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803642)
 * Can you link to the page with the issue?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803644)
 * If you changed that [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) line
   in the Dashboard > Editor – you need to then switch to another theme, and back
   to the child for it to be recognized. Try that.
 *  Thread Starter [mcky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcky/)
 * (@mcky)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803666)
 * [@andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew/) – I’m testing in local
   host!!!
 * [http://localhost/word/](http://localhost/word/)
 * I did not change the parent theme!!!
 * @Wpyogi- I did as you said but still the same problem!!!
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803667)
 * mcky? Calmly please. You’re frustrated but honestly more !!! sure isn’t going
   to help you.
 * Since you can’t post a link we can get to can you paste your entire child theme
   into a pastebin.com link? Once you do post the link to that paste and someone
   can look at it there.
 * See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)
   for instructions on how to use pastebin.com.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803673)
 * > The child theme it loads ,but doesn’t recogniz the configurations of the parent
   > theme, showing a screen incorrect setting!!!!
 * be aware that a child theme is like a different theme, and _**does not **_use
   the parent theme’s theme options and appearance settings, like header images,
   menus etc…
 * have you tried to set those options etc new for the child theme?
 *  Thread Starter [mcky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcky/)
 * (@mcky)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-child-problem/#post-3803687)
 * thanks to all, I solved the problem
    was the local server that created conflict
   I had no problems with the remote installation greetings and thanks Mcky

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