Title: [Theme: Raindrops] child theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Theme: Raindrops] child theme

 *  Resolved [ruthcatrin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruthcatrin/)
 * (@ruthcatrin)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-raindrops/)
 * Attempting to create a child theme, so next time there’s an update I don’t have
   to go nuts fixing things, and while I’m at it I’m trying to make all links underlined
   even when not hovered over. I’m doing something wrong, not sure what.
 * File saved as style.css in “…/raindrops/raindrops-child/”
 * > /*
   >  Theme Name: Raindrops Child Template: raindrops Version: 0.1.0 */
   > [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../raindrops/style.
   > css”);
   > a {
   >  font-family:Book Antiqua, “Times New Roman”, Times, serif; }
   > a:link {
   >  color: #f1f1f1; text-decoration: underline; !important; }
   > a:active {
   >  color: #f1f1f1; text-decoration: underline; !important; }
   > a:visited {
   >  color: #f1f1f1; text-decoration: underline; !important; }
   > a:hover {
   >  color: #f1f1f1; text-decoration: none; !important; }
   > body {
   >  font:16px/1.231 Book Antiqua,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; !important;}
   > table {
   >  font-size:inherit; font:100% Book Anqitua; !important; }
   > select,input,button,textarea,button {
   >  font:99% Book Antiqua,helvetica,clean,
   > sans-serif; !important; }
   > body.ie7{
   >  /* for IE6/7 */ font-size:small; /* for IE Quirks Mode */ font:x-
   > small Book Antiqua; !important; }

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 *  [Gary Darling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garydarling/)
 * (@garydarling)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-raindrops/#post-2622749)
 * Your child theme should be in it’s own folder as a sibling to all other themes;
   it appears you have installed it as a sub-folder inside of raindrops/. If so,
   move it out so it is beside the raindrops folder, still inside of themes/.
 *  Thread Starter [ruthcatrin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruthcatrin/)
 * (@ruthcatrin)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-raindrops/#post-2622753)
 * *rereads child theme instructions* arg, missed that.
 * Ok, fixed that but its still not working, or maybe I’ve got it coded wrong. I
   want all links underlined no matter what their status is, is my code right?
 * actually thats probly the big problem, there’s like 8 .css files, and it looks
   complicated as hell…..I’ve got a basic understanding of CSS and thats it….
 *  [Gary Darling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garydarling/)
 * (@garydarling)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-raindrops/#post-2622797)
 * Your CSS looks good, but I imagine the theme adds some complications. As you 
   may know, styles cascade no only by placement in the sheet but by specificity.
   So, as far as placement goes, a declaration of `a:hover {...}` at the end of 
   a style sheet will override an `a:hover {...}` higher up in the same document.
 * As far as specificity, a declaration of `.entry-content a:hover {...}` will always
   override a simple `a:hover {...}`, no matter which comes first. And a `#entry-
   content a:hover {...}` will override a `.entry-content a:hover {...}` because
   an id is more specific than a class.
 * So use your browser’s Developer Tools (google that term if you don’t know about
   them) to ferret out the styles that are setting the links.
 *  Thread Starter [ruthcatrin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruthcatrin/)
 * (@ruthcatrin)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-raindrops/#post-2622811)
 * that makes sense, ok, gives me a place to work from thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [ruthcatrin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruthcatrin/)
 * (@ruthcatrin)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-raindrops/#post-2622874)
 * For the next poor sucker trying to make this change, its in the style.css, and
   its the FIRST F-ing line of actual code. I looked right at it like 20 times. 
   Arg…..
 * find this:
 * > ——————————————————*/
   >  .hfeed a{ text-decoration:none; }
 * and change it to:
 * > ——————————————————*/
   >  .hfeed a{ text-decoration:underline; }

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