Made changes to parent theme now want to use child theme

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    jessicahall2007 · Member ·

    Hiya,

    I am wondering if you can help with a little problem.

    Before I discovered how to use a child theme or what a child theme was, I installed the parent theme ‘Metro Pro’ that runs on Genesis.

    I made changes directly to the parent theme. I did not directly make changes to the CSS or code myself. I just used the appearance options and widget options to change things on the parent theme.

    I have now uploaded the child theme and activated it, this has cleared all the changes I had made on the parent theme. So I switched back to the parent them layout temporarily until I figure out what to do.

    Now I am stuck. As I have a child theme that I would like to start using to make changes safely, but I have changes on my parent theme that I wanted to keep.

    All I have done on my parent theme is make it exactly like the Metro Pro theme demo.

    Could you help me with what to do to make sure I can activate the child theme and keep the changes I had in the parent theme?

    Just to clarify, I have never gone to the style sheet in the parent theme and changed any code myself or added anything to the stylesheet. I have purely gone to Appearance- Widgets, or appearance- customize to make changes in the parent file to make it look exactly like the metro pro theme and add my personal touches.

    My site now looks like this http://www.freedomfromthenorm.com due to making changes to the parent theme, which I want to look exactly the same in the child theme.

    Thanks in advance for your help,
    Jess

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    timethief · Member ·

    Duplicate. Already answered at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/made-changes-to-parent-theme-now-want-to-use-child-theme-2?replies=2

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