child theme not appearing on WP theme page

What do you have in the style.css file? Did you create it using a plain text editor? Is it in the themes folder?

Also, what’s the name on the child theme folder?

Thank you WPyogl

1. I used text wrangler.
2.
/*
Theme name: Imbalance2_child
THEME URI: https://mysite.com/
Description: child theme of Imbalance2
Author: me
Version: 0.0.1
Template: imbalance2
*/

@import url(“../imbalance2/style.css”);

3. child theme folder name is Imbalance2-child in themes folder

Does anyone have suggestions on how to trouble shoot this issue?

Try removing capital letters and hyphens in the name – that seems to sometimes cause problems.

Also, is this the exact name on the parent theme folder:

imbalance2

– removing capital letters – check
– removing hyphens in the name – check
Yes, imbalance2 is the parent theme folder name.

Something I notice – in Filezilla, the local site shows an update (date/time) when I re-save the style.css file, but the remote site does not show update. Do I need to drag the updated file into the remote section everytime I save a new version?

Yes, you need to change the version on the server…

changed the version on the server and nothing changed. Child theme still doesn’t appear on wordpress themes page.

Is the file structure correct:

wp-content
     themes
        imbalance2
        imbalance2child
           style.css (new one)

yes

Is this still the case?

Something I notice - in Filezilla, the local site shows an update (date/time) when I re-save the style.css file, but the remote site does not show update

Do you have caching on your site?

Link to your site?

You might want to start over with a new style.css file.

Also, try making a child theme for twentytwelve just to rule out theme issues.

Where do I check if have caching on your site?

It’s generally a plugin (something like SuperCache) or some hosting companies use server caching. Do other changes show up right away when you make them? Have you cleared your browser cache and cookies as well?

NO plugin for caching.
Yes, other changes show up right away.
Yes, cleared browser cache and when I choose “never” for cookies (Safari preferences) it logs me out of my wordpress site and I cant log back in so i changed them back to 3rd party option.

I will try making a child theme for twentytwelve to see what happens and post back results.

Thank you again WPyogi!!