Thread: does not recognize child theme

does not recognize child theme

i cannot get wp to recognize my child theme??
/*
Theme Name: Child ClassiPress
Theme URI: http://www.portlandautoindex.com/classifieds/
Description: child theme for classipress
Author: Martin Hand
Author URI: http://www.appthemes.com/
Template: ClassiPress
Version: 3.1.9-child 1.0.0
*/
is template name different? case sensative i know but what am i doing wrong? anybody?

well i think i got it
/*
Theme Name: ClassiPress - Child Theme
Theme URI: http://portlandautoindex.com/classifieds/
Description: Child Theme for ClassiPress
Author: Martin Hand
Author URI: http://mdhmotors.com/
Template: classipress
Version: 3.1.9
*/
@import url("../classipress/style.css");
@import url("../classipress/styles/teal.css");

Yes, you are right. Template: classipress - it should be the same name with parent theme

ok well i got all my child themes established. the css changes are no problem. im trying to overide theme-footer.php in classipress/includes/theme-footer.php. when i make changes to the file in child theme nothing happens. i also tryed to just overide the function cp_do_footer() in my child theme function.php file but i get error message:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cp_do_footer() (previously declared in /home/content/63/9343463/html/pdx-wp/wp-content/themes/classipress-ct/functions.php:24) in /home/content/63/9343463/html/pdx-wp/wp-content/themes/classipress/includes/theme-footer.php on line 60.

so how can i make changes to these include files or the functions included in the files. the only thing that works for me at the time is to change the file directly which defeats the purpose of a child theme...

disregard last post, figured it out. just have to remove function from action hook. so ihave another question
which is preferred
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => 'citys', 'meta_value' => 'ne-portland' ) );
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'meta_key' => 'citys', 'meta_value' => 'se-portland' ) );
OR
query_posts(array( 'meta_key' => 'citys', 'meta_value' => 'ne-portland' ) );
query_posts(array( 'meta_key' => 'citys', 'meta_value' => 'se-portland' ) );
OR
should i use a custom taxanomy for this type of objective? ALSO Any documentation on the Vantage theme /* va_show_search_query_var( 'location' ); */ query 'location' would be greatly appreciated.