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I have a website which is using a child theme of Twenty Twelve.
As part of the design process, I had to edit /twentytwelve/css/ie.css.

Is it possible to save this file in my child theme, and keep twentytwelve's version as it was by default? This would ensure if Twenty Twelve is ever updated, I won't lose the changes I made to /twentytwelve/css/ie.css.

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For ie.css specifically, the issue is that it is included via get_template_directory_uri(), which will output the parent theme directory when a child theme is being used. The solution is to add an action hooked to wp_enqueue_scripts with a lower priority, dequeue the stylesheet, then re-enqueue it using get_stylesheet_directory_uri(), which will load it from the child theme directory.

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  • How do I add an action hooked to wp_enqueue_scripts with a lower priority? How do I re-enqueue it using get_stylesheet_directory_uri()? In what file do I do this?
    – Steve
    Commented Jul 11, 2013 at 10:42
  • see priority argument of add_action. look in twentytwelve functions.php for where they enqueue the css file, copy it to your child theme's functions.php, swap get_template_directory_uri for get_stylesheet_directory_uri.
    – Milo
    Commented Jul 11, 2013 at 15:14
  • Thanks. I now know about the priority argument of add_action, but what do you mean by "add an action hooked to wp_enqueue_scripts with a lower priority?". What action? In what file do I do this?
    – Steve
    Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 1:38

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