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Thanks Hugo… I tried that as well, and I am happy to go that route.

However, I am having the same problem… when previewing the child theme, looks fine. Activating it kills all styles and settings EXCEPT for those made in the child theme.

I am perhaps fundamentally misunderstanding about how child themes work… I thought they would use everything of the parent UNLESS, something new (template, style) was provided?