# Child theme css changes not reflecting **URL:** \ **Category:** CMS Development\ **Tags:** css\ **Created:** [September 21, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180 "2023-09-21T13:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MMainali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MMainali](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MMainali)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/1 "2023-09-21T13:54:52Z")
I don’t use Design Manager very often and currently I am facing this issues with the child theme css. I cloned the css from parent theme which has same directory structure. I added the new Twitter X logo and I can see the changes with new logo in page edit mode but it is not rendered in published pages. What am I missing here? I think the previous css files is not being replaced. Its been more than 24 hours and it is not working yet. ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/2 "2023-09-22T01:23:03Z")
@MMainali happy to help - can you check the URL with these parameters at the end: ?hsDebug=true&hsCacheBuster=4878 If you still don’t see the change reflected, there are a few things we can check in the child theme configuration. ---
**Author:** ![MMainali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MMainali](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MMainali)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/3 "2023-09-22T12:20:58Z")
@Jnix284 thank you so much for your reply. I added provided parameters and I am still not able see the changes. Although I can see the changes on edit mode. ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/4 "2023-09-22T13:00:40Z")
Hi @MMainali it would be helpful if you can share the link with us, that would allow us to check the source code and determine why your CSS isn’t apply. Can you also share a screenshot of your CSS changes - or use the code block to paste it here? ---
**Author:** ![AussieBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@AussieBob](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AussieBob)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/5 "2023-11-13T00:41:19Z")
I was pulling my hair out when not seeing changes reflected after publishing theme changes. I was certain it was a cache issue but could not find any reference to it easily. It took me a while to find this post with ‘?hsDebug=true&hsCacheBuster=4878’… Surely this information should be easier to find? ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/6 "2023-11-13T13:51:47Z")
Hi @AussieBob Here’s the [developer documentation for Debugging](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/developer-reference/debugging-and-errors) - it has the ?hsDebug info and this is the unofficial [HubSpot Developer Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hubspot-developer-extensi/gebemkdecnlgbcanplbgdpcffpdnfdfo) built by members of the dev community that includes the debug and cache buster parameters to make it easy to generate for any of your pages. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin-C](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kevin-c/32/34570_2.png) [@Kevin-C](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Kevin-C)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/7 "2023-09-22T12:29:51Z")
Hey @MMainali Have you made sure to add or update the reference to the new CSS files in your template? The little things can easily get lost when facing troubles! But as @Jnix284 said we will need a live URL to debug accurately. Best ---
**Author:** ![MMainali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MMainali](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MMainali)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/8 "2023-09-22T17:44:53Z")
Hi @Jnix284 & @Kevin-C , I cloned the css file from parent theme to child theme. Only changes on the file is: **.fa-x-twitter:before {** **content: “\e61b”** **}** \*\* ![Screenshot 2023-09-22 at 1.40.49 PM.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/2/4260e6924939302cf4aa926658ee2c5da22ca55d.png) \*\* On and edit mode, you can see both the logo. \*\* ![Screenshot 2023-09-22 at 1.41.21 PM.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/359db9ed6a359dd8c74050a7efc238f7384202a1.png) \*\* On the preview/live mode, the X logo is not showing. [Preview link](https://3854210.hubspotpreview-na1.com/_hcms/preview/content/109066915431?portalId=3854210&_preview=true&cacheBust=0&preview_key=TNJeKFzV&from_buffer=false) ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/9 "2023-09-22T21:19:02Z")
Hi @MMainali unfortunately the link you shared requires access to your HubSpot account to view. Do you have a public URL you can share? ---
**Author:** ![MMainali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MMainali](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MMainali)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 7:26am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/10 "2023-10-02T07:26:49Z")
I am sorry for late resoponse as I was out of office. Here is the public preview link: [https://www.amlrightsource.com/contact-test-20230210?hs\_preview=TNJeKFzV-109066915431](https://www.amlrightsource.com/contact-test-20230210?hs_preview=TNJeKFzV-109066915431) ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/11 "2023-10-02T14:52:01Z")
@MMainali no worries, thanks for the link! The icon is there - it’s just not visible: ![Jnix284_0-1696257945848.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/6/f60ddd7c0d07f87f10033903c6d87f466a9a7b30.png) Where have you added the definition for this class: fa-x-twitter I don’t see it in the child.css, but it looks like you’ve overwritten other CSS files. It also looks like the theme is using FA v5, which doesn’t include the Twitter X icon - which is free, but requires v6.4.2 ([more on this limitation here](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Allow-FontAwesome-version-6/idi-p/799665)). The only thing I can’t quite figure out is why it’s showing in the editor at all, if the above is the reason, it wouldn’t show in editor or preview. Since you’re using Clean theme, perhaps @HelpfulHero can provide further guidance. ---
**Author:** ![MMainali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MMainali](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MMainali)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/12 "2023-10-03T11:24:56Z")
In child theme, I have updated the fontawesome css file and added new fontawesome icon files too. It is showing perfect in preview mode. Just not showing in live site. I have attached the screenshots. ![Screenshot 2023-10-03 at 5.05.18 PM.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/c/ccede4162c10ee78283d940836d215895bc47330.png) ![Screenshot 2023-10-03 at 5.04.28 PM.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/f/cf37c615b731523830fbea89eca07af57556e3ff.png) ---
**Author:** ![squatchcreative](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/squatchcreative/32/42150_2.png) [@squatchcreative](https://community.hubspot.com/u/squatchcreative)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/13 "2025-05-21T14:42:44Z")
I work on a LOT of Hubspot sites and I encounter this problem often with child themes. Appending `?hsDebug=true&hsCacheBuster=4878` to the URL works often, but problem is… that isn’t the real world. A user isn’t going to visit that and there’s very little transparency on the CDN updates, Hubspot generated CSS, etc. I have waited over 72 hours to see minor CSS updates take effect. It would be really helpful to have more control or information over this subject. This “hack” seems to work in certain situations - [How can I clear the server cache?](https://www.maka-agency.com/frequently-asked-questions/how-can-i-clear-the-server-cache) ---
**Author:** ![GRajput](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/grajput/32/102020_2.png) [@GRajput](https://community.hubspot.com/u/GRajput)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/child-theme-css-changes-not-reflecting/90180/14 "2026-10-01T09:21:44Z")
Hi @MMainali This could be a caching or CSS path issue. Since the new logo is showing in the editor but not on the live page, I’d check if the published page is actually loading the child theme CSS or still picking up the parent theme file. You can also check the CSS file in the browser’s Network tab to see which version is actually being loaded. I hope this helps you out. Please mark it as **Solution Accepted and Like** to help another Community member. This post was created with the assistance of AI tools Thanks!