child index.php does not overwrite parent index.php in twenty fourteen theme

I am using the twenty fourteen theme to create a child theme and want to make changes to the index.php, but when I copy the index.php file to the child theme's directory and edit it, it doesn't change my theme at all. Am I doing something wrong or missing something out? Thanks for any help

I have the following code to my child theme style sheet:

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Child
Theme URI: 
Description: Child theme - Ecuador Travel Agency Tours Site
Author: Sarah Wyatt
Author URI: /
Template: twentyfourteen
Version: 1.0
Tags:
*/

And the following code to the child theme functions.php:

<?php

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
        get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
        array('parent-style')
    );
}


?>

I am using the twenty fourteen theme to create a child theme and want to make changes to the index.php, but when I copy the index.php file to the child theme's directory and edit it, it doesn't change my theme at all. Am I doing something wrong or missing something out? Thanks for any help

I have the following code to my child theme style sheet:

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Child
Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyfourteen
Description: Child theme - Ecuador Travel Agency Tours Site
Author: Sarah Wyatt
Author URI: http://www.onestopsolutionswebmasters.com/
Template: twentyfourteen
Version: 1.0
Tags:
*/

And the following code to the child theme functions.php:

<?php

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
        get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
        array('parent-style')
    );
}


?>

• child-theme
• theme-twenty-fourteen

Share Improve this question edited Mar 6, 2015 at 4:15 Pieter Goosen 55.4k2323 gold badges115115 silver badges209209 bronze badges asked Mar 6, 2015 at 3:15 Sarah WyattSarah Wyatt 111 bronze badge 3

• did you activate your child theme? what type of page are you trying to view? – Milo Commented Mar 6, 2015 at 3:25
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• what is the changed code in index.php of your child theme? – Michael Commented Mar 6, 2015 at 10:34

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The way you enqueueing your stylesheets are wrong. Someone very ignorant keeps changing my edit in the codex. The way you are doing this loads your child stylesheet twice. I have already done a post on this that you should check out here

The correct way is

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {

    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );

}

As for the problem with your index.php, you should clear all your caches, browser and plugin caches. This really seems like a cache problem as your code looks fine