Child theme is only using index.php and not inheriting templates from parent theme

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I have a theme that I’ve developed and want to make child themes. My wp-content/themes directory looks something like this: 

parenttheme
    |- style.css
    |- functions.php
    |- index.php
    |- page-example.php
childtheme
    |- style.css
    |- functions.php
    |- index.php

The problem is that page-example.php doesn’t load in a site using childtheme, only childtheme/index.php is used.

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I can do something like this in childtheme/index.php: 

echo body_class(); // class="page page-id-24 page-template page-template-page-example page-template-page-example-php logged-in admin-bar no-customize-support"

The correct looking classes are there (page-template-page-example), but it’s not using the parenttheme template file.

My hacky solution so far is to add a childtheme/page-example.php file that just contains a require('parenttheme/page-example.php'), but it seems like I shouldn’t have to do that.

I found this post, which seems to be my exact problem, but there was no answer… Can I create new page.php on child theme in wordpress?

I’ve read through the WordPress child theme codex and exhausted all other resources I can think of on the topic. Is there anyone who has dealt with this problem before?

I’m using WordPress 4.4 and multisites, if that matters.

The full template in question: 

<?php

/*
Template Name: Membership
*/

get_header();

?>

<div class="site-bd">
    <div class="wrapper">
        <div class="hero">
            <?php
                if (have_posts()) :
                    while (have_posts()) :
                        the_post();
            ?>
                <div class="shelf shelf_3">
                    <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
                </div>
            <?php
                    endwhile;
                endif;
            ?>
        </div>
        <div class="grid">
            <?php
                if( have_rows('top_columns') ) :
                    while ( have_rows('top_columns') ) : the_row();
            ?>
            <div class="grid_item grid_item-oneThird">
                <div class="shelf">
                    <div class="shelf">
                        <?php the_sub_field('column_1'); ?>
                    </div>
                    <ul class="vList">
                        <li>
                            <a href="#" class="btn" target="_blank">Join or Renew Online</a>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <a href="#" class="btn" target="_blank">Download Membership Form</a>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div><div class="grid_item grid_item-oneThird">
                <div class="box">
                    <div class="shelf">
                        <?php the_sub_field('column_2'); ?>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div><div class="grid_item grid_item-oneThird">
                <div class="box">
                    <div class="shelf">
                        <?php the_sub_field('column_3'); ?>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <?php
                    endwhile;
                endif;
            ?>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I’ve got a dozen or so other templates that also don’t work though.

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  1. This is the message I was talking about in the comments. This is shown on the themes page of a child theme: enter image description here

    If not you may not have your child theme setup correctly. Make sure your child theme style.css file has something like this at the top:

    /*
Theme Name:         Boston
Theme URI:          http://www.phoenixwebdev.com.au
Description:        Responsive Boston template child
Version:            1.0
Author:             James Jones
Author URI:         http://www.phoenixwebdev.com.au
Template:           boston
Tags:               modern, two-columns, threaded-comments, custom-menu, translation-ready
*/

    with the important part for child themes being the ‘Template’ entry.

    Other things you can try:

    In wp-includestemplate.php check out the functions load_template() and locate_template(). Use print_r() to output what these functions are doing on page load to try and help you diagnose what files are being loaded and where it’s going wrong.

    Output the function get_page_template() in your functions.php to see what WordPress thinks it’s outputting. This may also help you diangose.

    Good luck or hope someone else comes along to shed more light.

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