WordPress Ann Arbor Meetup June 2011. Introduction to WordPress Child Themes.

1. Introduction to
WordPress Child
Themes
Level: Beginner
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2. What is a Child Theme
A WordPress child theme is a theme that inherits the
functionality of another theme, called the parent theme, and
allows you to modify, or add to, the functionality of that
parent theme.
Source: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

3. Why use a Child Theme?
Child themes are the recommended way of making
modifications to a theme.

4. Child Theme File Structure?
WordPress Child Themes are located in /wp-content/themes/
like any other WordPress Theme.

5. Child Theme File Structure?
They’re activated from the WordPress admin like any other
theme.

6. Child Theme File Structure?
Child Themes always have a style.css file and may often
include a functions.php file.

7. The Child Theme CSS File
style.css is the only file required for a child theme.

8. The Child Theme CSS File
/*
Theme Name: Twenty Ten 1.2 Child Theme
URI: http://wordpressannarbor.com/
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Ten by WordPress
Author: Declan O'Neill
Author URI: http://wordpressannarbor.com/
Template: twentyten
Version: 1.0
*/

9. The Child Theme CSS File
Theme Name: Twenty Ten 1.2 Child Theme
[Required]

10. The Child Theme CSS File
Theme URI: Webpage
[Optional]

11. The Child Theme CSS File
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Ten by WordPress
[Optional]

12. The Child Theme CSS File
Author URI: Author Webpage.
[Optional]

13. The Child Theme CSS File
Author: Author name.
[Optional]

14. The Child Theme CSS File
Template: Directory name of parent theme. Case-sensitive.
[Required]

15. Thank You!
Questions?
Declan O’Neill / www.cake.ie