Slides from my presentation at WordCamp Reno 2011: From start to awesome in under an hour. An introduction to StudioPress child themes.

1. From Start to Awesome in Under an Hour* An introduction to StudioPress child themes * providing you’re better at making graphics than I am.

2. John Hawkins WordPress Developerat 9seeds.com WordCamp Groupie Geek(you probably guessed that part)

3. DISCLAIMER! Genesis is a premium theme. I do not work for StudioPress. I’m just a bit of a fanboy.

4. Do I have to use Genesis? Nope! There are plenty of frameworks to choose from. Headway, Thematic, TwentyTen

5. What is a Child Theme? Requires as little as a style.css file containing a tag like:Template: genesis Uses template files from a parent theme, unless you tell it otherwise.

6. What is a Parent Theme? Contains the default theme files Hooks & Filters Built in functionality

7. Parent Vs Child File List Genesis File List Agency File List

8. Template Hierarchy http://codex.wordpress.org/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png

9. Genesis Options Page

10. Genesis Widgets

11. Category/Page Nav Menus

12. User Profile

13. Featured Page

14. Featured Posts

15. Time to Customize

16. Before You Start Create a new folder in /wp-content/themes/ Copy child-theme files in to new folder Edit style.css to rename theme Replace screenshot.png

17. Swapping Graphics, FTW!

18. Inspect Element

19. Started With This

20. Ended With This Replaced 4 graphics Added a logo Tweaked CSS Added Logo Google Fonts Font Colors

21. Tweaking a Template

23. home.php

25. Custom Post Output Using hooks & filters

26. Default Content

27. single.php Note: Look in the functions.php file of any Genesis child theme for all sorts of goodies like this.

28. Updated Content

29. Custom Content Function

30. Customized Output

31. Remove Actions remove_action(activate_genesis-simple-hooks/plugin.php,simplehooks_activation_check); remove_action(genesis_init,simplehooks_execute_hooks); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_theme_support); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_constants); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_load_framework); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_breadcrumbs); remove_action(genesis_upgrade,genesis_upgrade_redirect); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_create_initial_layouts); remove_action(genesis_setup,genesis_register_default_widget_areas); remove_action(genesis_doctype,genesis_do_doctype); remove_action(genesis_site_title,genesis_seo_site_title); remove_action(genesis_site_description,genesis_seo_site_description); remove_action(genesis_title,wp_title); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_seo_meta_description); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_seo_meta_keywords); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_robots_meta); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_show_theme_info_in_head); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_load_favicon); remove_action(genesis_header,genesis_header_markup_open); remove_action(genesis_header,genesis_header_markup_close); remove_action(genesis_header,genesis_do_header); remove_action(genesis_before_footer,genesis_footer_widget_areas); remove_action(genesis_footer,genesis_footer_markup_open); remove_action(genesis_footer,genesis_footer_markup_close); remove_action(genesis_footer,genesis_do_footer); remove_action(genesis_after_header,genesis_do_nav); remove_action(genesis_after_header,genesis_do_subnav); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_load_stylesheet); remove_action(genesis_after_content,genesis_get_sidebar); remove_action(genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap,genesis_get_sidebar_alt); remove_action(genesis_before_post_title,genesis_do_post_format_image); remove_action(genesis_post_title,genesis_do_post_title); remove_action(genesis_post_content,genesis_do_post_image); remove_action(genesis_post_content,genesis_do_post_content); remove_action(genesis_loop_else,genesis_do_noposts); remove_action(genesis_before_post_content,genesis_post_info); remove_action(genesis_after_post_content,genesis_post_meta); remove_action(genesis_after_post,genesis_do_author_box_single); remove_action(genesis_after_endwhile,genesis_posts_nav); remove_action(genesis_loop,genesis_do_loop); remove_action(genesis_after_post,genesis_get_comments_template); remove_action(genesis_comments,genesis_do_comments); remove_action(genesis_pings,genesis_do_pings); remove_action(genesis_list_comments,genesis_default_list_comments); remove_action(genesis_list_pings,genesis_default_list_pings); remove_action(genesis_comment_form,genesis_do_comment_form); remove_action(genesis_sidebar,genesis_do_sidebar); remove_action(genesis_sidebar_alt,genesis_do_sidebar_alt); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_taxonomy_title_description); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_author_title_description); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_author_box_archive); remove_action(genesis_before_header,ifb_include_topnav); remove_action(genesis_footer,ifb_include_footnav); http://9seeds.com/remove-actions/

33. /wp-includes/plugins.php

34. Additional Resources http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes http://dev.studiopress.com http://studiopress.com/support

35. Thanks for Listening! Email: john@9seeds.com Twitter: @vegasgeek Skype: vegasgeek