You will need to decide from which parent theme you will build a child theme.
For this tutorial I am using the twentysixteen theme as my patent theme.
Using your favorite text editor use it to create an empty folder with the name twentysixteen-child
If you see carefully the FTP plarform notice that the parent theme name is the same as child theme with the exception of the -child added to the name.
The only reason is for coding best practice.
Now we need to add 2 files to it.
- style.css
- functions.php
style.css
Add the following code to the style.css file
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/*
Theme Name: PARENT NAME Child
Theme URI: http://anything/twentysixteen-child/
Description: PARENT NAME Child Theme
Author: YOUR NAME
Version: 0.1
Template: THE EXACT NAME OF THE PARENT THEME
Text Domain: PARENT NAME-child
*/
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The parent name is the original theme file.
For the twenty sixteen theme you will have the style.css file as shown below;
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/*
Theme Name: Twenty Sixteen Child
Theme URI: http://punchingbag/twentysixteen-child/
Description: Twenty Sixteen Child Theme
Author: Sheikave Jhurreea
Version: 0.1
Template: twentysixteen
Text Domain: twentysixteen-child
*/
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Now for the function.php file
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<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
touch( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/header.php' );
}
?>
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The last code ensure that you get a header.php folder in your child theme.
On the next page you will upload the file in your website server.
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Theme updates overwrite all of the files that comprise the theme. If you were to edit your theme's files directly (to change a font color or size for example), those changes would need to be manually edited back into the files every time the theme got an update.
A child theme uses all of the characteristics of its parent theme except for those that you've chosen to override. Since a theme update doesn't overwrite your child theme's files, those overrides are applied to the updated parent theme without your needing to reenter them manually.
