What You Need To Do

You will need gain access to your Wordpress site either using FTP (FileZilla) or File Manager through cPanel. This might sound complicated but it really isn't!

• If you use FileZilla or any other FTP application, you'll have to create the files first, then upload them into the right directory - the Wordpress themes folder.

• If you use File Manager, you can create the folder and files right there online.

In this tutorial I'm going to use cPanel's File Manager.

To create a Child Theme in Wealthy Affiliate go here...

Getting Started

In this example, I'll be creating a child theme for my Twenty Eleven theme.

When adding a child theme, initially all you need to do is create just one folder and one file. Later on you may want to further customize the header or add a function, but for now we'll keep it simple and stick to just the new theme's folder and stylesheet!

• First we need to create a new folder for this child theme within the same folder you have for any other themes.
  
  We'll call the new folder 'twentyeleven-child'.
  This will be its path: ../wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child.
  
  Giving it a name like /twentyeleven-child/ will help you to be able to recognize it easily.

Step-By-Step

1. Open File Manager > navigate to wp-content > themes folder.

2. Open themes folder. Here you'll see any themes you've already downloaded.
I've just got the Twenty Eleven theme folder and its index.php file.

3. Create the new child theme folder and give it a name.

Now we have our new child folder - we're halfway there!

Next we have to create the all important style.css file inside the twentyeleven-child folder that will hold all the magic!