Presentation for Westchester/Hudson Valley WordPress Meetup - September 29, 2010

1. Child Themes Daisy Olsen http://daisyolsen.com

3. Dependent on a parent theme for elements not found in the child theme

4. Only style.css is required

5. Can be used to re-skin a theme

6. Can add functionality

7. Can over-ride parts of the parent theme

9. Rapid development

10. Build upon a consistent codebase

11. Understanding of PHP and WordPress themeing is helpful but not required for basic child themes

13. style.css – Only Child theme file is used.

14. functions.php – Both parent and child files always run.

15. Other files – Child theme checked first then Parent theme. First file found runs. Specific -> General

17. Create style.css

18. Page Templates

19. Overriding Parent Theme Files

20. Demo site : http://wpthemedemos.com

21. Required in style.css /* Theme Name: Twenty Ten Child Demo Description: A Child Theme for Twenty Ten for Demonstration. Theme URI: http://daisyolsen.com Author: Daisy Olsen Author URI: http://daisyolsen.com Template: twentyten Version: 1.0 */

23. Option #2 – Copy/Paste entire style.css from parent theme into child theme style.css

24. Option #3 – Build new style.css from scratch

27. If a template file exists in the child theme the parent theme file is ignored.

29. Twenty Ten allows you to modify the loop by creating a new file in the child theme with a modified version of loop.php

30. We will modify the way the category archive displays with loop-category.php

32. Extensive Action/Filter Capabilities

33. Active Development

35. Thematic

36. Genesis (Commercial) - StudioPress

37. Builder (Commercial) - iThemes

39. Aaron Jorbin's Guide

40. Understanding Child Themes

41. Modify WordPress Themes The Smart Way