‘Child Themes’ Videos
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Tracy Levesque: 6 Ways to Up Your Theme Game
WordCamp Philly 2014Speaker: Tracy LevesqueAugust 21, 2014 — Are you a front-end designer who searches the free WordPress theme directory, finds something similar to the design you’re looking for and then modifies it to suit your needs? A lot of WordPress theme designers start off this way, but soon it’ll be time to take it to the next level. This presentation gives you 6 ways to boost your WordPress theme building skills.
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Rhys Wynne: How to Get Your First Child Theme Off the Ground
WordCamp Manchester 2014Speaker: Rhys WynneAugust 20, 2014 — Rhys does an introductory beginner talk on Child Themes, which involves the following:
– What is a child theme?
– When you should use a child theme?
– When you shouldn’t use a child theme?
– Structuring a child theme in your themes folder & common practices.
– The style.css file of a child theme, how to structure it.
– The functions.php file of the child theme.
– Common Issues that beginners ask about. -
Beth Backen: How (and why) to Create a Child Theme
WordCamp Minneapolis 2014Speaker: Beth BackenMay 15, 2014 — In this session, Beth Backen discusses what child themes are used for and outline the benefits of using child themes, including a walk through of the steps to creating a child theme and demonstration of how to use FTP (file transfer protocol) to add the child theme to a WordPress install.
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Utsav Singh Rathour: Working With Child Themes
WordCamp Nepal 2013Speaker: Utsav Singh RathourDecember 5, 2013 — Utsav talks about child themes and explains why it is important. A WordPress child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of the parent theme. A child theme is the best and easiest way to modify an existing theme, whether you want to make a few tiny changes or extensive changes.
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Chip Bennett: Developing Child Theme-Friendly Themes
WordCamp Grand Rapids 2012Speaker: Chip BennettOctober 15, 2013 — This presentation covers the important aspects of developing a Theme with Child Theme-friendliness in mind, including proper referencing of bundled Theme resources, incorporating template action hooks, making Theme functions pluggable and filterable, and making Theme options extensible.
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Paul Bearne: WordPress Child Themes
WordCamp Toronto 2012Speaker: Paul BearneJuly 17, 2013 — This presentation talks about how to safely tweak your child theme while still getting updates from the parent theme.
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Russell Fair: Child Themes
WordPress Hands-On Learning Meetup AtlantaSpeaker: Russell FairMay 23, 2013 — Russell Fair tells us what’s what on child themes at the Atlanta WordPress: Hands On Learning Meetup.
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Evan Mullins: Your Firstborn Child Theme- Child Themes 101+102
WordCamp Atlanta 2013Speaker: Evan MullinsMay 4, 2013 — Learn how to mod themes the right way. Using child themes you won’t loose your edits when there’s a theme update.
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Jane Wells: Appearance is Everything: Customizing Your Theme
WordCamp San Francisco 2011Speaker: Jane WellsAugust 20, 2011
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