September 15, 2010 7:00 PM - 55 attended
Creating Child Themes
Urban Oasis Loft B & B and Event Space (map)
As a followup to the August Meetup on the Basics of Customizing WordPress Themes, Russell Fair is going to talk about making Child Themes. Child themes are really a "Best Practice" for anyone customizing WordPress themes - beyond the very basics. And child themes are a great way to actually create your own themes. Actually not many people ever start from a blank slate to create a theme unless they are a total code geek with a lot of time on their hands. So come on out and learn this technique so that your theme customizations will not be overwritten by Theme updates.
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Govindji Patel
Russell do you know that none of the posts show on atlwpusers website just shows the headline.
Posted September 3, 2010 at 12:38 PM -
Russell Fair
Govindji - thanks for the heads up. Silly me for using untested plug-ins on a site with some traffic. Should be okay now.
Posted September 3, 2010 at 1:14 PM -
Russell Fair
Off topic but I saw this from the Tampa Bay WP meetup - thought you might enjoy. http://atlwpusers.com/discussions/mark-jaquith-on-custom-...
Posted September 9, 2010 at 2:37 AM -
Russell Fair
Designers I have a challenge for you! Show off your skills and I'll use your design as the example at next weeks meetup. http://atlwpusers.com/uncategorized/want-to-show-off-your...
Posted September 9, 2010 at 11:53 AM
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Judi KnightEvent HostCo-Organizer, Co-OrganizerRussell did a really great job explaining Child Themes to our general members who have broad diversity in experience levels. Loved the concept of finding a theme to be the "Ideal Parent" as some themes would definitely not fall into that category! With some themes I can't wait to get out of the house and never go back.
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Kristina McInernyWas able to create my own child theme during class. I now understand that child themes protect my client (and myself) from costly mistakes and overwrites. I can see how this can be over someone's head that doesn't understand CSS though.
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Alexious FieroI thought that Russell was very insightful and clear as to the topic of child themes and WordPress overall. It was a great help.
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GreerThis was my first time at a WordPress meetup. I think it is a wonderful resource for beginners. I learned about new tools and resources for building WordPress sites that Google did not inform me of. It was a great experience!
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I just wrote a few posts about creating your own WordPress child theme that I will be using and elaborating on at the meetup on the 15th. Feel free to check them out if you want a preview of the meetup.
http://bit.ly/aoFNRH
http://bit.ly/c6ZArh
http://bit.ly/9ex3Ff