Child Theme Files Twenty Eleven theme

  • Resolved Blackwood

    (@tmerr)


    12 years, 7 months ago

    Hello,

    I have not seen the answer to my question phrased how I could understand it, and am not even sure I can explain it properly. Here goes:

    If I need to make changes to any file other than style.css, do I start a “child version” of that file? For instance, I changed the height of my header image by amending functions.php in the parent folder. Was that correct or should I have started a new functions.php in the child folder. This is the gray area for me and I have not been able to find anything that answers this exactly how I need to understand it…. thanks so much

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  • If I need to make changes to any file other than style.css, do I start a “child version” of that file?

    If you want to customise any file in Twenty Eleven – including style.css – you need to create a child theme.

    Was that correct

    No. You should have created a child theme and added custom function to a blank functions.php file in the child theme that amended the header height.

    Was that correct or should I have started a new functions.php in the child folder.

    Yes, start a new file in the child folder for any core file you change.

    Thread Starter Blackwood

    (@tmerr)

    I most certainly did create a child theme. I just didn’t know if customizing anything other than style.css required a file with the same name in the child directory.

    Thread Starter Blackwood

    (@tmerr)

    But thank you, my question has been answered now.

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