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Child Themes

By Jeff Cohan, May 28, 2015

Customizing WordPress Using Vendor-Built Child Themes

While the child theme method works well for many WordPress Web-site builds, sites based on vendor-built child themes require a different strategy. This article describes my current favorite approach and invites discussion on the topic.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Techniques · Tagged: Child Themes, mu-plugins, WooThemes, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, April 13, 2013

What to look for in WordPress themes: Pluggability

In choosing a theme for your WordPress Web site, you might be inclined to focus on layout and look and feel. Maybe you also consider end-user customizability and how many (and which) template files are included in the theme. If you’re a civilian building your own Web presence with WordPress, by all means pick the […]

Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: General · Tagged: Child Themes, php, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, May 15, 2012

Child Themes – WordCamp ATL 2012 Presentation

When in comes to making modifications to a WordPress theme, creating a Child Theme is Job #1. From the WordPress.org codex: A WordPress child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of another theme, called the parent theme, and allows you to modify, or add to, the functionality of that parent theme.

Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: General · Tagged: Child Themes, Presentations, WordCamp, WordPress

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