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Best practice for Genesis child themes

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  • July 9, 2015 at 8:04 am #158897
    Guust
    Member

    Is it recommended to create a child theme of the Genesis "child" themes?
    I guess so, if I want to play with the stylesheet and functions, or do the Genesis "child" themes never get updated, and only the framework does get updated?

    Thanks

    July 9, 2015 at 10:00 am #158914
    David Chu
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    Hi,
    You can't do a child of a child, so yes, you'll play with stylesheet and functions. Back up your theme before updating.

    That being said, you don't have to update child themes necessarily. IMO, generally the only compelling reason to update the child theme might be to upgrade an old XHTML version to get an HTML5 version. And some people are surprised to find that the HTML5 version of the theme really does look somewhat different.

    A middle ground would be to use one of the zillions of custom CSS plugins to change your theme styling, but of course that does not allow PHP programming changes.

    In the hierarchy of updates, I'd say that WP itself is most important, next would be the Genesis framework (even that often isn't urgent), and finally the child theme.

    Dave

    Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

    July 9, 2015 at 5:10 pm #158979
    Guust
    Member

    Thanks Dave.
    Always just assumed that you could do a child of a child. But tried it now, and indeed cannot get it to work the normal way of creating a child theme.
    And indeed like you say, it is actually quite uncommon for child themes to get updates anyway, but I need to add functions and always have been using child themes in the past (before starting to use Genesis on a few sites).
    I have worked with other frameworks and the child themes did not have a functions.php file at all, all that was in the framework.

    July 9, 2015 at 5:21 pm #158980
    David Chu
    Participant

    You're welcome. There are loads of frameworks out there of all kinds. I've seen quite a few of them, and each has something to offer. Something for every taste. 🙂

    I believe that there are also plugins for adding bits of PHP code, but I've never felt the need to go that route.

    Enjoy!
    Dave

    Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

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