[Ximbalo]

Aha -- OK. Got it.
Makes sense -- thank you.
I will proceed then with direct mods to the theme files as if they were my own child theme.

Thanks again.

[Ximbalo]

Questsion #2:

I have added a custom field to some inner pages of the Executive Pro Child Theme:
I need to modify the logic that builds the home page Slider and Featured Page Boxes -- so that they will all use my feat-page-excerpt material -- instead of what they are now -- simply the top of an inner page's content.

When I inspect the code found in "front-page.php" file -- I do not see clearly at all -- how or where to apply this change in logic.

Thank You,

[Ximbalo]

Thank you Coral See and Brad for the helpful replies.
This is my 1st posting here, so now that I know the prefs -- I will be sure to post any other questions shorter, 1 at a time.

That being said...
RE: Adding ( and not losing ) Customizations to Professional Genesis Child Themes:

While I am very conscious of the value of using strong framework foundations and, of course, prefer to produce all my client sites by building a custom child-theme -- this is actually the 1st site I have done using a pre-built Genesis Child theme -- and I did not see clearly how to apply my customizations w/o having to carefully re-apply them when updates come out for that child theme.

Brad Said: "You can use hooks and filters in your child theme to customize your site so any Genesis updates do not over-ride your custom code. "

Apologies -- but I do not know how to apply this advice as my experience with custom hooks & filters has always been mods to the functions.php -- which is a file that would be overwritten when the child theme gets updated. Can you please expand on this idea for me?

Creating new page templates -- this does not apply to changes that are necessary for header.php and footer.php -- which is where most, if not all, of my custom changes need to be applied.

SO, by way of summary... Question #1:
How can I best add custom changes to header, footer, and functions .PHP files when working with Genesis Child Themes -- and not lose those changes when Child Theme updates are available?

Thanks!

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