I know I was intimidated by
them when I began working with WordPress. It seemed like a bunch of hard
coding or something and I put off exploring and learning about them.What is a Child Theme? How do I create one? What can I do with it? Do I have to create one? I answer all of these questions in my latest Responsive WordPress Video Tutorial: " Responsive WordPress Child Themes COMPLETE! Updated Version part 1 and 2 on YouTube now.
This tutorial series on Child Themes covers setting up a child theme and using it within your WordPress Dashboard. See what a child theme does and how it effects your website as well as the benefits and advantages to using one. The Responsive Theme from ThemeID which is child-theme-friendly is used for this demonstration.
The purpose of a child theme is simple, for editing purposes, it allows you to modify the theme files without actually changing the "parent" files of the theme. The Child Theme talks to the browser and tells it to look at it before the parent theme files thus overriding any files in the parent theme folder (directory).
