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Building a Child Theme from a Child Theme in WordPress
How to accomplish this small feat, which is very similar to building a child theme from scratch
You already may have child themes down and you've built a few from some WordPress themes. But, have you thought about building a child theme from another child theme? In this article, Linda shows how to accomplish this small feat, which is very similar to building a child theme from scratch.
Why a Child Theme on a Child Theme?
NOTE: If you do not want to use any Hybrid Themes, you still can follow along. This tutorial build on the previous week's work with Appomattox Transcription and the Hybrid News Theme. You may note that this site's layout is now based upon the Hybrid theme, since the site does not contain a lot of content. Lack of content is a bear when you want to use Hybrid News. With that said, I'll be working with the latter theme today.
In the previous article, I showed how to upload and use the Hybrid and Hybrid News Themes at the Appomattox Transcription site. This site is now a plain vanilla site that begs for some images and colour. I can make those changes on the Hybrid News theme, which is a child theme for Hybrid, but I would rather make another child theme based upon that Hybrid News theme.
The reason I want to build another theme on top of the Hybrid News Theme is that I want to keep the basic functions of the Hybrid News theme. To do this, I can create a child theme that allows me to mess around with the CSS files and other options offered by Hybrid News without defacing the original theme or the child theme. So, if Justin Tadlock upgrades either theme in the future, I can upgrade those themes without worrying about how those upgrades might affect the visual portion of my site, including layout.
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.