Congratulations! Today is your day.
You’re off to create Child Themes! You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head. You have nothing to lose.
You can pick a WordPress theme any style it up how you choose.

You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And this session will help you decide where to go.

You’ll look at many designs and layouts. Look ’em over with care.
About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.”

With your head full of brains and poetic code oh-so-sweet,
you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any Themes you want to bring down.
In that case, of course, you’ll just straight code your own.
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(adapted from Dr. Seuss: “Oh The Places You’ll Go!”)

Themes are very popular with users of WordPress, primarily because the theme defines the look and feel of your web site, and the functions within the template carry your content forward to the eyes of your readers. This session takes the user through the basics of creating Child Themes based off an existing theme in order to customize a theme to your liking, without having to code/develop the whole kit and kaboodle! Child Themes are a time saver and a great way to learn about WordPress Themeing. At the end of this session, users will walk away with a downloadable example of a Parent/Child theme used in the session as an example so they can study the code and learn how to apply the techniques to their next project.