An introduction to StudioPress child themes

* providing you’re better at making graphics than I am.

John HawkinsWordPress Developerat 9seeds.com

WordCamp Groupie

Geek(you probably guessed that part)

Genesis is a premium theme.I do not work for StudioPress.

I’m just a bit of a fanboy.

Nope!There are plenty of frameworks to choose

from.Headway, Thematic, TwentyTen

What is a Child Theme?Requires as little as a style.css file containing

a tag like:Template: genesis

Uses template files from a parent theme, unless you tell it otherwise.

What is a Parent Theme?Contains the default theme filesHooks & FiltersBuilt in functionality

Parent Vs Child File ListGenesis File List Agency File List

http://codex.wordpress.org/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png

Before You StartCreate a new folder in /wp-content/themes/Copy child-theme files in to new folderEdit style.css to rename themeReplace screenshot.png

Ended With ThisReplaced 4 graphicsAdded a logoTweaked CSS

Added LogoGoogle FontsFont Colors

home.php

Using hooks & filters

Default Content

single.php

Note: Look in the functions.php file of any Genesis child theme for all sorts of goodies like this.

Updated Content

Custom Content Function

Customized Output

Remove Actions remove_action(activate_genesis-simple-hooks/

plugin.php,simplehooks_activation_check); remove_action(genesis_init,simplehooks_execute_hooks); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_theme_support); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_constants); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_load_framework); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_breadcrumbs); remove_action(genesis_upgrade,genesis_upgrade_redirect); remove_action(genesis_init,genesis_create_initial_layouts); remove_action(genesis_setup,genesis_register_default_widget_areas

); remove_action(genesis_doctype,genesis_do_doctype); remove_action(genesis_site_title,genesis_seo_site_title); remove_action(genesis_site_description,genesis_seo_site_description

); remove_action(genesis_title,wp_title); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_seo_meta_description); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_seo_meta_keywords); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_robots_meta); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_show_theme_info_in_head); remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_load_favicon); remove_action(genesis_header,genesis_header_markup_open); remove_action(genesis_header,genesis_header_markup_close); remove_action(genesis_header,genesis_do_header); remove_action(genesis_before_footer,genesis_footer_widget_areas); remove_action(genesis_footer,genesis_footer_markup_open); remove_action(genesis_footer,genesis_footer_markup_close); remove_action(genesis_footer,genesis_do_footer); remove_action(genesis_after_header,genesis_do_nav); remove_action(genesis_after_header,genesis_do_subnav);

remove_action(genesis_meta,genesis_load_stylesheet); remove_action(genesis_after_content,genesis_get_sidebar); remove_action(genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap,genesis_get_sid

ebar_alt); remove_action(genesis_before_post_title,genesis_do_post_format_im

age); remove_action(genesis_post_title,genesis_do_post_title); remove_action(genesis_post_content,genesis_do_post_image); remove_action(genesis_post_content,genesis_do_post_content); remove_action(genesis_loop_else,genesis_do_noposts); remove_action(genesis_before_post_content,genesis_post_info); remove_action(genesis_after_post_content,genesis_post_meta); remove_action(genesis_after_post,genesis_do_author_box_single); remove_action(genesis_after_endwhile,genesis_posts_nav); remove_action(genesis_loop,genesis_do_loop); remove_action(genesis_after_post,genesis_get_comments_template); remove_action(genesis_comments,genesis_do_comments); remove_action(genesis_pings,genesis_do_pings); remove_action(genesis_list_comments,genesis_default_list_comment

s); remove_action(genesis_list_pings,genesis_default_list_pings); remove_action(genesis_comment_form,genesis_do_comment_form); remove_action(genesis_sidebar,genesis_do_sidebar); remove_action(genesis_sidebar_alt,genesis_do_sidebar_alt); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_taxonomy_title_desc

ription); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_author_title_descript

ion); remove_action(genesis_before_loop,genesis_do_author_box_archive); remove_action(genesis_before_header,ifb_include_topnav); remove_action(genesis_footer,ifb_include_footnav);

http://9seeds.com/remove-actions/

/wp-includes/plugins.php

Additional Resourceshttp://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themeshttp://dev.studiopress.comhttp://studiopress.com/support

Thanks for Listening!Email: john@9seeds.comTwitter: @vegasgeekSkype: vegasgeek