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WordPress Child Theme Explanation and Walkthrough

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

When you’re just starting out with WordPress, it’s easy to think that you can just open up the style.css file included with your theme and begin making alterations. And that will work—at least for a while—but it won’t be a good idea…
31st Dec 2015

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