Why is there a child theme?

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  • #1297430
    Emanuel
    Participant

    Hello, I just bought and downloaded Booklium and first thing I notice, I am getting not 2 but 3 files:
    booklium-1.2.1.zip
    booklium-child-theme.zip
    booklium-theme-documentation.pdf

    Why is there is child theme, what is its purpose? I can see no difference. Also it is not mentioned in the documentation anywhere.

    #1298548
    J. Davis
    Keymaster

    Hi Emanuel,

    The child theme is added for the convenience of those users who want to override the default layouts or functionality of the parent theme or third-party plugins. Thus the child theme is used to override the files of the theme or even override files and functions of the third-party plugins and keep the changes even after theme or plugin update.

    best regards,
    J. Davis

    #1517514
    Jeannette Kuda
    Participant

    Hi John,

    If I want to use the child them, do I make it ac tive instead of parent theme?

    Irv

    #1519998
    J. Davis
    Keymaster

    Hi Jeannette, yes, sure you need to activate the child theme to apply your customizations. Note: you also need to keep the parent theme installed too.

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