1.
Kathryn Presner
WordCamp Ottawa
June 2016

2.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ben124/5396260658

3.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sackton/8258253775/

4.
Brownies
Cream butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients.
Spread in pan, bake at
350F for 30 min.
1 cup sugar
½ cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
¼ cup cocoa
½ tsp. salt

5.
Child theme = recipe variation
https://www.flickr.com/photos/snekse/399462304

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Brownie Variations
Blondies
+ brown sugar - white sugar - cocoa
Mint brownies
+ add mint extract - vanilla
Nutty brownies
+ nuts
Double chocolate mini muffins
+ choc. chips +bake in mini-muffin tin

7.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/handcoding/2117794703

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Parent Theme
!=
Starter Theme

9.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/healthcare4every1/3743271846

10.
Why?

11.
Why?
Safer updates

12.
Why?
Faster development

13.
Why?
Benefit from others' design, coding

14.
Why?
Make changes beyond just CSS

15.
Why?
Easy to revert back to parent

16.
Why not?

17.
Why not?
Untangling others' code

18.
Why not?
Can feel hacky

19.
Why not?
Can be inefficient

20.
Let's Go!
http://zooninidev.com/child-theming
⇒ practical exercises and resources

21.
Credits
Presentation
slideshare.net/zoonini
Kathryn Presner
kpresner.com / Twitter: @zoonini
Fonts
Arvo & Lato
Photos
Flickr – Creative Commons
Cat photos – K. "Crazy Cat Lady" Presner