A few months ago, the WordCamp Ottawa organizers asked if I’d turn my half-hour WordPress child-theming talk into a longer practical workshop. Always eager to spread the word about child themes, I agreed.
I wasn’t sure how the workshop would go, since there were a lot of unknowns: from how many people would show up and what their skill levels would be, to whether the Wifi would hold up and if I’d have too much material (or not enough) for the two-hour slot.
Fortunately it all worked out quite well, and with the help of a few excellent TAs (thank you again Shanta, Jonathan, and Rick!), a roomful of eager participants learned how to create a WordPress child theme last Sunday afternoon.
If you’re interested in exploring the world of child themes yourself, check out the theory behind them and learn when child themes are useful — then get your feet wet with the hands-on exercises.
Happy child theming!
Kathryn Presner 
5 replies on “Hands-on Child Theming”
Wanted to check out the hands-on exercises to share them with some folks down here. I just did a brief child themes talk last week. 🙂
But once I reach http://zooninidev.com/child-theming/ from your link above, I see a title page and then nothing else to click or move on to, not any exercises.
Use your right and left arrow keys to navigate. 🙂
visiting your blog after your ingenious assist in the support forums!
while child theming is a bit above my head i clicked on the post figuring you might provide some simple insight (which you did). but hope you don’t mind, noticed a missing ‘n’ when i clicked the link above to view the slides on child theme theory: “Lear how to use…”
Thank you for noticing the typo, I’ve submitted a fix to SlideShare!
your welcome – child themes are more interesting than i had thought (but they are just as complicated as i had imagined). still i wouldn’t be blogging if i didn’t enjoy a challenge!