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  • October 18, 2016 at 9:46 am #1220907
    DominicXXV
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    Hi, Should I use the child theme included with X, even though I have no intention of modifying the theme any time soon? I’m new to WP, but want to make sure I’m starting my site on the right foot. I already downloaded and installed the child theme. I’m just not sure if I should be working with that or the parent theme at this juncture.

    Thanks.

    October 18, 2016 at 9:48 am #1220908
    DominicXXV
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    PS: When I say I have no intention of modifying the theme anytime soon, I mean major modifications.

    Just seems there’s no harm in using the child theme from the start, but I’m just not entirely sure.

    October 18, 2016 at 10:31 am #1220970
    Rahul
    Moderator

    Hey There,

    Thanks for choosing X!

    No, having a child theme doesn’t make any changes to the working functionality of the current parent theme, X. However, child themes are often used when you want to customize or tweak an existing WordPress theme without losing the ability to upgrade that theme. Since you are not going to make any modifications, you can avoid using it.

    Hope this makes sense!

    October 18, 2016 at 10:35 am #1220972
    DominicXXV
    Participant

    If I want to make modifications down the road, would I then install and use the child theme?

    October 18, 2016 at 11:05 am #1220996
    Rahul
    Moderator

    Hey There,

    Thanks for writing back!

    Yes, to avoid losing the data of your main parent theme, it is always recommended to use a Child theme, so you will not lose any of your site’s important data if you make any updates to the theme.

    You can make simple modifications using the Customizer of the theme, however, if you are looking for some major modification with your theme, you should use Child Theme.

    To know how to setup a Child theme, kindly follow this thread :

    https://community.theme.co/kb/how-to-setup-child-themes/

    Hope this helps!

    October 18, 2016 at 11:34 am #1221019
    DominicXXV
    Participant

    Thank you! One more quick question. For blog posts, is it better to just use WP to create and edit the posts? Cornerstone seems to be best for creating pages, but for posts it seems as though WP is better for posts that will all share the same formatting.

    October 18, 2016 at 12:14 pm #1221074
    Rahul
    Moderator

    Hey There,

    Thanks for writing back!

    Cornerstone is an advance page builder which comes as a bundled plugin with the X theme. You can use Cornerstone to build pages, however you can only edit the pages within the Cornerstone only. For more information, you can follow below given link :

    https://theme.co/cornerstone/

    For blog posts, you should use WordPress default template which allows you to add, edit, trash, modify blog posts easily.

    Hope this helps!

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