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Renata Walton
Renata Walton
1,396 Points
Posted by Renata Walton
Renata Walton
1,396 Points

fyi functions.php best practice style.css

Hi,

I'm quite new to all this but it occurred to me that in order to follow this tutorial and stick to the best practice guidance you would need to include the additional php code (from functions.php in the project downloads) to the existing functions.php file and NOT overwrite it. Similarly any additional css code from the downloadable style.css to the existing style.css - to keep this all working.

The header.php file was a new addition so all is fine with that one.

it's worked for me, hope it helps cheers

2 Answers

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points
Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points

Normally it shouldnt matter if you overwrite it or not. It should be both working fine.

Renata Walton
Renata Walton
1,396 Points
Renata Walton
Renata Walton
1,396 Points

I should have been more specific - It does matter if you're using the best practice method 'wp_enqueue' and not the '@import' method in these tutorials

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes