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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Customizing WordPress Themes How to Make Child Themes

Posted by knut2
knut2
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What is the difference of child theme with @import ../ and child theme with function.php?

Hi on the link to the video "how to make a child theme" the link in teachers notes http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes ( an explanation of child themes on the wordpress codex) has an added step then shows in the video...

It would be nice to have some note from the team house tree to explain the difference... Is it possible to explain what the difference between the two methods are and why they are used?

2 Answers

Nattapol Kamolbal
Nattapol Kamolbal
15,528 Points
Nattapol Kamolbal
Nattapol Kamolbal
15,528 Points

This video isn't updated. Now, the codex said that "@import" is no longer the best practice so you should enqueue the parent css with function..php instead.

I think that the reason to use enqueue code is for more efficiency. For importing, browser will need to finish downloading the first css and then it said that you need to download the second. For enqueuing, browser can download two files at the same time so it is faster.

knut2
knut2
1,735 Points
knut2
knut2
1,735 Points

Thank you!