This is was my first “newpost” after adding new code to the Twenty Sixteen child theme index.php file and then coding customized CSS styles to apply to the new class named .newpost. It was suppose to highlight the most recent news post on the page. (Classroom assignment to complete the exercise from the WordPress: The Missing Manual book.) As you can see from the image below I failed at getting it to work properly.
failed php loop and css attempt in 2016 theme
This post demonstrates my execution of the basic template editing exercise. The task consisted of creating a “child theme” and then editing one line of code within the newly created “child theme footer.php” document file.
1) Remove the standard language “Proudly powered by WordPress”
Standard Theme Twenty Twelve Footer Template message
2) Replace it with “© Copyright by ‘myself'”language
Child Theme Twenty Sixteen Footer Template message
The following images show my delve into the subject of child themes.
The “Parent” WordPress Theme I chose to generate a “Child” WordPress Theme from is called Rock Star by Catch Themes
Original RockStar child theme Home Page