WordPress

Install WordPress on Godaddy Subdomain

For some of us that host our websites with Godaddy, its always best practice to create a subdomain of your main site for development work. In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how I have gone about this. Step 1: Create Subdomain– Log into your Account – Click the plus (+) sign for WEB HOSTING to expand it. Then click on Launch – Next click on Hosted Domains – Under the domain you want to create a subdomain if you have more than one domain, click either Manage or Add under Subdomains column.

Creating a WordPress Child Theme

/* Theme Name: Swift-Basic Child ThemeTheme URI: http://example.com/swift-theme-child/Description: Swift Basic Child ThemeAuthor: Author URI: http://example.comTemplate: swift-basic Version: 1.0.0 */ @import url(“../swift-basic/style.css”); /* =Theme customization starts here ————————————————————– */ Note: The following lines needs to match and its case sensitive: – Template: The name must be exact name of the parent theme folder – @import url: the path must be exact same name as parent theme folder – Its also worth checking the parent theme folder and confirm the name of the css style is same as you have above