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Stavros Sofroniadis
Courses Plus Student 1,503 PointsWhy php file in the begining was empty?
In a video tutorial https://teamtreehouse.com/library/customizing-the-wordpress-admin-area/admin-color-schemes/customizing-admin-color-schemes-from-scratch
he mentioned that php was empty in child theme and afterwards he copy-paste code inside.
If you could explain why php was empty and afterward place code inside?
Thank You,
Stavros Sofroniadis
Courses Plus Student 1,503 PointsThanks for reply
In the example Zac worked with child theme, php file was empty in the begining. It was possible this theme to work (if activated as a theme) with empty php code?
The role of php code Zac used, is to say to WordPrees to load css style(Treehouse) into WordPress as an option?
2 Answers
Luis Felipe Lino
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,708 PointsIn the example Zac worked with a child theme, the PHP file was empty in the begining. It was possible this theme to work (if activated as a theme) with empty php code?
The child theme will work even if the functions.php file is empty. This is because it inherits the functionalities from the main theme, so you just need to add code to new functionalities.
The role of php code Zac used, is to say to WordPrees to load css style(Treehouse) into WordPress as an option?
Yes. And then treehouse colors scheme shows up as an option inside the admin panel.
Luis Felipe Lino
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,708 PointsLuis Felipe Lino
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,708 PointsI don't know If I understood your question correctly but let's try.
If you're talking about the functions.php file, it was empty at first because it didn't have functionalities to manage. When Zac Gordon paste the code it's because that code is necessary to make the different colors schemes works in the admin panel.