Absolutely you can!
There are just a couple of extra steps in addition to the standard WordPress procedure…
– Copy the ‘assets’ folder from the GoExplore! parent folder to the child folder.
– Make a ‘data’ folder in the child folder and copy the ‘data/pages’ folder from the GoExplore! theme into the child theme’s ‘data’ folder.
I’m pretty sure that’s it. Let me know if you have any problems with this.
Note that child themes will have their own home page settings and theme options and will begin life with default settings.
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Creating a GoExplore! child theme
Here’s the complete procedure for creating a GoExplore! child theme…
1. Give the child theme a name
Inside the ‘wp-content/themes‘ folder create a new folder with your child theme name. For example, we will call ours ‘dora‘.
2. Add a style sheet
Create a file inside the ‘dora‘ folder named ‘style.css‘ with the following content…
/*
Theme Name: Dora
Description: Child of GoExplore! theme by Parallelus
Author: Your Name
Template: parallelus-go-explore
Version: 1.0
Tags: one-column two-columns three-columns left-sidebar right-sidebar fixed-layout fluid-layout responsive-layout buddypress custom-menu editor-style featured-images flexible-header full-width-template sticky-post theme-options threaded-comments translation-ready
*/
3. Enqueue the parent theme style sheet
Create a file inside the ‘dora‘ folder named ‘functions.php‘ with the following content…
<?php
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
?>
(No need to enqueue any child theme stylesheets because this is already handled in the parent theme’s ‘functions.php’ file.)
4. Copy the assets
Copy the entire ‘assets‘ folder from the ‘parallelus-go-explore‘ parent theme folder into the new ‘dora‘ child theme folder.
IMPORTANT → When you update the parent theme, remember to also update the ‘assets‘ folder in the child theme, i.e. copy that folder across again from the parent theme folder to the child theme folder, overwriting the old ‘assets‘ folder.
5. Copy the data settings
In the ‘dora‘ child theme folder make a new folder named ‘data’ and copy the ‘data/pages‘ folder from the GoExplore! parent theme folder into the child theme’s ‘data‘ folder.
IMPORTANT → When you update the parent theme, remember to also update the ‘data/pages‘ folder in the child theme, i.e. copy the ‘data/pages‘ folder across again from the parent theme folder into the child theme’s ‘data‘ folder, overwriting the old ‘pages‘ folder.
6. Activate and setup the child theme
Go to Appearance > Themes and activate the Dora theme.
Next, go to Appearance > Menus > Theme Locations and make sure the menu options are set to the correct menus.
NOTE → Your child theme has its own settings, e.g. Dora > Home Page and Dora > Theme Options. Your child theme will begin with default settings, it will not inherit the parent theme’s settings.
References:
https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/
