Custom CSS is best left for the child theme absolutely
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Jan Dembowski
(@jdembowski)
Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
If you make any file modifications to the original theme’s files then yes that will be lost when an update comes out. It’s the reason you see child themes recommended so much.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
If you are just making CSS modifications then a custom CSS plugin may be a simpler solution.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=custom+CSS
Thread Starter
irie3d
(@irie3d)
Thanks for the feedback. So while I am on the subject of losing my modifications, how can i avoid losing any photos or art I incorporate in the theme?
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
The images that you uploaded through the media library?
A child theme inherit all of the files and configurations of the parent theme but you usually can override any of the parent theme configurations at your will provided you know what to touch.
With the child theme, you won’t lose any of your customization when the parent theme is updated.
If you uploaded your images through the media library they won’t be canceled or overwritten. You “lose” them only when you activate che child theme if they’ve been uploaded via ftp in the directory “images” in your parent theme’s directory. In that case you should move them in your child’s theme directory or upload them via the media library
Thread Starter
irie3d
(@irie3d)
Thanks every one. I completely forgot about using the media library. I will be going that route this weekend.
