The best way is to add an action to your child theme functions file. It does not require the plugin, but CTC makes it easy. You should deactivate the child theme while you are editing to prevent syntax errors from breaking your site.
Go to the files tab and click the link labeled “functions.php.” This will take you to the theme editor.
After you make the change, test it using the theme preview. View source in your browser to verify the script is being linked correctly. If you errors exist, you are safe to re-activate your child theme.
Use the following code as a guide to link your script file.
function my_custom_scripts(){
wp_enqueue_script( 'my-script-1', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/path/to/script', array( 'jquery' ) );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_custom_scripts' );
The actual name of the function is up to you as long as it is unique.
The first argument of the wp_enqueue_script function is a “handle” that WordPress uses to identify the script in the script queue. It can be any unique string.
The second argument is the path to the script file. If your javascript file is not located in your child theme, you can use an absolute path instead of the function in the example, such as 'http://www.somedomain.com/path/to/script.js'
The third argument contains a array of prerequisite script handles (scripts that must load before the script being queued ). In this example we are requiring the jquery library.
For more information, see:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-to-use/
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/tutorial-videos/
http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-child-themes-work/
Hopefully this will get you started.
