{"id":5509570,"date":"2014-11-23T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/relationship-between-css-editor-and-child-theme\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T12:51:48","slug":"relationship-between-css-editor-and-child-theme","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/relationship-between-css-editor-and-child-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship between CSS Editor and Child theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello There,<br \/>\nI have selected the Intergalatic theme obtained on WordPress.com just recently (Fall 2014). I paid the small fee to &#8220;upgrade&#8221; and obtain the CSS option. I access the CSS by clicking &#8220;customize&#8221; and simply click on CSS. I have made several changes to the standard theme by adding lines in this CSS space.<\/p>\n<p>Reading forums, I have noted many times it is advised to establish a child theme and i think the purpose is to make changes to that child theme versus potentially damaging the code for the original\/parent code?<\/p>\n<p>Question: when I use the CSS option in my simple little site, is this like using a child theme? or should i be doing a real child theme?<\/p>\n<p>www.lightforyourway.com<\/p>\n<p>thank you,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-5509570","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-child-theme","topic-tag-css-editor"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/5509570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/5509570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5509570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}