The last time I tried to use a child theme, I hosed my widgets and header. It looked great in the preview, but when it went live, it died. I had to get a hold of the help desk to regress my site to an older, but living, version. Now, maybe I should attempt the leap again. I’ve copied the code to my custom widgets, and here goes.
This is just fair notice…
ps: WordPress? This shouldn’t be necessary.If I can pull the css out to another location and it still works, if I can copy widgets to replace them, there’s no reason why a theme can’t back up these same files when updating then read them back in when done. There’s no reason why these files can’t be left untouched. It’s a common problem. If a bonehead like me can get it to work, that’s a clear indication that it’s fixable. Fix it.