Couldn't Find the Answer - Theme vs. Child Theme

BB Theme
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Hey Guys,
I uploaded the BB Theme and the BB Child Theme.
Why 2?
Which one do I customize?
I am sorry if it is a silly question that I maybe should know, but I just want to be sure.
Thanks,
JP

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Hi Jon,
This is not specific to BB - these two articles will help explain.
But it should be pointed out, that if you enter custom CSS in the Customizer of the main theme it is not overridden when there is an update to the theme.
HTH, Dave

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
http://themefuse.com/child-themes-what-they-are-how-to-use-them-and-why/

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Hey Jon,

Dave is right. To be on the safe side, I always use a Child Theme on sites that I develop(not a lot). Feel free to check those articles mentioned by Dave and if you have any more questions, let us know. :slight_smile:

Ben

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Thanks guys,
This is what I gathered form talking to the person who turned me onto BB.
That said, and after reading the posts, I take it that I install the Theme 1 and then Theme 2, which is the one I customize moving forward.
I am a newbie compared to most in this great club, I’m sure. Nevertheless, I like to know how some of the little things work. I still have to learn CSS and how to use it in BB for more custom work. However, I must say that even right out of the box, I have created a few nice looking sites.
While you’re still here…
– The sites I have built seem to load on the slow side. Can this be helped? They seem to load faster on my Android.
– When you enable the fixed menu, it shrinks the logo that’s in the header. Is there a way to use two images? One for the main header and one for the fixed header? Having that as an easy option to set in the template, would be quite useful. Unless, of course, there is already an easy way to do this.
As I may have mentioned, I come from a WYSIWYG html web builder. I was a great tool in its day (before the mobile revolution). What it did offer was the ability to do most tasks without knowing code. Knowing some code greatly expanded the possibilities, but I was able to sell sites without knowing code. These sites are slowly being shifted over to BB fellas. There is no substitute. :slight_smile:
Thanks again,
JP

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Hey Jon,

Regarding the performance of the site, it can be attributed to a lot of things, image sizes, number of plugins you are using, and etc. There are plugins that optimize and cache your site too like WP Rocket or Zen Cache and both of them work with BB quite well. They should be able to boost the performance of your site.

That’s normal since the space for the fixed menu is a bit limited. If you want, you can make the primary header fixed instead. You need to disable the Fixed Header option and use this CSS snippet.

.fl-page-header-primary {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 999;
  width: 100%;
}
.fl-page-content {
  padding-top: 110px; /*Change to whatever the height of your header is*/
}

Hope this helps!

Ben

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Thanks,
So as a future enhancement, maybe you could allow 2 images to be selected for the header. 1 for the main header and one for the smaller fixed header. It would allow one to create a modified logo image, when the logos are to wide and shrink to a size that is too small.
I know it’s not a major thing So, I am not holding my breath, but it would be a nice little extra feature.
Thanks again Ben,
JP

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Hey Jon,

No worries! Go ahead and add that in as a feature request! The guys love strolling around that part of the site to check for enhancements/new implementations! :slight_smile:

Ben

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Done!
Thanks Ben.
As all these little updates start rolling in, you guys will soon be tops in the game.
It’s so easy to put a site together.
While http://pistolmama.com/ is a test domain until someone wants to buy it, the site that is there now took 1 day.
It is a small site but 100% beaver, less the scroll to top plugin.
I still have to add metadata, etc., but it was all BB in one day and two hrs was shot due to the ModSec issue.
Best,
JP

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No worries! Enjoy The Beaver! :slight_smile:

Ben