Hello again,
I asked a few weeks back about Themes vs Child Themes.
I understand why I should use the BB Child Theme.
The question is… If a BB theme Update is available, shouldn’t I also expect a BB child Theme that same day? How will updating the Theme help me if I am customizing the Child Theme?
I hope it is not as silly a question as I fear it may be.
Thanks Guys,
J
Hey J,
The child theme doesn’t need an update. Your modifications are there so you have to do the updates there yourself, hard code. Let me give you a sample scenario where the child theme comes to play.
You’re using the BB theme and you want to edit the header.php file to add an additional class to the body tag. The problem here is when you update the theme that header.php file gets overwritten with the updated one so you lose the modifications you’ve placed there. To overcome this, you use a child theme. The child theme files(not all) override all of the parent theme files except for the functions.php and style.css. What you do is simply copy the header.php file from the parent theme, paste it to your child theme, and do the customizations there. So the child theme header.php file overrides the parent theme header.php file. When the update comes, only the parent theme’s files get updated. You modified files, under your child theme doesn’t.
Here are a few articles discussing the same.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
http://themefuse.com/child-themes-what-they-are-how-to-use-them-and-why/
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/wordpress-child-theme-pros-cons/
Hope this helps!
Ben
OK,
Then let’s say that I do not add any coding. I only use options provided by theme itself. Can I then use the Main Theme? Nothing special to override.
Thanks
J
Hey J,
That should be fine. Using the child theme is optional. 
Ben