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One of the best ways to preserve and protect your original WordPress design theme is to create a child theme and use that one instead of the original.

Child themes maintain the functionality of the original theme, but allow you to make design customizations.

Should the developer update/upgrade the theme, fix security issues, etc., your child theme will inherit the updates, but all your personal customizations remain intact.

The video below will show how easy it is to create a child theme.  The code referenced is located below the video.

Modify to fit your needs.

/*
Theme Name: Twentyeleven Child Theme
Description: Child theme for the twentyeleven theme
Author: Lisa Irby
Template: twentyeleven
*/


@import url("../twentyeleven/style.css");

#site-title a { color: #ddd;
}

So that should get you started! For more information about incorporating templates and include files into your child theme, click here.

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