Updating the theme via FTP

Hey,
I really don’t recommend this. FTP on a lot of shared servers is very inconsistent and often doesn’t successfully send every file. Is there a reason for this? Why would you want to do it this way?

Kadence Themes

Hello,
okay, then I’ll just do it from the backend. I just thought if you have changed a file and want to modify the new version again before updating.

Hey,
If you plan on editing any files you should do that through a child theme. Never edit the virtue theme files directly. Always copy into a child theme to make your edits.

Kadence Themes

Thank you for letting me know. So when copying a template and then modifying it in the child theme, does this mean the original file in the theme(or plugin for example) is still loaded as well(resulting in more server resources) or will only the file in the child theme be loaded?

Hey,
That isn’t really how server resources are used because you would be overriding a template. Any functions file you don’t override you just addd what functions you need in the functions file of your child theme.
regardless only the child theme template file is used.

Kadence Themes

Yes, I know with the functions.php you only add what you need, but when ovveriding a template I read you are supposed to copy the whole template and keep everything in it, not only write things that you need(like you would do in the css or functions file).

Yes, you need to copy the whole template then change what you want since it’s overing the template that you copied and won’t be using the parent theme template for anything.

Hope that helps.

Kadence Themes