What is a child template?
Child template management is a new feature of Joomla that allows you to create derived templates from your installed templates.
A child template is a template that uses all PHP, JavaScript, and CSS code of its parent template, inheriting all the parent template functionalities and characteristics.
The main purpose of using child templates is to prevent losing changes to the template while updating the original parent template. With a child template, you can customize the code of your template operating on the child’s files, ensuring smooth updates to the parent templates.
It is also possible to amend the number and type of module positions in the child template differently from the parent template.
Does every template support child templates?
Not all Joomla templates support child templates yet. It is an optional characteristic for templates. You can check whether a template supports the creation of child templates by checking the templateDetails...
