I’m reading the above comment, but I’m still a little confused. I’m relatively new to wordpress. I’m working for someone and creating a theme with the Genesis Framework.

So, how exactly do I do this without deleting the original files, because the whole point is to preserve the css file right?

So for example I still want to use the the Genesis theme, but want to tailor it to my end. Can I do something like

A) Should I put a folder like /Genesis/child_theme/ Copy all files over

or

B) do something like child_theme_page.php vs page.php, and child_theme_images folder vs. images folder?

Thanks

You add the child theme files directly to the genesis folder, then go to themes within your wordpress installation and activate the child theme.