[theme-reviewers] Child themes discussion

[Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)]

I'll write up a formal discussion topic on the make themes site with what is added on this thread


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  From: Edward Caissie 
  To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org 
  Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 9:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Child themes discussion


  I would say if the addition to 7) is added then the addition to 6) would less of a requirement to insure a theme is "child-able". Although best-practice coding is always a good thing to recommend.


  Cais.


  On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

    > 6) (if) a functions.php exists, it must be compatible with the latest
    > version of the parent theme


    On this note, it might be a good idea to start suggesting that all
    themes with functions.php files be child-able. By this, I mean that
    everything in the functions.php should be in a hooked function or have
    a if !defined / !function_exists wrapper around it. Some best
    practices could be drawn up.


    > 7) (if) parent theme is updated, all child themes must be updated within a
    > reasonable amount of time to fit with the current parent if applicable ?


    That a reasonable question: How to handle breakage. Parents can make
    radical changes that will break children. Maybe create a list of
    themes that are "designed to be parents"? Dunno.




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