I have checked Trac, and there is a section of Child Themes, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><a title="View report" href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/report/6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(187, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; ">Child themes - open - unassigned</a></span><div>
<ul><li><a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/report">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/report</a></li></ul><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Daniel Fenn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielx386@gmail.com">danielx386@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>As for Q3 I don't think child themes are being approved, but I'm not too sure on that</div>
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards,<br>Daniel Fenn<br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com" target="_blank">life.object@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:#ccc 1px solid"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Hello,
<div>I am working on my new version of theme. Please help me about,</div>
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<div><b>CSS3 Properties</b></div>
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<div>background: -moz-linear-gradient(#252525, #0a0a0a);</div>
<div>background: -o-linear-gradient(#252525, #0a0a0a);</div>
<div>background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#252525), to(#0a0a0a));</div>
<div>background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#252525, #0a0a0a);</div>
<div>-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 2px;</div>
<div>-moz-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 2px;</div></div>
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<div>etc....</div>
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<div><b>Q#1:</b> Will these be "OK" in the Theme Validation process ?</div>
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<div><b>require_once / include_once vs locate_template( array( 'file.php' ), true, false );</b></div>
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<div><b>Q#2:</b> Can i use require_once instead of locate_template ?</div>
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<div><b>Q#3: </b>What is requirement of submitting Child Themes, if the parent is already approved in the WordPress Free Themes directory ?</div>
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<div>Thanks</div><br>-- <br><font color="#666666">Regards</font>
<div><font color="#666666">Qamar Ashraf</font></div>
<div><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.tutorialchip.com/" target="_blank">www.tutorialchip.com</a></font></div>
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