<div dir="ltr">I think Child-Themes are only going to grow in importance and relevance. It would probably be a great idea to try and get ahead of this with some better documentation ... and I also agree, it can get a bit confusing sorting out the correct or most beneficial uses for *_template_* versus *_stylesheet_* functions.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Edward Caissie<br>aka Cais.</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Want me to take a stab at updating the Child Themes Codex page, then?</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A solid document laying it out in detail would be nice. Even I have to<br>
think about it a bit when I run across it, because it is not always<br>
obvious.<br>
<br>
However, some examples of doing-it-wrong would need to be presented<br>
for this to have any real impact there, I think, because just an<br>
explanation of the various concerns isn't entirely clear in this<br>
instance.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
-Otto<br>
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Simon Prosser <<a href="mailto:pross@pross.org.uk" target="_blank">pross@pross.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> The author probably *thought* he was making it fully supported by<br>
> using get_stylesheet_directory_uri() in the 1st place. So maybe it<br>
> just needs to be easier to understand on the child themes codex page?<br>
><br>
> On 12 February 2013 23:20, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Support for Child Themes is certainly recommended. I would be in favor of<br>
>> making Child Theme-friendliness required for repository-hosted Themes, but<br>
>> it would be something to put up for discussion first.<br>
>><br>
>> I can't think of any reason *not* to require proper use of<br>
>> get_template_directory_uri() vs get_stylesheet_directory_uri(), in order to<br>
>> facilitate Child Theme-friendliness. But, others may think differently.<br>
>><br>
>> Shall I start a discussion over on Make/Themes?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net" target="_blank">esmi@quirm.net</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi all,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Just wondered if you had any comments on<br>
>>> <<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-getting-help-from-a-theme-developer" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-getting-help-from-a-theme-developer</a>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Not so much the lack of support complaint. More the fact that the theme<br>
>>> cannot be child-themed because of an over-use of<br>
>>> get_stylesheet_directory_uri() instead of get_template_directory_uri() in a<br>
>>> few places. Seems a pity that a nice theme is "spoilt" by this oversight.<br>
>>> Given that there is a big push in the support forums to stop people editing<br>
>>> themes in favour of using custom css plugins or child themes, should support<br>
>>> for child themes be recommended? If not even mandatory?<br>
>>><br>
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