<div dir="ltr">@Ulrich - A simple example, changing the background of the Parent-Theme if the Parent-Theme offers the core background color changing option would not be accepted as a Child-Theme.<div><br></div><div>A little more involved, changing a layout that can be achieved by the Parent-Theme options would not be significant enough of a difference, even if that layout was made the default at activation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Child-Theme basically has to add something new, that the Parent-Theme does not offer any any way ... which can still be as simple as changing the layout in the way I offered two of my own themes:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/ground-floor">http://wordpress.org/themes/ground-floor</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/shelter">http://wordpress.org/themes/shelter</a> (an example of an extremely simple but valid Child-Theme ... and one of the first to gain entry into the repository)</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Edward Caissie<br>aka Cais.</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jose Castaneda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com" target="_blank">jomcastaneda@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 dir="auto"><div>Yes/no generally should be on a case by case basis I feel.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jan 23, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Ulrich Pogson <<a href="mailto:grapplerulrich@gmail.com" target="_blank">grapplerulrich@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">@Cais - I am not sure I understand. Do you mean if you can still recognize the parent theme then it is not enough?<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">if the Child-Theme can be derived from current WordPress core and/or Parent-Theme options then there is not enough of a difference ... </span> </blockquote></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2014 22:03, Ulrich Pogson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grapplerulrich@gmail.com" target="_blank">grapplerulrich@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 dir="ltr">Ok, thanks. This was the only thing I could find.<div><a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/02/15/child-theme-support/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/02/15/child-theme-support/</a><br>
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</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2014 21:28, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We don't have any child theme guidelines, at least not that I am aware of.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Colors, backgrounds, stuff like that would consider as the minimal change</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
we are looking for. And again, no requirements, it's reviewers call :)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Ulrich Pogson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grapplerulrich@gmail.com" target="_blank">grapplerulrich@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hey,<div><br></div><div>I can't seem to find the child theme guidelines. Can someone share a link?</div>
<div><br></div><div>How different does the child theme need to look so that it is accepted?</div><div>
<br></div><div>Thanks,</div></div>
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