<p dir="ltr">The parent theme will define defaults for each option. Put the defaults in an array, wrap it in a function (eg themeslug_get_defaults ()), and then pass the returned output through a custom filter. For example:</p>
<p dir="ltr">function themeslug_get_defaults () {<br>
$defaults = array( // values here );<br>
return apply_filters ( 'themeslug_option_defaults', $defaults );<br>
}</p>
<p dir="ltr">Then, you can just add a filter in the child theme.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 22, 2014 7:02 PM, "Thomas Usborne" <<a href="mailto:hello@edge22.com">hello@edge22.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks for getting back to me.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Sorry for not being more specific.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The options are already present in the parent theme – so the child theme won't necessarily be adding more options to the customize panel.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The child theme will simply be changing some of the pre-existing parent theme options (sidebar layout for example).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">On theme activation I know I can import settings from a .json file, but wanted to know if this was frowned upon for some reason?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I wouldn't want to automatically import the .json file in case they made changes, changed themes and changed back – wouldn't want to overwrite their options. However, I could add a notice of some sort with a link to initiate the import of settings from the .json file.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks again!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tom</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> theme-reviewers [mailto:<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Otto<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] Child theme question<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Hard to say without more specific details. But the easy way is for the parent theme to be expandable through the use of actions and filters.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">So for example, in the parent, in the function where it's adding the customize stuff, you could do_action('themename_customize_whatever'); and then the child could add it's own function to do more stuff, and hook it into that action.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Same for any settings or options or arrays of "stuff". Run them through an apply_filters call in the parent, and then the child can use that to modify them before they make it wherever they're going.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">-Otto<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Thomas Usborne <<a href="mailto:hello@edge22.com" target="_blank">hello@edge22.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
Hi everyone, hope I'm doing this right!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I recently had my first theme added to WordPress.org.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I now want to begin releasing some child themes for it, but have a question about how to go about doing that.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The child themes will obviously have some CSS etc.. but it will also have some options changed in the "Customize" section of the parent theme.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Would it be acceptible to display a message to the user upon activation which would allow them to click a link to import some of the options into the parent theme?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If not, what's the best way for me to go about this?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p>
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