[wp-hackers] wp-layout.css

[Scott Merrill]

Craig Hartel wrote:
> My suggestion to this would be to simply change the name of 
> wp-layout.css to wp-layout-sample.css and then make sure that 
> instructions tell people to copy this file and rename it to 
> wp-layout.css for use. Is this too much to ask of users? We expect it 
> with wp-config-sample.php, so perhaps this isn't a stretch?

Asking users to rename and edit one file is not too much.  Asking users 
to rename and edit _two_ files before their shiny new blog is ready for 
action will turn a lot of people off.  WordPress already gets demerits 
from some for being too hard to style.

Any changes to index.php will _also_ get trampled unless a user backs up 
first, or selectively moves the upgraded files into their site from a 
temporary location.

Better, I think, to have clear instructions on the download page 
reminding people to backup those files they've tweaked.