[theme-reviewers] Theme isn't child friendly

[Dane Morgan]

basically it boils down to you really only want to use _stylesheet_ if 
you are calling a specific resource in the child themes directory, 
right? Otherwise _template_ is the way to go?

On 2013-02-12 18:30, Edward Caissie wrote:
> 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.
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net 
> <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>
>     Want me to take a stab at updating the Child Themes Codex page, then?
>
>
>     On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com
>     <mailto:otto at ottodestruct.com>> wrote:
>
>         A solid document laying it out in detail would be nice. Even I
>         have to
>         think about it a bit when I run across it, because it is not
>         always
>         obvious.
>
>         However, some examples of doing-it-wrong would need to be
>         presented
>         for this to have any real impact there, I think, because just an
>         explanation of the various concerns isn't entirely clear in this
>         instance.
>
>         -Otto
>
>
>         On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Simon Prosser
>         <pross at pross.org.uk <mailto:pross at pross.org.uk>> wrote:
>         > The author probably *thought* he was making it fully
>         supported by
>         > using get_stylesheet_directory_uri() in the 1st place. So
>         maybe it
>         > just needs to be easier to understand on the child themes
>         codex page?
>         >
>         > On 12 February 2013 23:20, Chip Bennett
>         <chip at chipbennett.net <mailto:chip at chipbennett.net>> wrote:
>         >> Support for Child Themes is certainly recommended. I would
>         be in favor of
>         >> making Child Theme-friendliness required for
>         repository-hosted Themes, but
>         >> it would be something to put up for discussion first.
>         >>
>         >> I can't think of any reason *not* to require proper use of
>         >> get_template_directory_uri() vs
>         get_stylesheet_directory_uri(), in order to
>         >> facilitate Child Theme-friendliness. But, others may think
>         differently.
>         >>
>         >> Shall I start a discussion over on Make/Themes?
>         >>
>         >>
>         >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM, esmi at quirm dot net
>         <esmi at quirm.net <mailto:esmi at quirm.net>>
>         >> wrote:
>         >>>
>         >>> Hi all,
>         >>>
>         >>> Just wondered if you had any comments on
>         >>>
>         <http://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-getting-help-from-a-theme-developer>
>         >>>
>         >>> Not so much the lack of support complaint. More the fact
>         that the theme
>         >>> cannot be child-themed because of an over-use of
>         >>> get_stylesheet_directory_uri() instead of
>         get_template_directory_uri() in a
>         >>> few places. Seems a pity that a nice theme is "spoilt" by
>         this oversight.
>         >>> Given that there is a big push in the support forums to
>         stop people editing
>         >>> themes in favour of using custom css plugins or child
>         themes, should support
>         >>> for child themes be recommended? If not even mandatory?
>         >>>
>         >>> Mel
>         >>> --
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