[theme-reviewers] Theme isn't child friendly

[Chip Bennett]

That might be a bridge too far. Not all functions are *intended* by the
Theme developer to be over-ridden, and requiring support for over-riding
such functions may introduce considerable development complexity.

I could certainly see a "RECOMMENDED" for making Theme functions either
filterable or pluggable, but I worry about unintended consequences of
*requiring* pluggable functions.


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:

> How about requiring any functions not on hooks to be pluggable?
>
>
> On Friday, February 15, 2013, Edward Caissie wrote:
>
>> Those guidelines look fine.
>> I like the idea of how a "basic" Child-Theme is spelled out, and I think
>> you covered the use of the the `template` versus `stylesheet` usage.
>>
>> Edward Caissie
>> aka Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> I've taken a first-pass stab at Child Theme support guidelines. Please
>>> note that these are indicated as DRAFT ONLY, for the purpose of discussion:
>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Child_Theme_Support
>>>
>>> Please take a look. Feedback welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Chip Bennett <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>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wondered if you had any comments on <
>>>>> http://wordpress.org/support/**topic/not-getting-help-from-a-**
>>>>> theme-developer<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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