[theme-reviewers] Theme isn't child friendly

[Chip Bennett]

This is probably a good time to move the discussion to the Make/Themes site:
http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/02/15/child-theme-support/


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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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