[theme-reviewers] Supporting Repo Child Themes

[Simon Prosser]

There are a slew of custom css plugins, even jetpack has it now doesn't it?


On 6 June 2013 16:20, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> What Cais said. This is actually a good option for stand-alone OR Child
> Themes.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I generally recommend the second option first, but usually temper that
>> with corollary of if its only CSS then a third party plugin to add custom
>> CSS will work just as well (or better, in cases where the end-user is leery
>> of creating a "new" Child-Theme).
>>
>> Edward Caissie
>> aka Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> For the vast majority of Child Themes, I would recommend forking (i.e.
>>> option #2).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> (Also posted to the forum support list)
>>>>
>>>> Generally speaking, when someone wants to make changes to a theme
>>>> downloaded from wordpress.org, we recommend that they create a child
>>>> theme or use a custom CSS plugin to avoid losing their customisations when
>>>> they update the main theme.
>>>>
>>>> However, we're starting to see people using child themes downloaded
>>>> from the Theme Repository and, in some cases, wanting to customise these
>>>> child themes. Assuming that updated child themes in the Repo will generate
>>>> the same update notices in the user's site, what would be the best practice
>>>> suggestion in these cases?
>>>>
>>>> 1. Customise the child theme but keep a local backup copy of all
>>>> changes?
>>>>
>>>> 2. Create a new child theme by copying the downloaded child, renaming
>>>> it and then amending the new copy?
>>>>
>>>> 3. Something else entirely?
>>>>
>>>> Mel
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