[theme-reviewers] Theme Activation Hook

[Towfiq I.]

ok. got it! thanks guys.


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> Note that at some point in the nebulous future, if your theme saves
> "default options" to the database and relies on that working, then it
> will very likely be broken-as-heck in the theme previewer. My long
> term plan there is to make a database for it, then make the whole
> thing completely read-only. No saving of anything to the database,
> period.
>
> So make sure you're using defaults correctly. Default settings are the
> one you use when there are *no* settings in the database or anywhere
> else. You should not rely on being able to "write" to anywhere to have
> the thing work properly.
>
> -Otto
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin
> <kovshenin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why are you trying to write the default options to the database? You can
> > just use $options = get_option( 'your_theme_options', $defaults ); and
> > update them only if they've changed on your options page. I would also
> > suggest looking into theme mods and not options:
> > https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_theme_mod
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Towfiq I. <tislam100 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Are we allowed to use:
> >>
> >> if (is_admin() && isset($_GET['activated'] ) && $pagenow ==
> "themes.php" )
> >> {}
> >>
> >>
> >> example:
> >> ---------------------
> >> if (is_admin() && isset($_GET['activated'] ) && $pagenow ==
> "themes.php" )
> >> {
> >>   $option_default_values = array(
> >> "block1_text_id" => "Lorem Ipsum",
> >> "block1_textarea_id" => "Lorem Ipsum blah blah blah");
> >>
> >> update_option('theme_options', $option_default_values);
> >> }
> >> --------------------------
> >>
> >> if we are not, what should we use instead?
> >> after_setup_theme doesnt work btw.
> >>
> >> or should we use after_switch_theme?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> --
> >> Towfiq I.
> >>
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> >
> >
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> > Konstantin
> >
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Towfiq I.
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