[theme-reviewers] Child Theme Guidlines

[Edward Caissie]

@Ulrich - A simple example, changing the background of the Parent-Theme if
the Parent-Theme offers the core background color changing option would not
be accepted as a Child-Theme.

A little more involved, changing a layout that can be achieved by the
Parent-Theme options would not be significant enough of a difference, even
if that layout was made the default at activation.

The Child-Theme basically has to add something new, that the Parent-Theme
does not offer any any way ... which can still be as simple as changing the
layout in the way I offered two of my own themes:

http://wordpress.org/themes/ground-floor and
http://wordpress.org/themes/shelter (an example of an extremely simple but
valid Child-Theme ... and one of the first to gain entry into the
repository)

Edward Caissie
aka Cais.


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes/no generally should be on a case by case basis I feel.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 23, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> @Cais - I am not sure I understand. Do you mean if you can still recognize
> the parent theme then it is not enough?
>
> if the Child-Theme can be derived from current WordPress core and/or
>> Parent-Theme options then there is not enough of a difference ...
>
>
>
> On 23 January 2014 22:03, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, thanks. This was the only thing I could find.
>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/02/15/child-theme-support/
>>
>>
>> On 23 January 2014 21:28, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>>> We don't have any child theme guidelines, at least not that I am aware
>>> of.
>>>
>>> Colors, backgrounds, stuff like that would consider as the minimal change
>>> we are looking for. And again, no requirements, it's reviewers call :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> I can't seem to find the child theme guidelines. Can someone share a
>>>> link?
>>>>
>>>> How different does the child theme need to look so that it is accepted?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
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