[wp-hackers] A question about theme updates in WP 2.7

[Krusty Ruffle]

Hmm, I think I'm not being clear.

I have:

themes:
   classic
   default
   sandbox
   {several sandbox child themes}

I also have a plugin that checks for tweaks.css file in the root of the
current theme, if it is there it gets queued for inclusion into the head
section of a page. I use tweaks.css to make minor adjustments in themes, and
to help with making various plugins match the theme better as many plugins
are styled for the default theme and do not fit well in some other themes.

I could make a grandchild theme for the child themes and modify css there,
but that won't work. Really this one file is a pretty easy fix... but if a
theme gets updated and loses it's tweaks.css file then that would be bad.

Another thing I like about this solution is that it works with the theme
switcher reloaded plugin, I can put small tweaks files in each directory and
it works for users who have swiched to a different theme.

I had also assumed that child themes could be hosted at the theme repository
and that there was a chance that a child theme could also be automatically
updated. If this is not the case then that makes my problem much smaller,
but I should still look into trying to find a solution.

Thanks again for the help :)


On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Jacob Santos <wordpress at santosj.name>wrote:

> Perhaps I misunderstood then. The only themes that will be upgraded are the
> ones that are on the WordPress Themes Extend site. If your theme is not on
> that site, then the theme won't be automatically upgraded. Well, there are
> ways around this, but it will be up to you to find out how. There are two
> ways, I might be wrong about one way, but it could be dangerous if I tell,
> so I won't.
>
> Any child themes will naturally not be upgraded, they are not tied to the
> parent theme, so if the styles are already in the child theme, nothing will
> go wrong. If the child theme is within the parent theme (which it should not
> be), then yes it will also go away. Child themes should be in their own
> directory.
>
> Jacob Santos