[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13774: Theme installer should support child themes

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#13774: Theme installer should support child themes
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 Reporter:  westi            |       Owner:  dd32          
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  3.0           
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  needs-patch   
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Changes (by dougal):

 * cc: dougal (added)


Comment:

 This would definitely be great. I think it would spur a new wave of theme
 submissions.

 I'm not sure how much infrastructure the Theme and Plugin repositories
 share, but it would also be interesting if the general idea could be
 abstracted to support plugin dependencies. Then we could develop plugins
 which purely provide API infrastructures that other plugins could build
 upon. For example, someone could create an OAuth support plugin, which
 other plugins could depend on to authenticate with Twitter, Photobucket,
 Google, Brightkite, Meetup, Netfix, etc.

 Anyhow, back to the child-theme bits... I'm wondering if the details for
 child themes should show the screenshot for the parent theme, in addition
 to the child theme's screenshot, for comparison? I think that would be
 kinda neat. But OTOH, I worry that it could be confusing to novice users,
 if we can't present it in a clear way.  Perhaps there could be a text link
 saying something like, "Bazzo is a child theme, based on the Foobar
 theme." And maybe 'Foobar' would be a link, which could popup an overlay
 showing the two screenshots?

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