[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18301: Activating a new theme on multisite is very long-winded

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#18301: Activating a new theme on multisite is very long-winded
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 Reporter:  johnbillion    |       Owner:  PeteMall
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.3
Component:  Network Admin  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-ui       |
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Comment (by Ipstenu):

 Yeah, that's why everyone's confused.

 If I "network activate" a theme, it becomes available for use on all sites
 but it does not become the default theme for any of them.  It's just
 there, ready to be used.

 If I go to Network Admin -> Sites -> Edit -> Themes, I can "enable" a
 theme for a site, which does ... the same thing!  Makes it available for
 use!

 And then if I go to Site -> WP Admin -> Themes, I can "activate" a theme
 on that site and NOW it's being used, huzzah!

 There's no way to logically handle both 'network activate' and per-site
 activate on the Network Admin -> Themes page, so leaving that alone for
 now, the Network Admin -> Sites -> Edit -> Themes page should remove
 'Enable' and just name it 'Activate', at the very least for consistencies
 sake.  Then a 'Use This Theme' would be fine.  I suspect the brain-
 breaking was from trying to have a clean, short, explanation.

 (Though now I wonder if there mightn't be a need to have a 'Make Default'
 on the Network Admin -> Themes page ... So people don't have to edit the
 wp-config.php)

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