This is the second part of a 2 part interview with Ian Stewart on child themes. Enjoy.
5. Speaking of child themes and theme frameworks, can you explain how one would upgrade a child theme when a theme framework is involved?
From the end users perspective there’s really no change in how you use a Child Theme as opposed to a regular theme and there’s really no change in how you upgrade that theme. Even if a theme framework is involved.
But the process of upgrading that Child Theme can be improved on. One thing I do in the pre-designed Thematic Child Themes I release commercially is add in a function that looks for a “variant.css” file in the wp-content directory. That function lets you make minor changes like adding background images and changing colors within variant.css without touching the original Child Theme CSS, making it ready to be upgraded itself without headache […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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