[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29570: Enable theme-specific configuration files

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#29570: Enable theme-specific configuration files
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 Reporter:  esajuhana                          |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request                    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                             |  Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Themes                             |  Review
 Severity:  normal                             |    Version:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility, administration  |   Keywords:
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 When trying a new theme, you always have to edit the theme settings so
 that the theme won't look completely ridiculous on the previous theme's
 settings. All themes basically need some kind of customizations to make
 the theme work somehow. But these settings wont work in another theme.
 e.g.

 Theme 1: Front page: static
 Theme 2: Front page: blog
 Theme 3: Custom front page

 When switching these themes and trying what would be the best, I always
 end up changing of that front page setting. And that has to be done along
 every  single theme change. It would be a great usability improvement,
 even if such as the only '''front page conf''' file would exist.

 Other considerations: Menu conf (what kind of menu works best for this
 theme), Post conf (summary or full text), Title/logo, tagline, date
 format...

 Most of the '''conf targets can be extracted from the '''Settings'''
 section''' and are pretty easily recognizable

 Could be implemented like this: "Save these reading settings to currently
 selected theme" (radios for what should be saved: front page, summary/full
 text... etc.)

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