[wp-hackers] Shorthand: Appearance/switching themes?

[Brent Logan]

The latest version of WordPress that preserve widgets when switching themes
goes a long way to eliminating problems when a client experiments with a
new theme. More improvements in this area can only be a good thing.

Brent Logan


On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com>wrote:

> "To be blunt" - the vendors have played a key part in making WordPress
> what it is today.
>
> As per Tom - feel like we're stepping into an old argument here?
>
> Freedom is for everyone - the end users, our clients, and development
> companies/vendors included. Otherwise - "it's kind of lame".
>
> Gavin
>
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>
> On 1/6/12 9:06 PM, John Blackbourn wrote:
> > I believe the changes also aim to cover theme features, such as menus,
>
> > widgets, custom headers, etc. Lots of stuff that users may change more
>
> > regularly than they change their actual active theme.
> Correct. The intent doesn't really have anything to do with how often
> you change things, just that customizing your site should be as painless
> as possible, whether that's switching themes or previewing widgets
> before they go live.
>
> On 1/6/12 8:42 PM, Lee Rickler wrote:
> > once I deliver a theme to a client the last thing I want is for them
> to be able to start adding new themes.
> > Kind of defeats my purpose.
> To be blunt, who cares what you as a vendor want? The person who owns
> and manages the site is the person our features are designed for. If you
> don't want them to be able to do things on their own or go with a new
> theme later on, why not go with a bespoke system or at least something
> that's hard to use or locked down with permissions? The whole point of
> WordPress is freedom and ease. If you want to prevent your clients from
> taking part in that, it's kind of lame.
> j
>
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