The Problem With Child Themes

By Ian Stewart | October 4th, 2008

Pat Dryburgh outlines the drawbacks to child themes—which hinder public acceptance and experimentation—that he’s discovered while working with Thematic.

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[...] Pat Drybugh on various issues he encountered when developing his Thematic-based child themes (via ThemeShaper) [...]

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