Thread: Current state (CP 3.1.4) of Child Themes

Current state (CP 3.1.4) of Child Themes

I've seen a lot of postings and questions about using child themes with ClassiPress. A good majority of the posts I've seen are at least a year old. For example, the readme.txt file that is in the root of CP-314 says nothing about what functions can be over-ridden as mentioned in one of those year-old posts.

I also see a line in the current functions.php that seems to indicate I should copy IT to my child theme folder, and this line:

// load ClassiPress theme functions
require_once (TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/theme-functions.php');

would ensure all the correct theme functions will be loaded. At first I thought the child theme was THE answer to customization, but I'm getting a sinking feeling that really isn't the case. I don't expect MAJOR mods, but the one big issue - ads by regions, cities, boroughs, etc (which is the most sought-after feature!) will prob need some custom coding.

So - does the require_once statement make custom functions any safer or at least "update safe"? Or should child theme functions just not done? Are child themes any more useful in 3.1.4?

=Alan R.