You are very kind for inviting me to share a design together... and you can count on that!
THE SAME STUPID THING HAPPENED TO ME... I can not stay in this nonsense situation every time ClassiPress release an update:
"they" say ClassiPress it is childtheme safe and 2 times this was not very the truth...
- jumping from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 was completely different versions so childthemes made for previous was simply USELESS !!!!
- jumping from 3.0.5 to 3.1 it is another crazy movement !!!!
So, after I faced this long time ago I just decided not to release ANY other childtheme in my online store and make ONLY CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT for people really interested in having the best look and performance possible based in ClassiPress... but I always have to make clear to my clients that upgrading my childthemes to make them compatible for future ClassiPress versions it is NEVER included in my price since this is a nonsense situation at AppThemes.
I respect the project, organization, future developement,,, or whatever plan AppThemes dev team have... but they will need to explain to clients that make mods to the original theme and, after a couple of months later, it is simple useless if they plan to upgrade to next versions. So after this ClassiPress it is simply two things:
A) You make your installation and leave the theme exactly like it is (if you plan to use future versions) or
B) You can change your theme to whatever you like in order to really suit your needs but... FORGET ABOUT HAVING UPDATES!
Best regards and I wish the best of luck!
BTW, AppThemes dev team must face that people developing childthemes makes the ClassiPress experience EVEN BETTER since the theme it is an excellent idea but the design it is not really good.
CHILDTHEMES = FLEXIBILITY = MUCH MORE SALES