Add list of websites that use creativecommons-base as their base theme

[brylie]

Problem

We don't currently have a list of CC websites that use creativecommons-base as a base theme.

Description

Add a list of all CC websites that use creativecommons-base as a base theme to the project README

WIP table

The following table shows Creative Commons WordPress projects and indicates whether the theme inherits from creativecommons-base. The table will be used as the basis for the final list of projects inheriting from creativecommons-base and includes negative cases for thoroughness.

The following themes inherit from creativecommons-base:

Project	is child-them	not child-theme
certificate	✔️
commoners	✔️
new-creativecommons.org		✔️
open4us.org		✔️
openpolicynetwork.org		✔️
sotc-2016-wordpress		✔️
wp-theme-cc-chapter		✔️
wp-theme-cc-commoners		✔️
wp-theme-cctoolkit		✔️
wp-theme-openglam		✔️
wp-theme-summit	✔️
wp-theme-creativecommons.org	✔️

Additional context

This is related to the possibility of deprecating Queulat (#69), on which this base theme depends.

[brylie]

@TimidRobot on initial audit, it seems that only certificate and wp-theme-creativecommons.org inherit from creativecommons-base. Would you and perhaps @hugosolar mind peer-reviewing the table above to make sure I didn't make any mistakes or overlook any projects that might inherit from creativecommons-base?

[brylie]

The table above may be missing some information. For example, when logged in to the Global Summit website and viewing the Theme settings, it says the Global Summit theme inherits from creativecommons-base:

So, I'm trying to figure out

• where is the source code for the Global Summit child theme
• whether the wp-theme-summit is the correct source for the current summit theme

[brylie]

Re-opening issue since it is still under investigation.

[hugosolar]

@brylie the sites currently using the creativecommons-base are

• New certificate website
• new version creativecommons.org (still on staging?)
• Summit
• New Global network

[brylie]

Thanks, @hugosolar! I'll update the list and README. For reference, how can I quickly determine when these sites inherit from creativecommons-base? E.g. for cases where there isn't a composer.json.

[hugosolar]

there isn't a composer.json but that would be a great idea to add or maybe there's a better approach to handle this like considering adding the whole wp-content in the repository and manage the dependencies (plugins and themes) with a composer.json in the root of the folder, that's the way it's managed in the WordPress VIP platform and it works very well

[brylie]

OK, I just read in the WordPress Child Themes documentation that it is required for child themes to define their base template in style.css. So, I'll look for examples of creativecommons-base in the style.css for our other WordPress themes.

https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-theme-summit/blob/d02892426d2f89c0561c9d87acd44783468a6795/style.css#L7

[brylie]

adding the whole wp-content in the repository and manage the dependencies (plugins and themes) with a composer.json in the root of the folder, that's the way it's managed in the WordPress VIP platform and it works very well

That sounds like an interesting way to manage WordPress projects. Themes and plugins probably don't need that level of orchestration.

[hugosolar]

adding the whole wp-content in the repository and manage the dependencies (plugins and themes) with a composer.json in the root of the folder, that's the way it's managed in the WordPress VIP platform and it works very well

That sounds like an interesting way to manage WordPress projects. Themes and plugins probably don't need that level of orchestration.

agreed

OK, I just read in the WordPress Child Themes documentation that it is required for child themes to define their base template in style.css. So, I'll look for examples of creativecommons-base in the style.css for our other WordPress themes.

https://github.com/creativecommons/wp-theme-summit/blob/d02892426d2f89c0561c9d87acd44783468a6795/style.css#L7

And yes! I think that's the only way for now to determine a theme is a child from creativecommons-base

[brylie]

Thanks for your help @hugosolar 😃