Prestashop child theme or Parent theme
I'm working on a prestashop site, my mockup has a few things, such as an irregular shaped menu, that I feel might be a difficult to recreate in a child theme.
Example of the mockup
Particularly I'd like to know seeing my mockup example, which would be the best route, but I guess my question could be generalised in the following manner: "In prestashop, when is a child theme enough, and when are the changes too drastic and require a specific Parent theme to be developed?"
Thank you!
themes prestashop parent-child prestashop-1.7
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
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I'm working on a prestashop site, my mockup has a few things, such as an irregular shaped menu, that I feel might be a difficult to recreate in a child theme.
Example of the mockup
Particularly I'd like to know seeing my mockup example, which would be the best route, but I guess my question could be generalised in the following manner: "In prestashop, when is a child theme enough, and when are the changes too drastic and require a specific Parent theme to be developed?"
Thank you!
themes prestashop parent-child prestashop-1.7
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
11
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I'm working on a prestashop site, my mockup has a few things, such as an irregular shaped menu, that I feel might be a difficult to recreate in a child theme.
Example of the mockup
Particularly I'd like to know seeing my mockup example, which would be the best route, but I guess my question could be generalised in the following manner: "In prestashop, when is a child theme enough, and when are the changes too drastic and require a specific Parent theme to be developed?"
Thank you!
themes prestashop parent-child prestashop-1.7
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
11
I'm working on a prestashop site, my mockup has a few things, such as an irregular shaped menu, that I feel might be a difficult to recreate in a child theme.
Example of the mockup
Particularly I'd like to know seeing my mockup example, which would be the best route, but I guess my question could be generalised in the following manner: "In prestashop, when is a child theme enough, and when are the changes too drastic and require a specific Parent theme to be developed?"
Thank you!
themes prestashop parent-child prestashop-1.7
themes prestashop parent-child prestashop-1.7
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
11
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
11
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
11
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
11
asked Nov 20 at 18:40
Alberto Burrito
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Well, it depend on your needs and your objectives.
If you are developing a theme (for example to later sell it) you must create the parent theme.
If you just want to customize a theme: changing the menu aspect, change some the JS... a child theme may be enough.
Themes are split in several files so you have to make balance of how many of them will you will need to modify and if you want your theme to be updated.
As you may know, the best feature for child themes is that you only need to create the files you want to override from the parent. Also, you can update the parent and your theme may get updated too (except of the customizations, of course).
answered Nov 23 at 16:34
Pol Rué
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Well, it depend on your needs and your objectives.
If you are developing a theme (for example to later sell it) you must create the parent theme.
If you just want to customize a theme: changing the menu aspect, change some the JS... a child theme may be enough.
Themes are split in several files so you have to make balance of how many of them will you will need to modify and if you want your theme to be updated.
As you may know, the best feature for child themes is that you only need to create the files you want to override from the parent. Also, you can update the parent and your theme may get updated too (except of the customizations, of course).
answered Nov 23 at 16:34
Pol Rué
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Well, it depend on your needs and your objectives.
If you are developing a theme (for example to later sell it) you must create the parent theme.
If you just want to customize a theme: changing the menu aspect, change some the JS... a child theme may be enough.
Themes are split in several files so you have to make balance of how many of them will you will need to modify and if you want your theme to be updated.
As you may know, the best feature for child themes is that you only need to create the files you want to override from the parent. Also, you can update the parent and your theme may get updated too (except of the customizations, of course).
answered Nov 23 at 16:34
Pol Rué
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Well, it depend on your needs and your objectives.
If you are developing a theme (for example to later sell it) you must create the parent theme.
If you just want to customize a theme: changing the menu aspect, change some the JS... a child theme may be enough.
Themes are split in several files so you have to make balance of how many of them will you will need to modify and if you want your theme to be updated.
As you may know, the best feature for child themes is that you only need to create the files you want to override from the parent. Also, you can update the parent and your theme may get updated too (except of the customizations, of course).
answered Nov 23 at 16:34
Pol Rué
665
Well, it depend on your needs and your objectives.
If you are developing a theme (for example to later sell it) you must create the parent theme.
If you just want to customize a theme: changing the menu aspect, change some the JS... a child theme may be enough.
Themes are split in several files so you have to make balance of how many of them will you will need to modify and if you want your theme to be updated.
As you may know, the best feature for child themes is that you only need to create the files you want to override from the parent. Also, you can update the parent and your theme may get updated too (except of the customizations, of course).
answered Nov 23 at 16:34
Pol Rué
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answered Nov 23 at 16:34
Pol Rué
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answered Nov 23 at 16:34
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