Thanks for taking the time to explain your problem.
For now I believe you need to copy the file in this path to your child theme folder:
plugins/design-approval-system/templates/slickremix/das-slickremix-template.php
The css for the main template file can be found in:
plugins/design-approval-system/templates/slickremix/css/styles.css
The main template file if you wanted to add a custom css path:
plugins/design-approval-system/framework/das-default-template.php
It’s now apparent that we need to add a way for people to add custom styles without fear of losing changes when updates happen.
I understand your issue with the content area not having default styles. This was not thought of since we figured most would be using it for simple images. However I can definitely see the value in having those styles in there, so on our next update we will add them.
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rcain
(@rcain)
hi slickremix,
thanks for the fast reply.
yep got all that. in case this is helpful to anyone else out there: in order to override the standard plgin css file here what i did was apply a temporary hack to the plugin file:
/wp-content/plugins/design-approval-system/framework/das-default-template.php
– at the top of that file, replace the existing hardcoded html link to plugin’s css file with the following (or similar):
<?php
//mod jrc 290112 - allow stacked child theme plugin override css's
$scl_stylesheet_file_path = get_stylesheet_directory() . "/plugins/design-approval-system/templates/slickremix/css/" . "styles.css";
if (@file_exists($scl_stylesheet_file_path)) {
$scl_stylesheet_file_uri = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . "/plugins/design-approval-system/templates/slickremix/css/" . "styles.css";
?>
<!--scl child theme plugin ovverride for das template CSS-->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php print $scl_stylesheet_file_uri;?>" />
<?php
} else {
//orig ok:
?>
<!--default das template CSS-->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php print DAS_PLUGIN_PATH ?>/design-approval-system/templates/slickremix/css/styles.css" />
<?php
} //end if
// maybe: Enqueue the style sheet
// maybe: wp_enqueue_style('etc');
//mod jrc 290112 - allow stacked child theme plugin override css's
?>
– i think this is pretty wp/plugin/child-theme-friendly, but migt be improved further to search a wider selection of possible places peolple might want to store plugin override stuff for their thems.
– i suspect also, you might want to do similar logic for all plugin template files, js files, etc – else provide some further wp custom hooks and filters to facilitate same.
all best
Awesome, so nice to see some valid input and an example too! We will be making an update shortly and will include this method and give you credit for it as well. Keep those ideas and solutions coming!
Thanks Rcain!
