Title: Child or toolbox
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Child or toolbox

 *  Resolved [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/)
 * (@jknetdesign)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/)
 * Is this the kind of theme that should be customized as a child theme? Or is it
   like a Toolbox theme?

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 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319061)
 * Oenology is not a child theme, but one could use it as a parent and make a child
   theme if that’s what you mean.
 *  Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/)
 * (@jknetdesign)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319062)
 * Of course. Let me re-phrase. Is this considered an exisiting theme like TwentyTwelve?
   or a base them like Toolbox? If it’s meant to be like a Toolbox them then it’s
   pointless to create a child theme for it. Know what I mean?
 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319064)
 * Yes, I know what you mean.
    It’s more like TwentyTwelve and not like Toolbox.
 *  Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/)
 * (@jknetdesign)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319065)
 * Thanks Christine!
 *  Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319301)
 * Just catching up with support threads…
 * Oenology is actually a bit of a balance between an unstyled Theme like Toolbox,
   and a turnkey Theme like Twenty Twelve. Oenology has plenty of template hooks
   and custom filters to enable you to modify almost everything, but does make some
   basic layout assumptions.
 * It comes with several color schemes (called “varietals”), one of which, Cuvee,
   would be suitable for completely re-skinning the Theme, as it defines a minimum
   amount of CSS. (Though, the “varietals” are also extensible via custom filters,
   as well.)
 * Basically, let me know how you’d like to extend/modify Oenology, and I’ll try
   to show you how to do it.
 *  Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/)
 * (@jknetdesign)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319302)
 * Let’s say I try out ‘varietals’ and I will be editing the php files such as functions
   and the content. Shouldn’t I create a child theme for this? Will you be releasing
   updates? I just don’t want the theme to break in the future which is why I ask
   this 1 question. Is it better for this theme to use a child theme or modify directly?
 *  Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-or-toolbox/#post-3319303)
 * I do release fairly frequent updates (every few months or so).
 * The best way to customize a Theme like Oenology is either via Child Theme, or
   via custom Plugin. (If all you’re doing is writing filter/hook callbacks, a Plugin
   is an easier/better route than using a Child Theme, IMHO.)
 * Do you have any specific examples of things you would envision changing/customizing?

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