{"id":7645042,"date":"2016-08-08T15:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T15:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/customizing-directorypress\/"},"modified":"2016-09-01T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T17:37:49","slug":"customizing-directorypress","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/customizing-directorypress\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing DirectoryPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I was tasked to customize a WordPress theme called Directory Press <a href=\"http:\/\/directorypress.net\/\">see here<\/a>, it allows the backend functionality of adding &#8220;listings&#8221; &#8211; which is great for aggregator type sites. My main problem is finding an approach or method to best customize and style this theme. I am by default going to try to Child Theme method, but have heard horror stories on here where a theme is striped out to best customize, and I was hoping to avoid that scenario. Any tips or hints appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-7645042","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-css","topic-tag-scss"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/7645042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/7645042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7645042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}