<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Special mention to the Catalan Chapter they add a beautiful web design <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">-<div><div>Jeffry S. Fernandez</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">El 23 abr 2026, a la(s) 3:28 a.m., Klaus Birkenbihl via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org> escribió:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Dear Chapter Leaders, (especially those
responsible for the websites),</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb"><i>I'm not sure if this is the right place to
bring up this topic. On the other hand, websites are an
important part of our public relations, and we at ISOC.DE
don't seem to be the only ones having issues. If you have
an answer but don't want to leave it here, feel free to
send me a private email at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:Klaus.Birkenbihl@ISOC.DE" moz-do-not-send="true">Klaus.Birkenbihl@ISOC.DE</a>.</i></span></span></span></p>
<h3>Initial Situation:</h3>
<p class="moz-signature" cols="0">After several attempts in recent
years, ISOC.DE has decided to seriously undertake the relaunch of
its website. After all, ISOC is providing support and guidelines
for the relaunch in the form of the "Genesis child theme for
Internet Society chapters". This should make switching a WordPress
site by changing the theme manageable with reasonable effort.<br>
</p>
<h3>Expectations:</h3>
<p class="moz-signature" cols="0">Besides all the dazzling, great
features that make a theme attractive, there are a few basic
requirements:<br>
</p>
<ol>
<li>The most important components of a WordPress blog—posts and
pages—should be recognizably displayed,</li>
<li>There should be acceptable default styles for frequently used
elements such as forms (form controls) or tables,</li>
<li>The remaining elements (menus, sidebars, categories, archives,
etc.) should be easily customizable via CSS and, if necessary, a
few scripts.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Experience:</h3>
<p class="moz-signature" cols="0">So far expectations 1 and 2 were a
disaster. After just installing the theme, the site looks like
this: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/</a>.
(Before: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isoc.de/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.isoc.de/</a>). <span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Apparently</span></span></span>, even the
structure hasn't been preserved. Forms and tables are displayed
unusably. Well, maybe we just make dumb mistakes and don't get the
glue.</p>
<h3>Learn from the winners:</h3>
<p class="moz-signature" cols="0">We thought we simply should take a
look at how others managed it. So I investigated: who is using the
theme? I examined 114 chapter sites (source: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/#find-your-chapter" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/#find-your-chapter</a>).
Of 93 sites I could access, 5 are using the theme. Of these 5
sites, 3 look kind of successful. Congratulations to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://isoc.nl/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://isoc.nl/</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isoc.cat/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.isoc.cat/</a>, and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://isoc-ontario.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://isoc-ontario.org/</a>. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://isoc.mk/">https://isoc.mk/</a> seems
to be under construction without existing content. (Fun fact: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isoc-aragon.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.isoc-aragon.org/</a>
looks pretty much like <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/</a>). </p>
<p class="moz-signature" cols="0">So 3-5 out of 93 Chapter websites
use the Theme? Doesn't sound too encouraging. Were my
investigations wrong?</p>
<h3>Open questions:</h3>
<ul>
<li class="moz-signature" cols="0">Did I miss a Website using the "Genesis
child theme for Internet Society chapters"? Which one?</li>
<li class="moz-signature" cols="0">Who tried using the theme but
then gave up? If so—why did you give up?</li>
<li class="moz-signature" cols="0">To those who are successful:</li>
<ul>
<li class="moz-signature" cols="0">Would you recommend using the
theme (migrating a lot of existing content)?</li>
<li class="moz-signature" cols="0">Do you have any tips or
tricks on how to affordably switch a regular WordPress site
with traditional structure (chronological posts, pages, menus,
some forms, categories, archives, etc..,) to this theme?</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Klaus</p>
<p><br>
</p>
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