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Yes Klaus, you are right, my September email intended to be that reminder about the recent update of the theme, especially because I was supporting some chapters with issues with old PHP versions.</div>
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Let’s follow up on this, clearly sharing best practices for chapter website is a great way to improve, I know some might choose to go for a simple WP hosted by Wordpress.com to avoid the burden of maintaining a server, use this ISOC theme, and use the Chapter
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<b>De: </b>Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> en nombre de Klaus Birkenbihl via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
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<b>Para: </b>Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>CC: </b>Vorstand <vorstand@isoc.de><br>
<b>Asunto: </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] [European-chapters] Updated Wordpress theme for chapters<br>
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<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">I didn't too much investigation wrt this. I followed the instructions on
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https://chapter-template.isoc.org/theme-installation/</a> (mid April 2026) with PHP 8.4.20. Furthermore, I expect a notification about a theme update if I am using an outdated version (see resolved issue
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https://github.com/InternetSociety/genesis-child-chapters/issues/1</a>).</p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">I had a conversation with ChatGPT about the issue. Since our WP site is from 2010 I asked:</p>
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<li>easily migrate a wordpress site using standard post types (chronological posts, hierarchy of pages) into a responsive design.</li><li>support menus, sidebars, blogrolls, categories, archive, tag clouds ...</li><li>rather use modern CSS than wordpress blocks for styles</li></ul>
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<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Good—your constraints basically rule out 90% of the modern WP ecosystem. What you want is:</p>
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<li>classic theme (no FSE)</li><li>[...]</li><li>clean PHP templates + CSS styling</li><li>full support for menus, widgets, archives, etc.</li></ul>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">That narrows things down to either lightweight classic themes or starter themes.</p>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">(Beside this, ChatGPT suggested "hybrid" themes - supporting classic and block design as well - might be a compromise.)</div>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">I tested two of the ChatGPT recommended classic themes - out of the box - with reasonable results (wrt a responsive design): Astra and Baskerville. (Now you might assume I'm one of those dinosaurs
who don't like WP block-oriented design at all 😉. You're perfectly right - indeed I stopped using WP for new projects.)</p>
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<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Best regards</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ruben Martin schrieb am 27.04.26 um 18:03:</div>
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Hi all,</div>
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Bumping this email from September, since I know some of you have been asking about the new Wordpress theme.</div>
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Please, make sure other leaders know about where to find this resource (also linked form the leader portal resources page).</div>
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Thanks!</div>
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<b>De: </b>European-chapters <a href="mailto:european-chapters-bounces@elists.isoc.org" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" data-outlook-id="bedb2746-4ed6-4d09-8a5b-f2cd9e2a50a8">
<european-chapters-bounces@elists.isoc.org></a> en nombre de Ruben Martin <a href="mailto:martin@isoc.org" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" data-outlook-id="3661669b-6919-4d66-aa75-a9d137336ab7">
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<b>Para: </b>Chapters European <a href="mailto:european-chapters@elists.isoc.org" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" data-outlook-id="286363a8-649f-44b0-9f41-650ab12d38f2">
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<b>Asunto: </b>[European-chapters] Updated Wordpress theme for chapters<br>
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Hi all,</div>
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I know some of you have been asking for an updated and modern Wordpress theme for chapters, and there was a bit of confusion on which one was actively maintained.</div>
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Please check this site for installation instructions on the latest WP theme for chapters:</div>
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It has been recently updated to support the latest WP version, as well as PHP 8.4. The
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