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Does q2a have a mechanism to customize themes properly without risk of losing modifications when updating the theme? For example like the child themes in Wordpress.

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Yes, that would be by means of plugin modules, layers and overrides. Documentation on them can be found here.

If you want to change the look and feel, in general, a layer would do the trick. Sometimes plugin overrides might help as well.

Also, don't forget you can copy/paste the theme you want (e.g. SnowFlat) and make any changes you want to that "new theme" you create.

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Thanks for your reply.

> Also, don't forget you can copy/paste the theme you want (e.g. SnowFlat) and make any changes you want to that "new theme" you create.

That would be exactly the complete opposite of what I am looking for. If I copy paste, the moment the theme gets a new version I will have to redo the modifications.

  I will check the layers, I think it will do the job. Thanks
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> If I copy paste, the moment the theme gets a new version I will have to redo the modifications

Not really. Strictly speaking, it will be a new theme, so you define what changes you add to it. You can choose to merge the modifications from the standard theme or not.

PS: No need to say thanks. In a Q&A site that's what accepting answers and upvoting is there for
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