Title: Cflex – CSS Editor Framework for WordPress
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cflex – CSS Editor Framework for WordPress

 *  [jonathandewar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathandewar/)
 * (@jonathandewar)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cflex-css-editor-framework-for-wordpress/)
 * **The Concept**
 * A universal CSS editor framework that theme authors can deploy with their WordPress
   themes that make it easy for end users to customize their layouts.
 * **Features**
    - Database driven design: All style information is stored in the databse so 
      that users don’t have to back up any kind of CSS file to presevere their changes
      when a theme author releases a new version.
    - Extensible: Class and ID hooks so that theme authors can easily and quickly
      extend the editor’s capabilities for their particular theme and so that end-
      users are always able to edit every aspect of the theme.
    - Intuitive: A system for monitoring major and minor color choices so that when
      a new version of a theme is released that contains new CSS information, Cflex
      will automatically populate the style data based on weighed color choices 
      in the past.
    - Powerful: Full support for all current and official CSS functions.
    - **Current Status**
    - In development alongside the new version of my own public theme, Lowstream,
      but I’m hoping that interest will build for Cflex in particular and that others
      offer to help with the project, as I have a solid idea of where to take, but
      not all of the necessary skill.
    - Also, I wasn’t sure where to post this. What are your thoughts on this? Is
      it a good idea? Bad idea? Worthwhile? Anything helps!

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 *  [timok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timok/)
 * (@timok)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cflex-css-editor-framework-for-wordpress/#post-531177)
 * How do you want to solve the “caching problem”? Will the css be written to a 
   static file or dynamically delivered with a (fixed/variable?) expires header?
   
   How about performance? How many DB-Queries will there be per request? How much
   looping inside PHP will happen?
 *  Thread Starter [jonathandewar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathandewar/)
 * (@jonathandewar)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cflex-css-editor-framework-for-wordpress/#post-531191)
 * Um, that’s actually what I meant by “I don’t have all of the necessary skill.”
 * I have the basic idea and I know how to code the basic framework, but I have 
   no clue how to optimize it and the like.
 * The way it works right now is that it simply stores the Color information in 
   one database row and the style information in another and then simply includes
   layout.php and color.php into the header as a style tag.
 * color.php and layout.php look like:
 * `html { background-color: <?php get_css_pageback(); ?>; }`
 * I have the concept in my head and a good idea of where to take it, but not the
   technical expertise to accomplish it. My forte is marketing and branding. I can
   code to an extent, but when things start getting complex, my brain shuts off.
   😛

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 * Last reply from: [jonathandewar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathandewar/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cflex-css-editor-framework-for-wordpress/#post-531191)
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