Title: P2’s functions.php integrated into another theme?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# P2’s functions.php integrated into another theme?

 *  Resolved [toregu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toregu/)
 * (@toregu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/p2s-functionsphp-integrated-into-another-theme/)
 * Hi everyone!
 * I’m new to WordPress but know some basics.
 * I’m trying to extract the P2-functionality and place it into another theme that
   I’d like to use. In other words, keep most of the **non-P2-theme** (header, sidebar,
   footer and most of the CSS) and integrate with **P2** (index.php and supporting
   files, see below).
 * I’ve located that the following files are needed for the extraction of P2s core
   functionality:
    -  index.php
       styles.css functions.php
 * (the last two have to be integrated to the non-P2-theme and not just replaced)
 * and these files can probably just be copy pasted:
    -  post-form.php
       inline-comments.php comment_form.php entry.php /i/ /inc/ /
      languages/
 * Now to the question:
 * How do I go about integrating functions.php from **P2** into the existing functions.
   php from the **non-P2-theme**? I’m new to this and need some directions.
 * P2 is a lovely “theme” and I’d like to see it as a core functionality rather 
   than a theme!
 * Tore G

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 *  Thread Starter [toregu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toregu/)
 * (@toregu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/p2s-functionsphp-integrated-into-another-theme/#post-1156042)
 * Is this the way to go?
 * [http://www.pearsonified.com/2008/05/how-to-use-wordpress-functions.php](http://www.pearsonified.com/2008/05/how-to-use-wordpress-functions.php)
 *  Thread Starter [toregu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toregu/)
 * (@toregu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/p2s-functionsphp-integrated-into-another-theme/#post-1156065)
 * I’ve found most of the conflicting files and the above link (article about functions.
   php) explained a lot. I’ll see if I’ll upload a short guide for others to follow.
 * The conflicting functions.php was resolved using the above link. Just use a user-
   functions.php for the P2-functions.php. Then you can just copy all the content
   of index.php to the non-P2-theme. Also make a user-style.css to keep the styling
   of P2 (and resolve the conflict of these two files). Check this article:
 * [http://www.pearsonified.com/2007/02/how_to_protect_css_mods_for_any_wordpress_theme.php](http://www.pearsonified.com/2007/02/how_to_protect_css_mods_for_any_wordpress_theme.php)
 * Now you’ll have to manually edit index.php so that it syncs up with the rest 
   of your non-P2-theme. I’ve yet to get the sidebar functioning as it should but
   that is probably an issue with some confliciting css-codes (not everything is
   resolved by using the way mentioned above).
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [toregu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toregu/)
 * (@toregu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/p2s-functionsphp-integrated-into-another-theme/#post-1156205)
 * Hi everyone!
 * In case you’ve got problems like I did… I never got the sidebar to show correctly.
   This was because the P2-theme calls for the sidebar in the header. The artisteer-
   theme that I was working with didn’t do that. It called for the sidebar in the
   index.php. This resulted in a sidebar which appeared in the place of index.php(
   below posts). Be sure to include the code
 *     ```
       <?php get_sidebar( );
       ```
   
 * in the header to make it show correctly.
 * Have a nice day!
 *  Thread Starter [toregu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toregu/)
 * (@toregu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/p2s-functionsphp-integrated-into-another-theme/#post-1156253)
 * And you’ve got to use the author.php-file also. Maybe some more. The pop-up picture
   of keyboard commands isn’t showing as it should.
 *  Thread Starter [toregu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toregu/)
 * (@toregu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/p2s-functionsphp-integrated-into-another-theme/#post-1156254)
 * Oh, while working on it… These files can be added to your non_p2-theme also (
   no need for integration, just drop it over):
    -  rtl.css
       tag.php attachment.php author.php

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