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Hi,

before I start editing my default theme, I have a newbie question:

Admin CP tells me that if I edit a CSS file its inheritance with the master theme file will be broken.

My question is: when a new version of MyBB comes out in the future and I want to upgrade to it, how do I ensure that I can keep my theme changes while also benefiting from any updates with MyBB?

For example, in the past with phpBB I upgraded from phpBB2 to phpBB3 and had to totally re-do a theme for the new version. But my question also applies to minor updates that may come out for MyBB.

MyBB does it's best to avoid breaking existing themes with minor releases. The last time themes were broken IIRC was the 1.2->1.4 jump. While 2.0 will have a new theme and will probably break current themes, it's predicted to still be a few years off before being ready for release, and it will have a beta version so authors can redo their themes and plugins for it.