[theme-reviewers] Guidelines regarding Theme Names

Edward Caissie edward.caissie at gmail.com
Mon Aug 30 14:49:16 UTC 2010


Has anyone pinged this directly to nacin? It may just be an oversite or a
core issue that should be addressed versus a template file inclusion issue.

I'm having a hard time believing the basic minimal requirements need to be
extended beyond including index.php and style.css (with scrennshot.png only
being required for the Extend/Theme repository).


Cais.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
philip at frumph.net> wrote:

>  that original simplist theme that came up in this theme reviewers thread
> + comment from otto & nacin
>
> just give it a try with the minimal theme and nacin's plugin, it comes up
>
> (and no, no other deprecated messages come up)
>
> - Phil
>
> The official word is that the 'default' functions that fallback in WP are
> never really updated and who knows if they're going to be in there anymore
> in the future.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> *Sent:* Monday, August 30, 2010 7:41 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Guidelines regarding Theme Names
>
> So no comments.php file throws a deprecated message at you? That doesn't
> seem right ...
>
> What theme is this happening with? I'd like to see this myself ... and are
> there other tempalte files we will need to make requirements for similar
> reasons?
>
>
> Cais.
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>
>>  While your in there add comments.php to the minimal theme files
>> requirement, official deprecated message comes up without it.
>>
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 30, 2010 7:35 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Guidelines regarding Theme Names
>>
>> Right on. I threw that together really quickly (and tend to err more
>> toward a "formal" tone anyway.
>>
>> Looks good! Some of those (especially the "version-specific,
>> markup-related terms" item. Could probably use more content there. What else
>> similar don't we want in Theme names?
>>
>> Chip
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I didn't change the intent of the section, but I did go in and
>>> "lightened-up" the text a bit ... it's a little less "formal" but the
>>> meaning is the same.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cais.
>>>
>>>   On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  See here:
>>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Name
>>>>
>>>> Please advise, comment, correct, and/or add appropriate Theme
>>>> Name-related guidelines. I notice I'm running into several instances where I
>>>> have to comment on the Theme Name. Some objective guidelines in this area
>>>> will be helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
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