[theme-reviewers] Theme Check Release

Edward Caissie edward.caissie at gmail.com
Fri Dec 31 17:53:21 UTC 2010


er, yep ... must be.

It's 5 o'clock somewhere, right?! I think it's time to start the New Year's
celebration since my thinking seems to be already impaired (*grin*)


Cais.

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> I think you're confusing get_footer() and wp_footer().
>
> get_footer() includes the footer.php file.
>
> wp_footer() should be *in* the footer.php file, and it basically calls
> the wp_footer action hook.
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Simon Prosser <pross at pross.org.uk>
> wrote:
> > To quote the manual:
> > Includes the footer.php template file from your current theme's
> > directory. if a name is specified then a specialised footer
> > footer-{name}.php will be included.
> >
> > wp_footer() should be used.
> >
> > We could add it as a deprecated though Otto?
> >
> > On 31 December 2010 16:25, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Thanks, I couldn't remember any exact difference but I agree it is the
> more
> >> correct method to use the wp_footer() call.
> >>
> >> I'll pass along the comment.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cais.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Edward Caissie
> >>> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > @Otto, @Pross
> >>> >
> >>> > Just came across this on ticket:
> >>> > http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2382
> >>> >
> >>> > "REQUIRED: Could not find wp_footer. See: wp_footer
> >>> >
> >>> > The author used: <?php do_action('wp_footer'); ?> in place of the
> >>> > wp_footer() call ...
> >>>
> >>> Well, he shouldn't do that. Tell him to change it to the wp_footer()
> call.
> >>>
> >>> Yes, I know that pretty much does the same thing. The difference is
> >>> one of forward compatibility. wp_footer() might do something slightly
> >>> different in the future. Probably not, but who knows?
> >>>
> >>> Never do it yourself when there exists a function to do it for you.
> >>>
> >>> -Otto
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