[theme-reviewers] theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 4, Issue 125
Edward Caissie
edward.caissie at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 12:38:16 UTC 2010
Kate -
Interesting ideas to add to the possibilities we can consider using ...
... feel free to add you thoughts to my post here, as well:
http://edwardcaissie.com/2010/09/featured-themes/
Cais.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pixel Insert <studio at pixert.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I may be late into the Featured Themes discussion.
> What if we use variables to determine Featured Themes?
> These variables are
> 1. star ratings (by popular)
> 2. work ratings (by function)
>
> Random may be fair for all WordPress themer (designers or developers), but
> those variables will add values to Featured Themes and WordPress itself.
>
> Thanks
> Regards,
> Kate
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:30 PM, <
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>> 1. Featured Themes Questions (Edward Caissie)
>> 2. Re: Featured Themes Questions (Otto)
>> 3. Re: Featured Themes Questions (Edward Caissie)
>> 4. Re: Featured Themes Questions (Otto)
>> 5. Re: Featured Themes Questions (Simon Prosser)
>> 6. Re: Featured Themes Questions (Philip M. Hofer (Frumph))
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:34:03 -0400
>> From: Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>> To: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>> Cc: WP Theme Reviewers Mailing List
>> <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> Message-ID:
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>> Otto -
>>
>> A couple of questions you can hopefully answer and/or point the Theme
>> Review
>> Team in the right direction.
>>
>> 1. Is there a way to find out all of the currently "Featured" themes?
>> Short of making a list; "un-sticking" them; and, seeing what still shows
>> up.
>> I have not seen anything except the "Featured" search criteria on the
>> "Install Themes" tab.
>> 2. As per this comment:
>>
>> http://edwardcaissie.com/2010/09/featured-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-353and
>> my reply; would it be possible to have randomly picked theme(s) posted
>> to the Featured page for x amount of days? Not sure what would work
>> best, or
>> if it's possible ... I'll leave that to your code creativity.
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>> PS: To the mailing list in general: feel free to leave comments on the
>> post,
>> too. The more input the better. EAC
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>> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:13:26 -0500
>> From: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>> To: Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> Cc: WP Theme Reviewers Mailing List
>> <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> Message-ID:
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>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Edward Caissie
>> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is there a way to find out all of the currently "Featured" themes? Short
>> of
>> > making a list; "un-sticking" them; and, seeing what still shows up. I
>> have
>> > not seen anything except the "Featured" search criteria on the "Install
>> > Themes" tab.
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand the question. The Featured Themes are all
>> the themes listed under Featured Themes on
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/.
>>
>> Perhaps you may have been told it was choosing some random set of the
>> featured themes to be displayed there. If that's the case, then I
>> understand... but you have been misinformed. That's it. That's all of
>> them. There are no more. It displays all the sticky themes there.
>>
>> > As per this comment:
>> >
>> http://edwardcaissie.com/2010/09/featured-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-353
>> > and my reply; would it be possible to have randomly picked theme(s)
>> posted
>> > to the Featured page for x amount of days? Not sure what would work
>> best, or
>> > if it's possible ... I'll leave that to your code creativity.
>>
>> We can change it to display some kind of random selection instead, if
>> desired. Currently it just displays them all.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:27:15 -0400
>> From: Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>> To: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>> Cc: WP Theme Reviewers Mailing List
>> <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTikS4GfTpfmkvu9eOpFdAqX5PiqeVes5iZAXwy2w at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> @Otto - Ian Stewart suggested asking you questions that might relate to
>> the
>> Featured Themes ... I counted 15, just didn't know if that was all or if
>> that was all that were shown at one time as 15 is the number of themes
>> shown
>> per page by default anywhere else.
>>
>> As to the random idea, perhaps I'm not explaining it clearly enough.
>>
>> Let's start with the above being a static quantity, that is _only_ 15
>> themes
>> are shown on the Featured Theme page, not sure what would happen if say 20
>> themes were set to be "sticky" ... and I would prefer not to test it out.
>>
>> Can a portion of those themes, perhaps the last one to three themes be
>> randomly picked? Leave the the first set of themes as manually set to
>> "stick" to the front page, while the second set are randomly picked from
>> the
>> repository and automatically set to "stick" ... or is this an all or
>> nothing
>> affair which if that is the case we can keep going forward with the manual
>> method.
>>
>> Hopefully that is a little more clearer than mud.
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>> PS: What is the difference in the "sticky" links ... one reads "Stick
>> Topic"
>> the other reads "to front"? The "to front" link has the extra parameter
>> &super=1 in it. EAC
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Edward Caissie
>> > <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Is there a way to find out all of the currently "Featured" themes?
>> Short
>> > of
>> > > making a list; "un-sticking" them; and, seeing what still shows up. I
>> > have
>> > > not seen anything except the "Featured" search criteria on the
>> "Install
>> > > Themes" tab.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure I understand the question. The Featured Themes are all
>> > the themes listed under Featured Themes on
>> > http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/.
>> >
>> > Perhaps you may have been told it was choosing some random set of the
>> > featured themes to be displayed there. If that's the case, then I
>> > understand... but you have been misinformed. That's it. That's all of
>> > them. There are no more. It displays all the sticky themes there.
>> >
>> > > As per this comment:
>> > >
>> >
>> http://edwardcaissie.com/2010/09/featured-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-353
>> > > and my reply; would it be possible to have randomly picked theme(s)
>> > posted
>> > > to the Featured page for x amount of days? Not sure what would work
>> best,
>> > or
>> > > if it's possible ... I'll leave that to your code creativity.
>> >
>> > We can change it to display some kind of random selection instead, if
>> > desired. Currently it just displays them all.
>> >
>> > -Otto
>> >
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>> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:11:19 -0500
>> From: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>> To: Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> Cc: WP Theme Reviewers Mailing List
>> <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTikOfzvAgmsOxXfwvLSVGHms=toswEa6gYM6LYPq at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Edward Caissie
>> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > @Otto - Ian Stewart suggested asking you questions that might relate to
>> the
>> > Featured Themes ... I counted 15, just didn't know if that was all or if
>> > that was all that were shown at one time as 15 is the number of themes
>> shown
>> > per page by default anywhere else.
>>
>> Yeah, I didn't think of that. I'll double check. The code doesn't
>> specify a number, so I assumed that was all of them. Looking closely
>> at it, I can see that it's doing a BB_Query without specifying a
>> number, so it may only be displaying the first 15.
>>
>> > As to the random idea, perhaps I'm not explaining it clearly enough.
>> >
>> > Let's start with the above being a static quantity, that is _only_ 15
>> themes
>> > are shown on the Featured Theme page, not sure what would happen if say
>> 20
>> > themes were set to be "sticky" ... and I would prefer not to test it
>> out.
>> >
>> > Can a portion of those themes, perhaps the last one to three themes be
>> > randomly picked? Leave the the first set of themes as manually set to
>> > "stick" to the front page, while the second set are randomly picked from
>> the
>> > repository and automatically set to "stick" ... or is this an all or
>> nothing
>> > affair which if that is the case we can keep going forward with the
>> manual
>> > method.
>>
>> I can make it do anything at all, including lounge singing, but having
>> three random themes show up in the featured list does strike me as
>> rather strange.
>>
>> > PS: What is the difference in the "sticky" links ... one reads "Stick
>> Topic"
>> > the other reads "to front"? The "to front" link has the extra parameter
>> > &super=1 in it. EAC
>>
>> Short answer: Use Stick To Front to make a theme featured.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:23:42 +0100
>> From: Simon Prosser <pross at pross.org.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTi=330_rqBX8RfJEffgFcpG+ESjPRENgckBfeS38 at mail.gmail.com<330_rqBX8RfJEffgFcpG%2BESjPRENgckBfeS38 at mail.gmail.com>
>> >
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>>
>> On 30 September 2010 22:11, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Edward Caissie
>> > <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > @Otto - Ian Stewart suggested asking you questions that might relate
>> to
>> > the
>> > > Featured Themes ... I counted 15, just didn't know if that was all or
>> if
>> > > that was all that were shown at one time as 15 is the number of themes
>> > shown
>> > > per page by default anywhere else.
>> >
>> > Yeah, I didn't think of that. I'll double check. The code doesn't
>> > specify a number, so I assumed that was all of them. Looking closely
>> > at it, I can see that it's doing a BB_Query without specifying a
>> > number, so it may only be displaying the first 15.
>> >
>> > > As to the random idea, perhaps I'm not explaining it clearly enough.
>> > >
>> > > Let's start with the above being a static quantity, that is _only_ 15
>> > themes
>> > > are shown on the Featured Theme page, not sure what would happen if
>> say
>> > 20
>> > > themes were set to be "sticky" ... and I would prefer not to test it
>> out.
>> > >
>> > > Can a portion of those themes, perhaps the last one to three themes be
>> > > randomly picked? Leave the the first set of themes as manually set to
>> > > "stick" to the front page, while the second set are randomly picked
>> from
>> > the
>> > > repository and automatically set to "stick" ... or is this an all or
>> > nothing
>> > > affair which if that is the case we can keep going forward with the
>> > manual
>> > > method.
>> >
>> > I can make it do anything at all, including lounge singing, but having
>> > three random themes show up in the featured list does strike me as
>> > rather strange.
>>
>>
>> We were just thinking of having a random theme picked automagically for
>> say
>> 7 days...
>> but having it sing would be better ;)
>>
>>
>> > > PS: What is the difference in the "sticky" links ... one reads "Stick
>> > Topic"
>> > > the other reads "to front"? The "to front" link has the extra
>> parameter
>> > > &super=1 in it. EAC
>> >
>> > Short answer: Use Stick To Front to make a theme featured.
>> >
>> > -Otto
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> > http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>> My Blog: http://www.pross.org.uk/
>> Plugins : http://www.pross.org.uk/plugins/
>> Themes: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/profile/pross
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>> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:30:27 -0700
>> From: "Philip M. Hofer \(Frumph\)" <philip at frumph.net>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>> To: <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> Message-ID: <1BBCCBA2DAEB449D872F583A5A3EA2E1 at frumph.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Random theme thats been through the current theme review process I hope ;)
>>
>> - Phil
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Simon Prosser
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes Questions
>>
>>
>> On 30 September 2010 22:11, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Edward Caissie
>>
>> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > @Otto - Ian Stewart suggested asking you questions that might relate
>> to the
>> > Featured Themes ... I counted 15, just didn't know if that was all or
>> if
>> > that was all that were shown at one time as 15 is the number of
>> themes shown
>> > per page by default anywhere else.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I didn't think of that. I'll double check. The code doesn't
>> specify a number, so I assumed that was all of them. Looking closely
>> at it, I can see that it's doing a BB_Query without specifying a
>> number, so it may only be displaying the first 15.
>>
>>
>> > As to the random idea, perhaps I'm not explaining it clearly enough.
>> >
>> > Let's start with the above being a static quantity, that is _only_ 15
>> themes
>> > are shown on the Featured Theme page, not sure what would happen if
>> say 20
>> > themes were set to be "sticky" ... and I would prefer not to test it
>> out.
>> >
>> > Can a portion of those themes, perhaps the last one to three themes
>> be
>> > randomly picked? Leave the the first set of themes as manually set to
>> > "stick" to the front page, while the second set are randomly picked
>> from the
>> > repository and automatically set to "stick" ... or is this an all or
>> nothing
>> > affair which if that is the case we can keep going forward with the
>> manual
>> > method.
>>
>>
>> I can make it do anything at all, including lounge singing, but having
>> three random themes show up in the featured list does strike me as
>> rather strange.
>>
>> We were just thinking of having a random theme picked automagically for
>> say 7 days...
>> but having it sing would be better ;)
>>
>>
>> > PS: What is the difference in the "sticky" links ... one reads "Stick
>> Topic"
>> > the other reads "to front"? The "to front" link has the extra
>> parameter
>> > &super=1 in it. EAC
>>
>>
>> Short answer: Use Stick To Front to make a theme featured.
>>
>>
>> -Otto
>> _______________________________________________
>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> My Blog: http://www.pross.org.uk/
>> Plugins : http://www.pross.org.uk/plugins/
>> Themes: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/profile/pross
>>
>>
>>
>>
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