[theme-reviewers] wp_footer() placement - [#1221: THEME: Pencil Draw]

[Yulian Yordanov]

  Hi,
What are the arguments which make required wp_footer() to be placed 
immediately before </body> tag?
Personally I'm OK with this because otherwise some slow or buggy script 
may break the entire design. Here bellow I'm applying a comment from an 
author which theme I was not approved; his arguments make sense and 
before I answer him I need an additional opinion.

So, what do you think about wp_footer() placement?



On 07.10.2010 г. 08:34, WordPress Themes wrote:
> #1221: THEME: Pencil Draw - 1.20
> ------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
>    Reporter:  Cristian Nistor  |      Owner:  Fingli
>        Type:  theme            |     Status:  closed
> Resolution:  not-approved     |   Keywords:  theme-pencil-draw,
> ------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
>
> Comment(by Cristian Nistor):
>
>   Hello Fingli.
>
>   Regarding the wp_footer() placement. I know that this function should go
>   before the ending body tag, but I consider that it should not be
>   "immediately", and I'll explain why, for this particular case. The footer
>   has a container, built from 3 divs which create the box effect. If I place
>   the wp_footer() outside the box, if any plugin adds some visible messages
>   to the footer, they will be outside the box as orphan elements with almost
>   any formatting style, which is not desirable. On the other hand any HTML
>   code that is added, and does not create visible text to the page, is in
>   the place it should be (like links to any js files, or code snippet of any
>   statistical application etc.). This a dilemma for me, as this particular
>   situation does not create a win-win situation, and sincerely I don't know
>   exactly how to handle it.
>
>   Anyway is good that the template is not approved yet, because I found
>   another small issues that needs to be fixed.
>
>   Maybe until the next time I'll upload a new version we'll agree where
>   wp_footer() function should be called.
>
>   Regards,
>   Cristian Nistor
>

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