[theme-reviewers] WordPress Shortcodes

Robert Ambartsumov robert6292 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 31 03:15:11 UTC 2011


Prohibitting the use of custom widgets of that sort will reduce theme
quality because sometimes the widget is also styled properly to the theme
and so as the contact us page. User is not forced to use widgets as he
knows widgets are dynamic and are changed from 1 theme to another, I think
that's why custom widgets are for, or not?

If a theme provides properly styled widgets and custom pages that is a
blessing not a curse, sometimes you get plugins that are not properly
styled and user needs to look into code to style them, worse for the user I
would say rather then have it all in 1 pack.


On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> And again: what happens when the user switches Themes? Where does that
> Widget go? What does that Contact Us page display?
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Robert Ambartsumov <robert6292 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Perhaps, if the theme utilizes the contact form functionality to other
>> matters such as widgets and custom pages (contact us page) it can be also
>> presented via a shortcode?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> +1 Chip
>>>
>>> On 31/12/2011, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>> > What happens to that *content* when the user switches Themes? Buh-bye
>>> > contact form, Google chart, etc.
>>> >
>>> > Those shortcodes really belong in Plugins. They are content creation,
>>> not
>>> > content presentation.
>>> >
>>> > Chip
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Not sure, this was a quick scan-over that's all. I personally don't
>>> see
>>> >> anything wrong with the usage itself if they were error-free.
>>> >>
>>> >> Emil
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> *----*
>>> >> *Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>>> >> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>>> >> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert
>>> Einstein
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
>>> >wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Why is a Google Chart shortcode included in a *Theme*, rather than
>>> in a
>>> >>> Plugin?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Chip
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Reviewers,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> In regards to:
>>> >>>>
>>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2011/12/15/getting-the-review-queue-back-on-track/and
>>> >>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Code_Quality as well, can
>>> we
>>> >>>> also make sure that
>>> >>>> Shortcodes<http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API>are checked as
>>> well?
>>> >>>> Shortcodes can produce undefined
>>> >>>> errors <http://php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php> and i.e. Theme
>>> >>>> Check <http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-check/> will find
>>> >>>> them, however only if you actually use the shortcodes on any given
>>> >>>> page/post. Good example is http://pastebin.com/FEGz56vu (Google
>>> Chart)
>>> >>>> all* Themes in repository using this or similar code will have
>>> undefined
>>> >>>> error(s). This is only an example. Some will say that this is
>>> harmless,
>>> >>>> however we still need error free Themes :)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thank you all for your help and Happy Holidays!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Emil
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> *----*
>>> >>>> *Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac |
>>> E:
>>> >>>> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>>> >>>> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert
>>> >>>> Einstein
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
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>>>
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