[theme-reviewers] required CSS classes

Kirk Wight kwight at kwight.ca
Sat Oct 8 15:05:55 UTC 2011


Ah, that makes more sense already. I've added a small note to the
Codex<http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#WordPress-Generated_CSS_Classes>
for
clarification.

On 8 October 2011 10:23, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Kirk,
>
> They're required because they're added/used by WordPress.
>
> The only ones that are allowed to be "blank" are .sticky and .bypostauthor.
> The intent here is that the Theme developer consider these classes in the
> design intent for the Theme. We consider *not* styling them to be valid
> design intent, but want to have a modicum of assurance that the developer
> has *considered* them.
>
> The others are all required to be styled *appropriately*: .alignleft,
> .alignright, .aligncenter, .wp-caption, .wp-caption-text, .gallery-caption
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Chip
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone point me to sources explaining the thinking behind the required
>> CSS classes? I'm wondering why these particular classes are required, and
>> why they can be empty when present. I'm sure there must have been extensive
>> discussion at some point, but I've checked the list archives and can't find
>> anything definitive.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kirk
>>
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