[theme-reviewers] Thanks to All

[Qamar Ashraf]

Thanks Chip,
I have understood the process now.
Frankly it is new concept for me to leave the ticket open for a reasonable
time and give an opportunity to the developer to fix the things.

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> For me, the key, determining factor is this: does the Theme developer
> appear to be willing and intent to conform to the Guidelines? If so, so
> whatever you can to help the developer pass the review, including leaving
> previous tickets open, and claiming new tickets, to help expedite the
> review process.
>
> After a few reviews, you'll find that it's pretty easy to tell these types
> of developers from others. We want to work with and to help and to
> encourage the developers who are genuinely trying to submit a good Theme,
> or who want to give back to the WordPress community by contributing a
> Theme, or even who are merely trying to learn the Theme development process.
>
> To that end, use your best judgement. :)
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Qamar Ashraf <life.object at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Emil,
>> Please guide me in the following points as well.
>>
>>    - Let a theme is approved. I will definitely move into DIFF REVIEW
>>    only, if it has not major changes.
>>    - I usually see some other parts of code like header, footer, menus
>>    etc. So let find some Required or Recommended items are in need to address.
>>    So,
>>       - Should i ask the reporter to fix it ?
>>       - Or, Approve the theme and leave recommendations for the next
>>       theme revision.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If Theme was previously approved and if there are no major coding
>>> changes in functionalities or features, we only review the Diff. Grace
>>> period is up to reviewer, I like to give couple of days to ticket owner
>>> giving them a chance to fix the issues, re-submit Theme and of course note
>>> the last reviewed ticket in trac once the changes are ready.
>>>
>>> Theme in question did add support for header and background, however did
>>> not fulfill the requirements. (*Theme is recommended to incorporate the
>>> following WordPress core features, but is not required to do so. However,
>>> if incorporated, features must support the core WordPress implementation:
>>> *) this was left out from previous reviews, but what can we do now.
>>>
>>> I've seen cases (not many, but they exist) when author does a complete
>>> Theme overhaul each time new ticket was submitted, this is most definitely
>>> time to start from scratch, even in that case it would be nice to keep
>>> ticket open for couple of days, since it was already approved and in
>>> repository anyways. Same goes for all other major changes and that's why we
>>> have the Diff to see what was done since last review.
>>>
>>> I personally have zero tolerance for spam, sponsored links etc, but when
>>> author really tries hard and its here to truly contribute, we need to help
>>> them as much as we can.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Emil
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Qamar Ashraf <life.object at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have just studied comments in my reviewed theme i.e
>>>>
>>>>    - http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6834
>>>>
>>>> I am writing here, because i am happy to be the part of co-operative
>>>> and straight forward theme reviewers team. I also invite others to be the
>>>> part of WPTRT, as i have learned a lot and still learning.
>>>>
>>>> Once again thanks to, Emiluzelac and Chip Bennett.
>>>>
>>>> One little question as well :)
>>>>
>>>>    - In which conditions, we can give a grace period to the theme
>>>>    reporter and how much ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards
>>>> Qamar Ashraf
>>>> Project Manager
>>>> www.tutorialchip.com
>>>> www.freestockphotosclub.com
>>>> www.twunfollowapp.com
>>>> @lifeobject1
>>>>
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>>
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>> Regards
>> Qamar Ashraf
>> Project Manager
>> www.tutorialchip.com
>> www.freestockphotosclub.com
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>> @lifeobject1
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Regards
Qamar Ashraf
Project Manager
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www.freestockphotosclub.com
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