[theme-reviewers] Tags and description.

Fri Aug 23 19:54:09 UTC 2013

Same here. Same here. :)

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On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> Never mind, after almost 90 e-mail's I got lost for a moment :)
> 
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> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> @Chip I like where you are taking this.
>> 
>> @Emil What list?
>> 
>> 
>> On 23 August 2013 21:10, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>> Nice, thanks!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Yes, so :
>>>> Responsive, E-Commerce, Business, Portfolio, News/Magazine, Video, Accessibility.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>>> accessibility
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> He can add these i guess :
>>>>>> Responsive, E-Commerce, Business, Portfolio, News/Magazine, Video.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>>>>> @Ulrich, do you still keep the list?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Well, Business/Corporate is one tag that is needed badly.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I definitely agree, Chip.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I wanted to focus on a set of meaningful tags that described "types" of themes though.  We've kind of taken a single tag,  e-commerce, and ran with it (with some good ideas too).
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Here's one of my favorite tags:
>>>>>>>>> http://wordpress.org/themes/tags/photoblogging
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I think a good first step would be for us to come up with similar, useful tags for users that describe the types of themes they can download.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 8/23/2013 1:48 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I definitely see benefit in a both/and approach,         rather than either/or, to "e-commerce" and "plugin-support-{plugin}" tags. And in all honesty, getting a generic "e-commerce" tag approved is probably easier and more feasible in the short-term.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> But I'd still like to see some standard way for Themes to declare that support, since if the "e-commerce" tag is added, a reviewer is going to have to verify the tag is appropriate. A simple add_theme_support( 'plugin-name' ) call would meet that requirement very nicely.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm re-posting this because my last email went to moderation for file size.  I'm not sure who's in charge of that.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I like the idea of automation for plugin support.  We just need plugins and themes to start talking to each other via add_theme_support(), which seems to be a growing standard.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> To answer the question of "what is an e-commerce theme?" I'd say any theme that's built to support any e-commerce plugin. We shard start creating a set of guidelines that define these tags.  Maybe we won't have all the answers, but we can at least start formulating a standard to go by.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> What's going to be even more useful is themes getting the same "readme.txt" treatment that plugins get.  It would help expand on, say, what e-commerce solution(s) it supports.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Not all users look for a WooCommerce, JigoShop, or whatever theme to start out.  Many of them don't really know they'll need both a plugin and theme for an e-commerce site.  So, they go out looking for a theme.  They know they want to run an e-commerce site.  We should provide a way for them to find the solution they're looking for.  Having a generic             e-commerce tag would go a long way in helping them.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> E-commerce is just one of several tags though.  We should focus on what tags we can feasibly define to some degree and             come up with a list.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
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