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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Well put it this way ... custom-background is a
convience.. that's all, just like custom-header.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>While post-thumbnails are a 'feature', if
considered as such then I would say yeah it should be required, but if I
consider it an 'addon' then I would say optional.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chip@chipbennett.net href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">Chip
Bennett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=philip@frumph.net
href="mailto:philip@frumph.net">Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=edward.caissie@gmail.com
href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">Edward Caissie</A> ; <A
title=theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org
href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 20, 2010 6:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme
Review Codex Page</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Philip M. Hofer
(Frumph) <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:philip@frumph.net">philip@frumph.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Right, I consider things that are 'addons' to
the themes functionality as being optional, while things that MAKE the theme
work as required. ala automatic-links being must cause its to make the theme
work, while custom-background is an addon so should be
optional.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Phil</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Just as an observation regarding custom backgrounds: I have yet to review
a Theme that *couldn't* incorporate custom background support.</DIV>
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<DIV>Custom headers are certainly another matter (I'm not such a big fan of
big header images, anyway).</DIV>
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<DIV>But, I think Post Thumbnail support *should* be required, in any case.
That was one of the most major features of that release (very much like Nav
Menus in 3.0).</DIV>
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<DIV>Chip </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>