<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Not really a devil's advocate type of question
really. There's no evil side to any of the must or optional.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Devil's advocate to your devil's advocate then, the
optional searchform.php, what would be the harm in requiring it?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">.. because it doesn't need it.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">The end user can edit the style.css via the
appearance -> editor, just like the developer can use get_search_form(); and
get the default one that imo is better.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div></div></blockquote><div>The default search form can also be added via sidebar Widget. It requires no editing of Theme "core" files. So, searchform.php is truly superfluous.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Conversely, changing the background color does require editing a Theme "core" file, and is therefore not forward-compatible. </div><div><br></div><div>Chip</div></div>