Yes, Phil ... that is a very good example. Your comments were "right on the money".<br><br>I did not recall it; but, I am sure there are more and will be more again afterward.<br><br><br>Cais.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:32 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: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
That sounded bad sorry<br>
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Meant to say "I think that even though there is concern, that amongst us we have a collective ability to be able to know the differences at most times when it comes to looking at specialized themes."<br>
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Re: Specialized theme, this was 3 weeks ago.<br>
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<a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/533" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/533</a><br>
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I think we're intelligent enough to know the difference and I was just starting out reviewing.<br>
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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Likewise with Widgets, we should have a wider discussion regarding whether<br>
or not it should be removed. My initial take is that it is all manageable by<br>
the end user, and additional feed types can be added via plugin (or the<br>
Theme), and implementing the default feed support doesn't detract.<br>
...<br>
It might be instructive to get some examples of some of these<br>
special-purpose Themes. The only one I've seen so far - a "Coming Soon"<br>
Theme, is (as Frumph pointed out) something that can be managed via Plugin,<br>
using any Theme.<br>
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I think this is rather beside the point. I use a "coming soon" theme<br>
on a few sites. It's handy.<br>
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The fact of the matter is that themes and plugins are not that<br>
different. I can make a plugin which redirects a couple of hooks and<br>
completely bypasses the theme system to replace it with a theme in the<br>
plugin directory. Big deal. It doesn't make any different whether it's<br>
a theme or a plugin, except that themes tend to be about looks and<br>
plugins tend to be about function.<br>
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"Tend" being the operative word there. If I am looking to put a comic<br>
strip system on my blog, I'm going to look for a theme that makes it<br>
easy for me to do that, because comic strips are very visual.<br>
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Whether something should be a theme or a plugin is really a judgement<br>
call, and not everybody has the same judgement. If somebody makes a<br>
special purpose theme, then the purpose of the theme should be taken<br>
into account. A coming soon theme, for example, needs no feeds, no<br>
comments, no post loop. But it's still perfectly valid to do it as a<br>
theme and not as a plugin.<br>
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-Otto<br>
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