@Andrew ... WoW!<br><br>OK, now that is something we can run with ... we will have to update the Theme Review page and in this case the team may need to update other related Codex pages to eliminate conflicts to what you are saying here and what Peter Westwood wrote in his post you are referencing.<br>
<br>I think a great deal of theme authors may not be aware of this so I am strongly recommending a (short?) grace period before all of these templates become requirements.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br><br>Cais.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Andrew Nacin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wp@andrewnacin.com">wp@andrewnacin.com</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;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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So no comments.php file throws a deprecated message at you? That doesn't seem right ...<br><br>What theme is this happening with? I'd like to see this myself ... and are there other tempalte files we will need to make requirements for similar reasons?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>comments.php is only required if you need comments.php. Before 3.0, WordPress happily used Kubrick's comments.php (same with header.php, footer.php, comments-popup.php, and sidebar.php). Overly minimal themes are deprecated. [1]</div>
<div><br></div><div>That said, if the theme doesn't use a sidebar, then not having sidebar.php won't have any effect.</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://westi.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/themes-and-wordpress-3-0-some-important-changes/" target="_blank">http://westi.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/themes-and-wordpress-3-0-some-important-changes/</a></div>
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