<p>Hey</p>
<p>I'm interested in helping out I've my test environment setup.</p>
<p>What happens now?</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Darren </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 29 Dec 2010 04:59, "Edward Caissie" <<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> I use a rule of thumb that says: there must be a significant difference in<br>
> design and / or functionality between the submitted theme and the "parent"<br>> it was derived from.<br>> <br>> As Justin suggests, if it can be accomplished with CSS alone (and minimal<br>> code) then it is not likely to be "approved" for the repository but of<br>
> course this is very subjective. Essentially it boils down to if you have to<br>> ask if it is a child-theme then most likely it is.<br>> <br>> <br>> Cais.<br>> <br>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:03 PM, <<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com">justin@justintadlock.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>>> I have a few rules when deciding whether something should be a child<br>>> theme of another theme.<br>>><br>>> * Could the theme be achieved with CSS alone? It should be a child<br>>> theme.<br>
>> * Are there 5 custom templates or more that step outside of what the<br>>> parent theme does? It should be a parent theme.<br>>> * Does the functions.php file have more than 10kb (very generous) of<br>
>> custom functions? It should be a parent theme.<br>>><br>>> These are just some general rules I go by to give myself some sort of<br>>> standard.<br>>><br>>> Obviously, there has to be a little more leeway when it comes to<br>
>> TwentyTen. That's the theme that devs will learn to build from. I just<br>>> hate having to see that same code over and over and over.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> -------- Original Message --------<br>
>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] how close is too close?<br>>> From: Amy Hendrix <<a href="mailto:sabreuse@gmail.com">sabreuse@gmail.com</a>><br>>> Date: Tue, December 28, 2010 2:52 pm<br>>> To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
>><br>>> Hi all,<br>>><br>>> I'd love to see some discussion on themes that are obviously derived<br>>> from another theme, but have more new work in them than something<br>>> that's just a straight-up child theme. What's "too close"? Is it a<br>
>> matter of adding or removing functionality? Rewriting significant<br>>> parts of template files (as opposed to, say, copy-pasting the new<br>>> theme name wherever the old one appears)?<br>>><br>
>> At this point, I feel like there's a continuum that goes something like:<br>>><br>>> Author copied Twenty Ten but changed the site title to pink. Child<br>>> theme, also poor taste.<br>>> Author copied Twenty Ten, changed the site title to pink, and removed<br>
>> the headers that say "Twenty Ten".<br>>> ...<br>>> ...<br>>> ...<br>>> ...<br>>> Author wrote every line from scratch. Author is an utter masochist who<br>>> never heard of code re-use.<br>
>><br>>> And I'm clear on recognizing the ends of the spectrum but the middle<br>>> is fuzzy - so I'd love some thoughts from the rest of you about how<br>>> you recognize the line?<br>>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>>> Amy<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
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