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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To clarify something for you, the reasoning for
moving to it being required is to keep a uniformative placement of options in
the locations that would be generalized enough to have the end user know where
to go to find the options.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Not to mention that there have been multiple
instances where plugins developed were using the same location # as options
which made it so one, or the other displayed but not both. To make
things consistant to avoid these situations the add_theme_page is a necessary
precaution to merit using as a required.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rahul286@gmail.com href="mailto:rahul286@gmail.com">Rahul Bansal</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <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> Monday, January 24, 2011 11:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [theme-reviewers]
add_theme_page()</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>@Otto
<DIV>Your suggestions are all great and I personally prefer tabs over
subpages. One reason is switching between tabs is easier (and faster)</DIV>
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<DIV>But talking in general, I feel choice should be given to
theme-developers. </DIV>
<DIV>This point can be added as "recommendations" but making it "required" is
bit restrictive. </DIV>
<DIV>Just an opinion!</DIV>
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<DIV><BR clear=all>--<BR>Rahul Bansal | Founder & CEO | rtCamp Solutions
Pvt. Ltd.<BR>Mobile: +91-9860501882 | Web: <A href="http://rtcamp.com/"
target=_blank>http://rtcamp.com/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Otto <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com"
target=_blank>otto@ottodestruct.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Rahul Bansal <<A
href="mailto:rahul286@gmail.com" target=_blank>rahul286@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> What if theme offers so many options that it need to contains
4-5 subpages?<BR><BR></DIV>Ideally, it would still have just one Theme
Options page under<BR>appearance, and then use tabs or something else on its
own page to<BR>separate the options out.<BR><BR>Realistically, I'd say a
theme with that many options is too complex<BR>to begin with. Themes should
be about the look of the site, not crazy<BR>functionality. Break the
functionality parts out into plugins that go<BR>along with the theme or
something like that.<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>-Otto<BR></FONT>
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