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<div class="post"><p>Last updated of my theme was rejected saying I
can no longer use add_menu_page for themes.</p>
<p>Afraid of another 3 week wait time, I quickly removed the top level
menu without much arguments and added a sub-menu page under “Appearance”
using add theme page. Even after quickly making the suggested changes
and uploading the new version my theme was again pushed down in the
queue.</p>
<p><a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2730">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2730</a></p>
<blockquote><p>-WARNING: admin/admin-core.php. Themes should use
add_theme_page() for adding admin pages.<br>
Line 48: add_submenu_page( 'swift-options', 'Design Options', 'Design
Options', 'ediLine 49: add_submenu_page( 'swift-options', 'Import and
Export SWIFT options','Impor</p></blockquote>
<p>And this is the reply i got when i brought this issue up on the theme
reviewers mailing list</p>
<blockquote><p>If the Theme options *must* be separated into two pages
(in most cases, one<br>
page is sufficient; but there are exceptions), then just put the two
pages<br>
under "Appearance". Still no need for a separate, top-level menu entry</p></blockquote>
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<p>However, today I found a theme using add_theme_page() function
approved, and placed on top in featured list.<br>
<a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2927">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2927</a></p>
<p>My theme had two options pages, while the above theme has only one
options page. Adding a top level menu makes more sense in my theme, but
my theme was rejected and the other was approved.</p>
<p>You insist on doing everything the WordPress way and reject themes
that don't adhere to your rules, but I feel that there is a double
standard at work. Below is just another example of an approved theme
which appears to violate basic theme terms.</p>
<p>The theme uses this styling for warnings<br>
<a href="http://files.droplr.com/files/17962094/cM78.Screen-shot-2011-02-12-at-8.40.51-PM.png">http://files.droplr.com/files/17962094/cM78.Screen-shot-2011-02-12-at-8.40.51-PM.png</a><br>
Aren't they supposed to be styled like this?<br>
<a href="http://files.droplr.com/files/17962094/2aZ9.change-password.jpg">http://files.droplr.com/files/17962094/2aZ9.change-password.jpg</a></p>
<p><strong>My theme was voted as the most popular theme on WLTC, </strong><br>
<a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/11/29/your-top-5-themes/">http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/11/29/your-top-5-themes/</a></p>
<p>its been on most popular themes list for several weeks (though it is
not on the featured list, 11 of the 15 popular themes are popular
because they are featured, and the other 2 are popular because they were
featured recently)</p>
<p><strong>3 Million pages are powered by my theme.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/gy1jVQ">http://bit.ly/gy1jVQ</a></p>
<p>Still, My theme doesn't qualify to be on the featured list.</p>
<p>I don't understand how the featured themes are selected, can anyone
point me to the guidelines on how the featured themes are selected?
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