I would even go so far as to say that topics of discussion that are generally useful to Theme developers, especially in the context of Themes intended to be submitted for inclusion in the Theme repository, or general best-practices for publicly released Themes would be appropriate for this mail-list.<div>
<br></div><div>But in this case, I would agree with Emil, Doug, Justin, and Cais.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, if you'd taken the approach of, "this is an example crappy implementation of Feature X; however, here's an example of the proper way to implement Feature X", or, "hey, look at all of the noise this Theme generates with WP_DEBUG; but here's how to fix it", those would be far more useful. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As it is, though, the linked post mostly reads like an anti-Thesis rant, which has dubious usefulness for the stated purpose of this mail-list.</div><div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
This mailing list is for the use of theme authors and reviewers for the discussion of themes submitted to the WordPress Extend repository; and other directly related items and instances.<br><br>This list is not to be used as a traffic driver to items not related to the above.<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Darren Slatten <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darrenslatten@gmail.com" target="_blank">darrenslatten@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If you're not interested, don't read it. Simple as that.<div><div></div><div><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Doug Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zamoose@gmail.com" target="_blank">zamoose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes, but WPTRT doesn't review Thesis, nor is it hosted on the .Org.<br>
<br>
-1, Off-topic.<br>
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Darren Slatten <<a href="mailto:darrenslatten@gmail.com" target="_blank">darrenslatten@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Emil,<br>
> That wasn't shameless self-promotion. The post addresses real issues with a<br>
> well-known commercial theme, and I think at least a few people on this list<br>
> will find it very interesting.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Jul 21, 2011, at 6:03 AM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Darren, please do not abuse the list any longer!<br>
><br>
> On Jul 21, 2011 5:07 AM, "Darren Slatten" <<a href="mailto:darrenslatten@gmail.com" target="_blank">darrenslatten@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> If anyone is interested...<br>
><br>
> I wrote a guest blog post about the Thesis "premium" WP Theme.<br>
><br>
> How DIYThemes.com Uses Bullshit SEO to Sell Bullshit WordPress Themes<br>
><br>
><br>
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