That's why I've taken *both* approaches: developers (or savvy users) can take advantage of the action/filter hooks, and completely modify the Theme using nothing other than style.css and functions.php; while at the same time, less-savvy users can modify the Theme using the more-basic (and easier-to-understand) template-part files.<div>
<br></div><div>But I wouldn't necessarily recommend this approach to anyone. I agree with Josh: pick an audience, and code accordingly. I've chosen to employ both methods, only because I wanted to try to provide best-practice implementation examples for both methods.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:22 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;">
Personally I see themes being submitted to the repository as more end-user first more than anything else. That does not mean to say you should not use the "Action" approach over the "Simple" approach as both accomplish the same goals but there is a lot to say about keeping things simple, aka K.I.S.S.<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Josh Stauffer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joshstauffer@gmail.com" target="_blank">joshstauffer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>In my opinion, I believe the Action approach is easier for developers while the Simple approach is easier for your average end-user. The question you should ask is "who are you building this theme for?" Answer that and code it accordingly.</div>
<br clear="all"><font color="#888888">Josh</font><div><div></div><div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com" target="_blank">life.object@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks Chip,<div><br></div><div>I also love hooks and <b>Oenology 2.0</b> is an excellent example of hooks. But i am also thinking about end-user flexibility who have not much more idea about using them. So, i was thinking about the complexity of code before submitting to the WordPress directory. Okay, what you prefer in the following two code snippets in terms of,</div>
<div><ul><li>Simplicity for End Users who have little idea about Child Themes.</li><li>Code efficiency.</li></ul></div><div><b>1. Action Approach:</b></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><?php do_action( 'chip_header_pre' ); ?></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div id="header"><br></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div id="header-data"><br>
</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <?php do_action( 'chip_header' ); ?> <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <br>
</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div> <!-- end #header-data --><br></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div> <!-- end #header --><br>
</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><?php do_action( 'chip_header_post' ); ?></span></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div><b>2. Simple Approach:</b></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<?php get_template_part( 'nav', 'primary' ); ?><br> <div id="header"><br> <div id="header-data"><br> <?php get_template_part( 'header', get_chip_header_format() ); ?><br>
<div class="clear"></div><br> </div> <!-- end #header-data --><br> </div> <!-- end #header --><br><?php get_template_part( 'nav', 'secondary' ); ?></blockquote>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can guess better the complexity of hooks in the loop :)</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Personally, I think action/filter hooks are Teh Awesome. <a href="https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/blob/master/functions/hooks.php" target="_blank">I also use them, quite extensively</a>.<div>
<br></div><div>But I'm not really sure what you're asking?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Are they acceptable? Of course; provided they are implemented properly, per the appropriate API conventions.</div><div><br></div><div>Are they best practice? In my personal opinion, they are; I prefer them to, e.g. pluggable functions. But at least currently, the Guidelines are silent on custom hooks.</div>
<div><br></div><div>(p.s. you should prefix your hooks with theme_slug, or at the very least, make sure your hook-name prefixes are consistent with the rest of the Theme - which, IIRC, is Chip Life, or "chip_life" as a prefix?)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Qamar Ashraf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:life.object@gmail.com" target="_blank">life.object@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>
Hello,<div><br></div><div>I am going to share my WordPress Theme development logic for an expert opinion. So it will help me and others in the WP theme development, Here is a sample code of header template,</div><div><br>
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<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<?php do_action( 'chip_header_pre' ); ?><br> <div id="header"><br> <div id="header-data"><br> <?php do_action( 'chip_header' ); ?> <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <br>
</div> <!-- end #header-data --><br> </div> <!-- end #header --><br><?php do_action( 'chip_header_post' ); ?></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- I have written different modules like, Primary Menu, Secondary Menu etc.</div>
<div>- So i can easily attach these modules to any hook with add_action(), depending on the requirement/presentation of a them/child theme. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Child Theme A Example</b></div><div><br></div><div>
add_action('chip_header_pre', 'chip_primary_menu_init');</div>
<div>add_action('chip_header_post', 'chip_secondary_menu_init');</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Child Theme B Example</b></div><div><br></div><div><span>add_action('chip_header_pre', '</span>chip_secondary_menu_init<span>');</span></div>
<div>add_action('chip_header_post', 'chip_primary_menu_init');</div></div><div><br></div><div>Both of above child themes will have different presentation of menus, with just a single line of code, and there may any other combination as well.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>So what is the recommendation of experts to have this logic ?</b></div><div><br>-- <br><font color="#666666">Regards</font><div><font color="#666666">Qamar Ashraf</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.tutorialchip.com" target="_blank">www.tutorialchip.com</a></font></div>
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