@Ryan - It's not so much as "adding a section" as it is by-passing the upload checks that are stopping the submission of this theme (et al.)<br><br><br clear="all">Cais.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Ryan Frankel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan.frankel@gmail.com">ryan.frankel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
We have run into this issue many times on this list. At one point there was a discussion regarding adding a section for specialized themes. Does anyone know if that ever got anywhere?<br>
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On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:<br>
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> Cais:<br>
> I think it unreasonable to look for full repo compliance when<br>
> considering these sorts of single-purpose theme. I think the community<br>
> suffers by not having access to these sorts of efforts and so some<br>
> consideration ought to be extended.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Edward Caissie<br>
> <<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Sara -<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you for your interest in having your theme hosted at the WordPress<br>
>> Extend repository.<br>
>> Although, for the most part, previously "live" themes may not be a good<br>
>> benchmarks a quick review of the "Launch" themes you are referencing would<br>
>> indicate both need to have modifications made before a newer version would<br>
>> be approved.<br>
>><br>
>> As to the issues that you are seeing with the upload script stopping you<br>
>> from submitting your theme, there is no real manual process for working<br>
>> around it. I would suggest implementing, perhaps with additional options to<br>
>> display, all of the functionality your theme's submission report is stating<br>
>> as "REQUIRED". Once your theme is in Trac we can look further into your<br>
>> use-case scenarios.<br>
>><br>
>> Please keep in mind, the Themes found in the repository are meant to be<br>
>> potentially used by the community in general, not necessarily by a small<br>
>> niche group. That being said I would still very much like to see a "Launch"<br>
>> theme that meets all of the current guidelines in the repository.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Cais.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Sara Chai Butler<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:sara@launcheffectapp.com">sara@launcheffectapp.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi everyone,<br>
>>> I hope this email finds you well! I was directed here by the moderater<br>
>>> for the Themes and Templates forum, esmi.<br>
>>> I was wondering how to go about submitting a one-page theme to the<br>
>>> WordPress theme repository. The theme is called Launch Effect and it is<br>
>>> basically a placeholder page with email sign-up, unique URL generator, and<br>
>>> built-in statistics and incentive tracking. It has almost 4,000 downloads<br>
>>> and a dedicated technical support. The demand for this type of theme, and<br>
>>> the feedback for ours specifically, has been really good and you can see<br>
>>> examples of it in use on our homepage: <a href="http://www.launcheffectapp.com" target="_blank">http://www.launcheffectapp.com</a>.<br>
>>> It includes a robust theme options panel where every aspect of the design<br>
>>> can be customized and a stats panel where users are able to track signups<br>
>>> and conversions (people who shared the site) and export their data.<br>
>>> TL;DR<br>
>>> Our one-page theme (<a href="http://www.launcheffectapp.com" target="_blank">http://www.launcheffectapp.com</a>) fails the theme upload<br>
>>> because it's not a blog and has no need for comments or tags, etc... I was<br>
>>> wondering if its possible for a theme with a very specific functionality<br>
>>> like this to be submitted. I can't figure out how the other two launch type<br>
>>> themes were able to upload (these two:<br>
>>> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=launch" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=launch</a> ) because neither of<br>
>>> theme have any kind of blog infrastructure in place.<br>
>>> We'd love to be included in the official theme repository of WordPress and<br>
>>> we thank you in advance for your guidance on this.<br>
>>> Sara<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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