Ryan,<div><br></div><div>We would certainly want some way of identifying such Themes. At a minimum, the Theme description should indicate its niche use, and the Theme documentation should indicate how to setup and use the Theme for its niche purpose.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Additionally, we would probably look at adding more tags for the Tag Filter.</div><div><br></div><div>But, adding additional "sections" requires more of a change than we would likely be able to implement at this point in time. (Otto can speak to that more directly, if he wants to.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:00 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;">
Cais,<br>
I thought it came down to that the Theme directory as it stands now implies that the theme can be switched interchangeably by the user. Specialized themes, say that don't have a Blog, don't really fit this mold. I would think there would need to be a 'section' that had non-standard or specialized themes. If specialized themes were added to the current Repo it seems it would add a lot of confusion. But, I may be mistaken.<br>
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On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Edward Caissie wrote:<br>
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> @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>
> Cais.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Ryan Frankel <<a href="mailto:ryan.frankel@gmail.com">ryan.frankel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> 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>
><br>
> Ryan<br>
><br>
> On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:<br>
><br>
> > 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>
> >>> --<br>
> >>> Sara Chai Butler<br>
> >>> Web Developer<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Barrel<br>
> >>> 197 Grand Street, Suite 6S<br>
> >>> New York, NY 10013<br>
> >>> <a href="tel:%28212%29%20239-2072%20x7013" value="+12122392072">(212) 239-2072 x7013</a><br>
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> >>><br>
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