Doug,<div><br></div><div>We certainly want "niche" Themes in the repository; however, right now it's an infrastructure problem. It's on the long-term list of things to figure out how to handle; the problem is the automated uploader. It has no way of differentiating between a normal Theme (with all required functionality) and a "niche" Theme (with either reduced or extra, non-conventional functionality).</div>
<div><br></div><div>With the understanding that the Theme Review Team has no direct control over any of the infrastructure (the Theme uploader script, the appearance/functionality of WPORG/Extend, SVN, Trac), we certainly welcome any suggestions and ideas for how we might accommodate "niche" Themes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Doug Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zamoose@gmail.com">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;">
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>
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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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>> Web Developer<br>
>><br>
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