I'm still of the opinion the Theme URI can be used (with appropriate content) as an ideal demonstration of the theme's functions and capabilities ... and obviously thorough documentation as needed (preferably within the theme itself) explaining how to implement all of its features and aesthetics.<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Simon Prosser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pross@pross.org.uk">pross@pross.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Its really up to the theme provider ( if they are a premium site ) to<br>
provide an xml file if they want to.<br>
<br>
Problem arises when people pay lots of dollars from a theme and expect<br>
the content to come with it and they dont even realize you have to<br>
actually write your own content!<br>
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On 16 January 2012 22:44, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Most of this discussion is outside the scope of the Theme Review guidelines<br>
> and process. However, I would certainly encourage better readme<br>
> documentation - including how to accomplish the "demo" appearance - as a<br>
> matter of recommended best-practice.<br>
><br>
> Chip<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Robert Ambartsumov <<a href="mailto:robert6292@gmail.com">robert6292@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Yea i know, but the issue is that, designers on theme demos place the<br>
>> content in the correct location with the correct fluid, this isn't wrong<br>
>> actually and just shows you how you can make a good looking site when the<br>
>> content and the elements are in their correct position, but often when a<br>
>> user installs a theme it gets different content and sometimes no content at<br>
>> all to fill all the blank, that's why sometimes it looses the premium look a<br>
>> demo had, the only thing that comes to my mind is some sort of a basic<br>
>> design lesson in regards to content location and such things that can help<br>
>> an end user achieve a great look for any theme, not just the one you are<br>
>> providing to him.<br>
>><br>
>> cheers.<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:18 AM, <a href="mailto:Anca@anca.tv">Anca@anca.tv</a> <<a href="mailto:anca@anca.tv">anca@anca.tv</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi everyone,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've been lurking on this list for a while. Hope it's cool to chime in.<br>
>>> I'm not part of the theme review process, but I spend several hours each<br>
>>> week helping neophytes learn how to set up their WordPress sites.<br>
>>><br>
>>> One problem with the default setup is that it's not always clear to users<br>
>>> how to configure the theme in order to achieve the end result shown the<br>
>>> demo. This is really an issue with premium themes (StudioPress comes to<br>
>>> mind, Modularity) where the demo has a full set of content that shows a<br>
>>> gorgeous site, rather than bare-bones framework which is what you get out<br>
>>> of the box.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Some premium themes solve this problem by having a "demo" file you can<br>
>>> load which contains posts and categories such that people can see the basic<br>
>>> building blocks for the site, but then you wind up with content in your site<br>
>>> that doesn't really belong there - and, if you install several of these<br>
>>> themes you wind up with a hot mess.<br>
>>><br>
>>> It would help if theme authors (and providers) gave a succinct overview<br>
>>> of how to achieve the demo theme look step by step, with content of your<br>
>>> own. These things take time to produce, but your users will be rather<br>
>>> grateful if you provide them.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Anca.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Jan 16, 2012, at 1:10 PM, <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:28:27 -0600<br>
>>> From: Otto <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>><br>
>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Special demo config for <a href="http://wp-themes.com" target="_blank">wp-themes.com</a>,<br>
>>> allowed?<br>
>>> To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
>>> Message-ID:<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:CAD-FghxnFJt5rw0KJJy3YfvR719DpbHwh%2BS5VpYQ35LLh84B9Q@mail.gmail.com">CAD-FghxnFJt5rw0KJJy3YfvR719DpbHwh+S5VpYQ35LLh84B9Q@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br>
>>><br>
>>> Not allowed. Please don't try this. Theme preview should show default<br>
>>> as the end user will see the default.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Otto<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Robert Ambartsumov<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:robert6292@gmail.com">robert6292@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hey,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> I would like to include in my theme a special demo configuration file for<br>
>>><br>
>>> default settings that will be loaded when it matches<br>
>>> the <a href="http://wp-themes.com" target="_blank">wp-themes.com</a> url,<br>
>>><br>
>>> so that for example I can load some data that wont be available on a<br>
>>> typical<br>
>>><br>
>>> end user theme activation, i.e twitter username feed or a custom home<br>
>>> page<br>
>>><br>
>>> screen.<br>
>>><br>
>>> the?reason?for this is because I do want to show the user what the theme<br>
>>> is<br>
>>><br>
>>> capable of and improve the?overall?demonstration process eventually, but<br>
>>> i<br>
>>><br>
>>> agree that those settings shouldn't be loaded as default for the end user<br>
>>> as<br>
>>><br>
>>> per theme reviewers suggestions and guidelines.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> i.e by doing this:<br>
>>><br>
>>> $mframe['globals'] = home_url() == $mframe['demo']['server'] ?<br>
>>><br>
>>> wp_parse_args( $mframe['demo'], $mframe['globals']) : $mframe['globals'];<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> the demo server url can be setup as anything, but for this example is<br>
>>><br>
>>> obviously <a href="http://wp-themes.com" target="_blank">wp-themes.com</a> where we can view demo version of the theme.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> thanks!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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