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I actually don't have too many issues like that. My users tend to
understand pretty clearly when I do something different from the
norm (believe me, I tend to do a lot of things that are different
from normal themes). I don't know if I just have a whole bunch of
smart users or a knack for communicating things to them.<br>
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But, I do know what you mean and have given some thought to that.<br>
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As far as my theme is concerned, I'm still undecided because it's
unfinished. I design as I go most of the time, so if I think
widgets fit into the theme sometime during the design/dev process,
they'll get added.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/31/2012 4:26 PM, Bryan Hadaway
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type="cite">Me personally, I'd have the sidebar there, but hidden
by default and then have it set to only show if someone drops some
widgets in it. The thing is users will find a theme that closest
matches what they intend to do and what they intend it to look
like, but generally won't use a theme exactly as the developer
intended.<br>
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I love minimalist, but you know day 1 and every day after it's
release people are going to be complaining "<i>Where's the
sidebar! Your theme is broken dude!</i>" Even if you explicitly
explain in advance "<i>This is a unique minimalist and and
sidebar-less, content-driven theme.</i>"<br>
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I'm sure you figured as much though already.<br clear="all">
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My initial thought is that dynamic sidebar content - either as
a traditional "sidebar", or in the footer - is *expected*
end-user functionality for Themes, and as such should be
required.
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<div>At the very least, it makes sense to me that the
functionality be included as *required* in the guidelines.
Themes that have valid reasons for omitting this
functionality can still request an exception.</div>
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been thinking about the requirement for dynamic
sidebars for a while.<br>
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For the most themes, this makes sense. If your
theme has sidebars (most do), use the functions in
place to do so.<br>
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Right now, I'm building a minimalistic blogging
theme that focuses solely on the content. But, I'm
undecided if I want to add sidebars. If anything,
the theme would support a sidebar in the footer
area. It just depends on whether it fits into the
design.<br>
<br>
I think this is one of those times where an
exception would be okay. But, I'd like to just get
everyone's thoughts on it beforehand.<br>
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