<p>Even as a child theme it would be unacceptable because it doesn't work without the plugin. </p>
<p>I'd like to see what the admins have to say on this. </p>
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Sounds like a child theme? If so, that's perfectly fine. Like:<br><br><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/bbpress-twenty-ten" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/bbpress-twenty-ten</a><br><br>I wouldn't jump to any conclusions. I'd talk to the theme author and actually figure out what's going on and how it works first.<br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Jonny Cauvain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wp@stormfire.eu" target="_blank">wp@stormfire.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Reject it on the grounds that it is broken out of the box and suggest that he build the framework into the theme itself </p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 8, 2012 1:13 PM, "Nisha Singh" <<a href="mailto:nisha@amiworks.com" target="_blank">nisha@amiworks.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Yes, I think so ...
the basic theme must work without having to install framework.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">i think the basic theme must work without having to install anything free or paid<div><div><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Jonny Cauvain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wp@stormfire.eu" target="_blank">wp@stormfire.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>I've just checked the ticket from my phone, I'm a little concerned that is looks exactly like the default Twenty Ten theme.</p>
<p>Not to mention that if the installable framework is a paid addon, that theme should be disallowed for obvious reasons. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sep 8, 2012 12:16 PM, "Nisha Singh" <<a href="mailto:nisha@amiworks.com" target="_blank">nisha@amiworks.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hello</div><div><br></div><div> When i activate the 'Layout Engine Base theme' (<a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9131" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9131</a>) for test, it is Showing message "This theme cannot be run without Layout Engine framwork. Please click here install it". Is it approprite or not? </div>
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