I think an author based namespace goes too far, but I don't see any reason why a theme has to have just one namespace which is unique from other themes. Is there ever a situation in which two themes would be active on the same individual site at once?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Justin Tadlock<br>
<<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com">justin@justintadlock.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> One of the things that I've wanted to do is use a standardized hook system<br>
> across all my themes. However, as per the guidelines, this is not an option<br>
> because themes require a unique prefix:<br>
> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Namespacing" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Namespacing</a><br>
<br>
</div>The purpose of theme namespacing is the same as that for plugin<br>
namespacing, to make sure things don't conflict with each other. In<br>
the case of themes, the fact that themes run one-per-site sorta makes<br>
that a moot point, as long as the prefix being used is careful to not<br>
conflict with plugin names and such.<br>
<br>
However, that is somewhat of a superficial viewpoint, once you<br>
consider multisite. It's conceivable that a plugin running across a<br>
multisite network could cause unintended side-effects on other sites,<br>
if their themes share hook names and the plugin references those.<br>
<br>
So, in general, I'm okay with using the same prefix across<br>
multiple-themes as long as you take that aspect into account and<br>
choose-wisely as to what your hook names are and what they are<br>
intended to do.<br>
<br>
Also, note that rules can have exceptions. I like the fact that the<br>
review team consists of real people and not just something like<br>
theme-check for that reason. That said, if theme-check is actually<br>
blocking based on this, then some clarification of the guidelines<br>
might be in order.<br>
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-Otto<br>
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