<div dir="ltr">Those are allowed...<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:47 AM, devcorn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wp@devcorn.com" target="_blank">wp@devcorn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone,<div><br></div><div>I still think the social button links should be allowed in themes, for example see th<font face="arial, sans-serif">e Oracle website <a href="http://oracle.com" target="_blank">http://oracle.com</a>, you will see the small social media links in the footer.. the color,layout and rhythm with other elements.. I believe it is very hard to achieve with plugins.. now what if I want to change the location according to devices (responsive).. I think theme developer want to control this.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">some more examples</font></div><div><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/" target="_blank">http://net.tutsplus.com/</a><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><a href="http://www.verifone.com/home_in.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.verifone.com/home_in.aspx</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.lynda.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lynda.com/</a><br></div><div>
<a href="http://www.zoho.com/" target="_blank">http://www.zoho.com/</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>so many out there and we should not restrict this.</div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks</font></div><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Ash </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://devcorn.com" target="_blank">http://devcorn.com</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Stuart Wider <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuartwider@gmail.com" target="_blank">stuartwider@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Chip, Emil (et al)<div><br></div><div><div><div>In light of these discussions I'd like some clarification on the guidelines in relation to custom widgets. I'm in the process of self reviewing my new theme before submission to ensure it meets requirements.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My theme is specifically designed to help people experiment with ad placement.</div><div><br></div><div>The ad placement functionality is widget based, so it includes a simple custom widget (based on the existing WordPress text widget) which allows the user to paste some ad code into it, and then drag and drop it onto one of the specially designed widget positions so the ad will show.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Its convenient for a user to have this custom widget in the theme itself as it means they can just install the theme and start doing what the theme is designed to do immediately with no extra steps or confusion.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Custom widgets are mentioned here <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Features" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Features</a></div></div></div><div>
with the following lines...</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:22px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">Theme is </span><b style="line-height:22px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">recommended</b><span style="line-height:22px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> to incorporate the following WordPress core features, but is </span><i style="line-height:22px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">not required</i><span style="line-height:22px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> to do so. However, if incorporated, features must support the core WordPress implementation:</span></div>
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<tt>add_action(widgets_init)</tt>, <tt>register_widget()</tt> (see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API" title="Widgets API" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(76,166,207)" target="_blank">Widgets API</a>) – (if Theme uses custom widgets)</li>
</ul><div><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:22px">So that implies there is an expectation that themes may include custom widgets in their design.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:22px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:22px">Given the closely tied nature of the design intention of the theme and the custom widget, and the overall convenience factor for the user, will the custom widget element pass review?</span></font></div>
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