<div dir="ltr">Theme developers cannot develop against a methodology.<div><br></div><div style>If you think that complaints about subjectivity and consistency are bad now, just imagine how they will be if a mere methodology replaces objective guidelines.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Methodology: <font face="Times New Roman"><span><span><span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">noun,</font></span> </span></span><span><span><span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">plural</font></span> </span></span><span><span><span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">meth·od·ol·o·gies.</font></span> </span></span></font></div>
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<div><span><font face="Times New Roman"><span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">a</font></span> </font></span><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/set" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman">set</font></a><span><font face="Times New Roman"> <span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">or</font></span> <span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">system</font></span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">methods,</font></span> <span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">principles,</font></span> <span name="hotword">and</span> <span name="hotword">rules</span> <span name="hotword">for</span> <span name="hotword">regulating</span> <span name="hotword">a</span> <span name="hotword">given</span> <span name="hotword">discipline,</span> <span name="hotword">as</span> <span name="hotword">in</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">arts</span> <span name="hotword">or</span> <span name="hotword"><font color="#333333">sciences.</font></span> </font></span></div>
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<div><span><font color="#333333" face="Times New Roman">emphasis on
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="philip@frumph.net" href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)</a> </div>
</div><div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:07 AM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] Formal Request for Change of
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<div>Remove all requirements and recommendations, change it all to 'best
practices'</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="chip@chipbennett.net" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">Chip Bennett</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:05 AM</div>
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<div dir="ltr">That's a workflow, not actual Guidelines.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Philip M. Hofer
(Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="chip@chipbennett.net" href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">Chip Bennett</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:57 AM</div>
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<div dir="ltr">If you're going to propose a complete overhaul of the Theme
Review philosophy, that will require a complete rewrite of the Theme Review
Guidelines. Please proffer a replacement set of Guidelines - i.e. what exact
content you would have on the Theme Review Codex page. Then we can compare,
contrast, and discuss.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Philip M. Hofer
(Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">1) Remove all requirements and recommendations, change it
all to 'best practices', do not remove anything in the codex just
yet.<br><br>2) Theme review process.<br>* Theme reviewers tag a theme for
review. / It already passed the upload checker<br>* Check theme with the
other plugin(s)[1] available for development, check it for notices,
warnings, fatals and deprecation messages, Pass/Fail<br>* Check theme with
theme unit test. Pass/Fail<br>* Review the tags, website links, theme
name. Pass/Fail<br><br>It's done, it's reviewed, it's over, if it
passed all of those, flag it as passing review and live.<br><br>3) Anything
else missing on the above list that is a MUST should be added to the list
but only if it's a MUST, and can't go live no exception.<br><br>[1] Make the
plugins work for the theme review team; add common security problems,
etc.<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<u></u>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>This
is it, this is all that is needed. Everything else
is icing on the cake for best practices.<br><br><br>Themes are the 'meat and
potatoes' of WordPress, the idea that a theme must adhere and be cross
compatible with other themes in features is a nuance that is unnecessary to
worry about. Plugins are made to enhance themes; if a plugin
doesn't work with a theme the community WILL contact the author; they always
do. As long as the theme is up to date with core coding which
all of the tools at our disposal make you aware of - of which even the
messages from core will also state things it is unnecessary to do anything
otherwise.<br><br>// not sure about<br>Not sure what Nacin wrote in entirety
on the Make site, but having the themes that are live and pass the upload
process and immediately go live again would be a boon; that basically makes
it like the theme developer has svn access, without having svn
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