<div dir="ltr">We're wasting time. <div><br><div>If this does not break the Theme, interferes with the core, it is and should be fine.</div><div><br><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:26 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">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Agree with Chip, use a plugin, set them once and forget about them, Switch as many themes as they wish and no adverse effects for them especially since they are very important tools.<br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</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">A Plugin developer not updating a Plugin is not analogous to a user switching Themes. Plugin developers may or may not update their Plugins any more or less often than Theme developers update their Themes. But end users can, do, and will switch Themes - often frequently.<div>
<br></div><div>Site analytics, authentication/verification, etc. don't have anything to do with presentation of user content, but are quite important for end users who choose to use those tools. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div><div>
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<div dir="ltr">Theme author's should be allowed to add this in Theme Options<div>and like Chip says if there's no impact to the Theme in any way</div><div>it's fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, as far as what happens when user switches the Theme</div>
<div>is completely up to user, their responsibility.</div><div><br></div><div>What happens when plugin author does not update the plugin, </div><div>it may break right? same thing when they switch the Theme :)</div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Partly rhetorical questions:<div><br></div><div>1) What is the purpose of Google Webmaster Tools and Alexa?</div>
<div>2) Do those things impact the presentation of user content?</div><div>3) Would the end user be adversely impacted if those things were lost when switching Themes?</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Jason Clarke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgc@jasonclarke.org" target="_blank">jgc@jasonclarke.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hi Admins,<div><br></div><div>Long-time listener, first-time caller here- in reviewing my first theme, I remembered a recent list discussion on how Analytics-specific fields in themes are not allowed because they're considered plugin territory.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On a related note, I'm assuming that other similar fields such as "Google Webmaster Tools ID" and "Alexa ID" are also plugin territory- can the admins confirm this is the case?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>Jason</div><div><br></div><div>PS - As a side/related note, it would be super helpful if the list archives where somehow searchable - that might be one more avenue for newbies like myself to check before emailing the list (assuming guidelines haven't changed).<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br>Jason Clarke<br><a href="http://jasonclarke.org" target="_blank">http://jasonclarke.org</a><br><br>************************<br>
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