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One-column themes are reasonably common. Of course, some of those
support footer widgets. The theme I'm working on now doesn't
support widgets at all.<br>
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Also, just for reference, we specifically got this pushed into WP
3.5 so that we could allow themes to not support dynamic sidebars
without confusing users (removes Widgets screen if theme doesn't
support widgets):<br>
<a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21761">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21761</a><br>
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I agree that this should be "recommended" in Theme Check.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/18/2013 1:32 PM, Edward Caissie
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">If we removed the requirement, then shouldn't we
also get the upload check (Theme Check) modified?<br>
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I think sidebars should still be RECOMMENDED (or at worst an
INFO check). I do not have any issue with sidebars not being
supported just cannot think of a common use-case. There are
obviously some niche use-cases and that is why I think it should
at least show as a RECOMMENDED item.<br>
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<div>Edward Caissie<br>
aka Cais.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Chip
Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">We explicitly removed the requirement for
Themes to support dynamic sidebars in the WordPress 3.5
guidelines revision.</div>
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Edward Caissie <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com"
target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Is the intent for the theme not to have
sidebars?<br>
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Although technically possible it would also be
strongly not recommended. What would be the
benefit of not having sidebars available in the
theme?<br>
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<div>Edward Caissie<br>
aka Cais.</div>
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<div>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Bryan
Hadaway <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com"
target="_blank">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">So, how do we get past
the theme check?:<br>
<br>
<ul>
<li><span>REQUIRED</span>: Could not
find <b>register_sidebar() or
register_sidebars()</b>. See:
register_sidebar
<pre> <?php register_sidebar( $args ); ?></pre>
</li>
<li><span>REQUIRED</span>: Could not
find <b>dynamic_sidebar</b>. See:
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar"
target="_blank">dynamic_sidebar</a>
<pre> <?php dynamic_sidebar( $index ); ?></pre>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks<br>
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