<div dir="ltr">Hey Jose,<div><br></div><div>Just like anything else, we should always have a plan and method in place<br></div><div>when reviewing Themes.</div><div><br></div><div>For instance I tend to start from the bottom up and/or other way around.</div>
<div>footer.php and header.php are usually where "you" can find the potential</div><div>problems, such as improper scripts/styles inclusion, bad links, deprecated</div><div>functions, plugin-territory stuff etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If all this "checks-out" I like to open functions.php and go from there.</div><div><br></div><div>Getting familiar with the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review">guidelines</a> is the key.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My 2¢ :) </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Emil </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Jose Castaneda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com" target="_blank">jomcastaneda@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">Hey guys and gals,<div><br></div><div>Some time ago I asked what you felt makes for a good theme reviewer. Some things of course included WP knowledge and coding chops. I know I don't do as many reviews as I used to but when I do I feel like I could improve the experience not only for myself but for the developer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As of late there have been a few more people added to the reviewer list and I think it's awesome to see more people wanting to help. :)</div><div><br></div><div>I would love to hear tips, advice from some of the more experienced reviewers as well as new as to what you think makes for a good theme review. What process do you use, what steps do you take, what things do you look for?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please share even if it's something simple as I use X-plugin or I really like how _name_ does reviews.</div><div><br></div><div>I know for me when I assign myself a theme one of the first things I do is look through the SVN link files and make sure there are no custom-anything that could be lost when switching a theme. That does include widgets, meta-data, meta_*, CPT and what not. A good portion of the time I do use a localhost setup but try my best to use my domain to test. I do use some custom posts for video, audio and images but for the rest it's the TUT.</div>
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