[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #947: Theme directory - Commercial Link Placement

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#947: Theme directory - Commercial Link Placement
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  Reporter:  Anariel Design  |      Owner:
      Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal          |  Component:  Theme Directory
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
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Comment (by melchoyce):

 Let's take a step back for a second.

 The bar up top is there for filtering and drilling down into available
 themes and plugins on WordPress.org. As such, it should only contain items
 related directly to filtering and searching through themes and plugins in
 the directories.

 I strongly feel that both Commercial Themes (which doesn't list themes,
 but instead lists theme ''shops''), and the Developers link in the plugin
 directory, do not belong in the filter bars. It just doesn't make sense.
 The bar is there to interact with your results — both of those take you
 ''outside'' of those directory views.

 The big problem we're encountering right now with the new theme and plugin
 repo designs is that they don't really make room for secondary or meta
 navigation. We should try to find a way to be able to include that level
 of nav, rather than squeezing items into space they don't contextually
 belong.

 Replying to [comment:15 Otto42]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 coffee2code]:
 > > @melchoyce: Perhaps there is a secondary navigation of some sort that
 can be introduced identically to both directories to allow for these sorts
 of links.
 >
 > I like this a lot, actually. The old layouts had sidebars, which we're
 missing now. And that's fine, but we still have links that we need to
 place on the page which aren't related to a specific theme/plugin but are
 related to the directory overall. Having a place to put these links, for
 both cases, would be preferable to splitting the single filter bar.

 Pretty much this, yeah.

 @samuelsidler pointed out to me earlier that
 https://make.wordpress.org/community/ has a secondary navigation bar.
 While I kind of hate this (a lot), I think it's a much more contextually
 appropriate approach than putting items into the filter bar, for both the
 theme and plugin directories.

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