[theme-reviewers] Theme Review Codex Page

[Edward Caissie]

I'd like to quote Lance Willett here (from Jul 15):

I think the best course of action is to strongly suggest supporting
> all customization features, with one custom menu being required (main
> navigation).
>
> So something like this:
>
> Themes must support the the following customization feature:
>
> Navigation Menu - wp_nav_menu()
> * At least one custom menu should be supported, generally the
> top-level navigation.
>
> Themes are strongly suggested to support the following customization
> features:
>
> Custom Header - add_custom_image_header
> Custom Background - add_custom_background
> Visual Editor CSS - add_editor_style
>
> 3.0 changes like comment_form() are required since it isn't an
> optional customization, it's a core part of how themes work.
>

Of course the above was refering to a discussion on add_custom_image_header
support to themes but the basic premise applies.

post_thumbnails is a feature added to WordPress, but I believe it should
only be a _must_ include _if_ the theme uses post thumbnails, much like
support for wp_nav_menus is required in place of the various wp_list_
functions if a horizontal navigation menu is being used.

If a theme does not use post thumbnails originally then it should be
optional for the theme author to add at their discretion not mandated by a
Mallory-Everest idea. Dictating what features must be included in a theme
does not lend itself to creativity, and I am certain the idea is not to
stamp out the creative possibilities of new themes in the repository but
quite the opposite.


Cais

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> That would seem to be easy enough to address: we can leave the page, with a
> note that it's deprecated, and a link to the Theme Review page/Theme Unit
> Test section.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>
>>  Backwards compatible with every link out there that links to it for 1,
>> its been around so long its established.
>>
>> - Phil
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> *To:* Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 20, 2010 7:18 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme Review Codex Page
>>
>> On a related note: is there any reason we couldn't - or shouldn't - pull
>> the Theme Unit Test Data directly into the Theme Review page? Do we gain
>> anything by making developers and reviewers use two separate pages to
>> perform one review?
>>
>> I put a place-holder in, but it merely links to the existing Theme Unit
>> Tests page.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Chip
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Chip -
>>>
>>> Looks like lots of re-working on your part ... well done!
>>>
>>> There are a few points I want to digest further before commenting on ....
>>> maybe mark the page as a work in progress while it is being finalized?
>>>
>>> Also, after seeing it on the screen  in context, that with an
>>> Implementation Date each major version should also have its release date,
>>> perhaps beside the version would work.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cais.
>>>
>>>
>>>   On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Good morning, Theme Reviewers!
>>>>
>>>> I've taken some time this morning to clean up the Theme Review<http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review>Codex page some more. Hopefully it is more straight-forward, and has a
>>>> minimum of duplicate content.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know what you think, and fix (or let me know) if I've made
>>>> any mistakes, or added any incorrect information.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
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