[theme-reviewers] Theme Review Feedback at WPTavern Forum

[Chris Olbekson]

Otto,
What is your take on the current no depreciated calls requirements and the
WP_DEBUG warnings and errors issues?  I was much more active when this list
first started and haven't had the time lately to do many reviews but of the
reviews I did do, almost all the themes threw errors and warnings with debug
set to true.  Some of the authors were able to correct the errors and the
themes were approved on resubmission.

Some theme authors including Ian Stewart appreciated the reviews because it
helped them clean up their code or found some things that were over looked.


The Codex documents and the Theme Checklist were actively discussed on this
list and it would have been great to have more input from others like
yourself whose opinions are highly respected in the WordPress community.  I
welcome the additional support and hope we can work together to make this
process better.

Experienced authors should have access to the SVN as well as members of the
review team who can help new authors update their themes through SVN.
 Having some of the same features as the core trac with open discussion
before tickets are closed would also be a great benefit.

I agree with Matt's point that the WordPress theme repository should
showcase great themes and the review process should be a learning experience
for the reviewers and authors.  I have defiantly learned a great deal just
from following this list.



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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> Yes, I'm aware. I've been talking to matt off and on about this today.
>
> I have to say that I simply don't quite agree with him fully there.
> The update system strikes me as too critical for the future of WP
> theme development. Putting themes inside a walled garden where only
> "the best of the best" can get in does nothing but leave a very large
> portion of the theme developer community out in the cold.
>
> My themes would never adhere to those guidelines, because several of
> them I fundamentally disagree with, and I would not be willing to
> compromise my work to fit into those slots. I'd simply take it off to
> my own site instead and release and support it there. I think a lot of
> theme developers would feel the same way.
>
> Themes are already fragmented across the whole of the internet. If we
> want people to join our community, we have to be willing to accept the
> fact that not everybody is going to agree to the same set of rigid
> standards and be willing to relax them a bit.
>
> Innovation simply does not happen when you force everybody into a
> predetermined mold.
>
> -Otto
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:03 PM, yulian yordanov <yul.yordanov at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I like what matt wrote in the thread
> >
> http://www.wptavern.com/forum/themes-templates/1911-theme-repository-reviews-7.html#post18635
> >
> > The goal of the theme directory is not to list every theme in the world,
> > it's to list the best ones. We want a reasonable number of themes we can
> > point to that embody the best and brightest of WordPress development, and
> > that users can choose without compromise.
> >
> > Yulian <Fingli>
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