[theme-reviewers] Theme Review Codex Page: Addressing RecentFeedback

[Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)]

Re: Specialized theme, this was 3 weeks ago.

http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/533

I think we're intelligent enough to know the difference and I was just 
starting out reviewing.

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From: "Otto" <otto at ottodestruct.com>
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Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme Review Codex Page: Addressing 
RecentFeedback


> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> 
> wrote:
>> Likewise with Widgets, we should have a wider discussion regarding 
>> whether
>> or not it should be removed. My initial take is that it is all manageable 
>> by
>> the end user, and additional feed types can be added via plugin (or the
>> Theme), and implementing the default feed support doesn't detract.
>> ...
>> It might be instructive to get some examples of some of these
>> special-purpose Themes. The only one I've seen so far - a "Coming Soon"
>> Theme, is (as Frumph pointed out) something that can be managed via 
>> Plugin,
>> using any Theme.
>
> I think this is rather beside the point. I use a "coming soon" theme
> on a few sites. It's handy.
>
> The fact of the matter is that themes and plugins are not that
> different. I can make a plugin which redirects a couple of hooks and
> completely bypasses the theme system to replace it with a theme in the
> plugin directory. Big deal. It doesn't make any different whether it's
> a theme or a plugin, except that themes tend to be about looks and
> plugins tend to be about function.
>
> "Tend" being the operative word there. If I am looking to put a comic
> strip system on my blog, I'm going to look for a theme that makes it
> easy for me to do that, because comic strips are very visual.
>
> Whether something should be a theme or a plugin is really a judgement
> call, and not everybody has the same judgement. If somebody makes a
> special purpose theme, then the purpose of the theme should be taken
> into account. A coming soon theme, for example, needs no feeds, no
> comments, no post loop. But it's still perfectly valid to do it as a
> theme and not as a plugin.
>
> -Otto
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