[theme-reviewers] Guidelines regarding Theme Names

[Edward Caissie]

Very well ... so we are eliminating all the "pure" CMS themes that would not
use comments?!

If I was to develop a theme that is strictly for the purpose of serving
information (whatever it may be) then I have no use for comments. If the
theme is presented in that fashion it should be reviewed as a special case
and potentially acceptable.

Forcing the inclusion of tempalte files that serve no purpose to the theme
is simply forcing the theme to be bloated with unused files.


Cais.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> The issue is that comments_template() is required for correct
> implementation of Comments, and the use of comments_template() requires a
> template file to be passed as an argument.
>
> So, if Themes incorporate comments functionality (which is a requirement),
> they must use comments_template(), ergo, they must have a comments template
> file.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Has anyone pinged this directly to nacin? It may just be an oversite or a
>> core issue that should be addressed versus a template file inclusion issue.
>>
>> I'm having a hard time believing the basic minimal requirements need to be
>> extended beyond including index.php and style.css (with scrennshot.png only
>> being required for the Extend/Theme repository).
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
>> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  that original simplist theme that came up in this theme reviewers
>>> thread + comment from otto & nacin
>>>
>>> just give it a try with the minimal theme and nacin's plugin, it comes up
>>>
>>> (and no, no other deprecated messages come up)
>>>
>>> - Phil
>>>
>>> The official word is that the 'default' functions that fallback in WP are
>>> never really updated and who knows if they're going to be in there anymore
>>> in the future.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 30, 2010 7:41 AM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Guidelines regarding Theme Names
>>>
>>> So no comments.php file throws a deprecated message at you? That doesn't
>>> seem right ...
>>>
>>> What theme is this happening with? I'd like to see this myself ... and
>>> are there other tempalte files we will need to make requirements for similar
>>> reasons?
>>>
>>>
>>> Cais.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
>>> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  While your in there add comments.php to the minimal theme files
>>>> requirement, official deprecated message comes up without it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>> *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 30, 2010 7:35 AM
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Guidelines regarding Theme Names
>>>>
>>>> Right on. I threw that together really quickly (and tend to err more
>>>> toward a "formal" tone anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Looks good! Some of those (especially the "version-specific,
>>>> markup-related terms" item. Could probably use more content there. What else
>>>> similar don't we want in Theme names?
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Edward Caissie <
>>>> edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I didn't change the intent of the section, but I did go in and
>>>>> "lightened-up" the text a bit ... it's a little less "formal" but the
>>>>> meaning is the same.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cais.
>>>>>
>>>>>   On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  See here:
>>>>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Name
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please advise, comment, correct, and/or add appropriate Theme
>>>>>> Name-related guidelines. I notice I'm running into several instances where I
>>>>>> have to comment on the Theme Name. Some objective guidelines in this area
>>>>>> will be helpful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chip
>>>>>>
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