[theme-reviewers] Starting off

[Darren]

Hey

I'm interested in helping out I've my test environment setup.

What happens now?

Regards

Darren
On 29 Dec 2010 04:59, "Edward Caissie" <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> I use a rule of thumb that says: there must be a significant difference in
> design and / or functionality between the submitted theme and the "parent"
> it was derived from.
>
> As Justin suggests, if it can be accomplished with CSS alone (and minimal
> code) then it is not likely to be "approved" for the repository but of
> course this is very subjective. Essentially it boils down to if you have
to
> ask if it is a child-theme then most likely it is.
>
>
> Cais.
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:03 PM, <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a few rules when deciding whether something should be a child
>> theme of another theme.
>>
>> * Could the theme be achieved with CSS alone? It should be a child
>> theme.
>> * Are there 5 custom templates or more that step outside of what the
>> parent theme does? It should be a parent theme.
>> * Does the functions.php file have more than 10kb (very generous) of
>> custom functions? It should be a parent theme.
>>
>> These are just some general rules I go by to give myself some sort of
>> standard.
>>
>> Obviously, there has to be a little more leeway when it comes to
>> TwentyTen. That's the theme that devs will learn to build from. I just
>> hate having to see that same code over and over and over.
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] how close is too close?
>> From: Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, December 28, 2010 2:52 pm
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd love to see some discussion on themes that are obviously derived
>> from another theme, but have more new work in them than something
>> that's just a straight-up child theme. What's "too close"? Is it a
>> matter of adding or removing functionality? Rewriting significant
>> parts of template files (as opposed to, say, copy-pasting the new
>> theme name wherever the old one appears)?
>>
>> At this point, I feel like there's a continuum that goes something like:
>>
>> Author copied Twenty Ten but changed the site title to pink. Child
>> theme, also poor taste.
>> Author copied Twenty Ten, changed the site title to pink, and removed
>> the headers that say "Twenty Ten".
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> Author wrote every line from scratch. Author is an utter masochist who
>> never heard of code re-use.
>>
>> And I'm clear on recognizing the ends of the spectrum but the middle
>> is fuzzy - so I'd love some thoughts from the rest of you about how
>> you recognize the line?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amy
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