[theme-reviewers] TDC: Clarification of Checklist Items

[Edward Caissie]

I thought I had some great ideas to add to this conversation but lost my
Internet connection ... again*^&*^(&^&*I((UO ... and any other varied curses
you can think of. Then I read the latest on this ...

First thing, or so, tomorrow ... brand new router. I think both of my
current routers are dying or in serious fear of the hammer I am reaching
for.


Cais

PS: I may or may not be borrowing a neighbor's WiFi ... I cannot connect to
the Internet with my production machine so I am reading/replying with my
laptop. EAC

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Lance Willett <lance at automattic.com> wrote:

> Hi theme reviewers. :)
>
> > 1) Navigation: Is style layout stable with all categories showing?
> >
> > What does this mean? Categories displayed as a navigation menu,
> categories
> > listed in a sidebar list, something else?
>
> I think we can remove that item. It doesn't make sense in that context.
>
> > 3) Widgets: Does the theme require custom widgets?
> > 4) Widgets: Are standard widgets setup? Should they be?
> > 5) Widgets: Do any standard widgets need to be overridden?
>
> I've edited the entire Widgets section to reflect Ian's clarification and
> to remove confusion.
>
> > What are we testing: duplication of widget functionality, correct
> filtering of
> > default widgets, or something else?
>
>
> You're testing display (visual appearance) as well as code quality:
> formatting, escaping, HTML validation. Duplication of functionality isn't
> ideal, but I wouldn't worry about it unless it's buggy. As Joseph said,
> unless a theme author has a really good reason to override a default
> WordPress widget, they shouldn't.
>
> In brief: all widgets, both default core WordPress widgets and custom
> widgets added by the theme should be tested in all widgetized areas.
>
> > Possibly/probably more later.
>
>
> Keep sending more feedback or edit the Codex page yourself if you see
> something that could be improved.
>
> Let's make this checklist be the best it can be.
>
> -Lance Willett
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