[theme-reviewers] TDC: Clarification of Checklist Items

chip at chipbennett.net chip at chipbennett.net
Wed Jun 30 16:26:01 UTC 2010


Can we get some clarification on the following TDC items?

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?

2) Widgets: Is theme widgetized as fully as possible?

What is the minimum standard? Is merely a widgetized sidebar.php
acceptable? If multiple sidebars (columns, e.g. leftcolumn.php,
rightcolumn.php) are included, must all be widgetized? Must other template
parts be widgetized (e.g. footer.php)?

3) Widgets: Does the theme require custom widgets?

This seems to be a YES/NO question. What is its purpose? Are custom
widgets acceptable? (I assume so.) Are we testing for code quality/display
of included custom widgets?

4) Widgets: Are standard widgets setup? Should they be?

Good question: should they be? And even better question: what is meant by
"standard widgets"? Does this refer to widgets that are added to a sidebar
by default? (And if so, how is this done?) If not, what does it mean?

5) Widgets: Do any standard widgets need to be overridden?

Again, this seems to be a YES/NO question. What is its purpose? What are
we testing: duplication of widget functionality, correct filtering of
default widgets, or something else?

Possibly/probably more later. Anyone have anything to add?

Chip



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