[theme-reviewers] uploader

Spencer spencer.gurnk at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 05:31:21 UTC 2010


Reasonable. I'm all for standardization, so if that's what it takes
then I'm game.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> I'll let the theme reviewers explain further, as I am just a coder.
> But the basic idea is that if the user tries to enable comment paging
> and then it doesn't work because the theme doesn't support it, then
> that's a bad user experience. Themes have to have a certain minimum
> set of features, which are described in more detail here:
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Spencer <spencer.gurnk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It passed previously (Quality Control).
>>
>> I don't want to start a big ordeal or anything and it'll probably just
>> be easier to add the code in, but if a theme isn't designed
>> (functionality wise) to use something like comment pagination, should
>> the theme really be forced to change how it operates? I know you don't
>> have to enable comment pagination, and nobody would if they were using
>> this theme, so that just makes adding the code that much more
>> pointless. I can see requiring it for a blog theme, but WordPress
>> isn't just for blogs anymore. Somethings just don't apply to all
>> themes.
>>
>> Like I said, if it's the rule and it won't pass because of it, I'll
>> add it. If that's the case just let me know.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Spencer
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Spencer <spencer.gurnk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> When I uploaded it I got some recommendations for things like comment
>>>> pagination, sticky classes, and some other things that I thought
>>>> didn't really apply to the theme. It said it failed, but the theme
>>>> still uploaded and is in the queue. I assume that's how it's supposed
>>>> to work?
>>>
>>> That is how it works currently. In the future, a Fail will mean that
>>> it won't upload or add it to the queue. "Required" really does mean
>>> "required".
>>>
>>> Also, does your theme show comments? Then you must support comment
>>> pagination. If you do not, your theme will fail review. That sort of
>>> thing. If you got a fail from the system, then your theme is very
>>> likely not going to pass review.
>>>
>>> -Otto
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