[theme-reviewers] TimThumb

[Chip Bennett]

And having said that:

How difficult would it be to add TimThumb's image filtering functionality
into core?

Chip

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I disagree, entirely.
>
> The wording of the Guidelines is that use of Post Thumbnail feature is not
> required, but that if Post Thumbnail feature is used, then implementation of
> the core functionality is required.
>
> In other words: you don't have to incorporate Post Thumbnails into your
> Theme - but if you do, you are REQUIRED to support the core functionality.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> When the timthumb issue arose at the end of August I put forward to all
>> the theme authors affected to consider using post_thumbnail() core
>> functionality as an alternative, but since post_thumbnail() usage is still
>> only recommended, theme authors are well within their designer's perogative
>> using timthumb, especially if they are making use of its unique functions.
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> So, here's all I can really determine that TimThumb offers, that can't be
>>> accomplished through use of core Post Thumbnails functionality: image
>>> filters <http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2010/08/timthumb-image-filters/>.
>>>
>>> I can see image filtering being useful for Theme designs.
>>>
>>> But, should we be checking to ensure that Themes aren't just using
>>> TimThumb to make thumbnails (which should be done using the core Post
>>> Thumbnail functionality)?
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm completely unfamiliar with TimThumb. What is it, and what does it
>>>> do?
>>>>
>>>> It looks to me like it's just an image thumbnailer/resizer - which is
>>>> exactly what core Post Thumbnails does.
>>>>
>>>> So, should we even be allowing new Themes to be using TimThumb? Does it
>>>> do something that can't be accomplished with the core functionality?
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
>>>>  On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Gene Robinson <emhr at submersible.me>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  I don't use tim-thumb but two themes I just reviewed were using it.
>>>>> I'll have to go back and look into them regarding this. The tickets were:
>>>>> Sriwijaya <http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1333>  and
>>>>> Syailendra <http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1428>. Also could
>>>>> someone look at my final comment on Syailendra<http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/query?keywords=%7Etheme-syailendra> as
>>>>> I am unsure if Chris is cc'd on this ticket by simply commenting.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are welcome to assign me another theme if you like. When is
>>>>> training complete or is there a milestone to reach?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Gene(emhr)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Edward Caissie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> @Gene -
>>>>>
>>>>> Around the end of August several themes were noted to be using an older
>>>>> version of timthumb that had a potentiall security issue associated with the
>>>>> code as it was written. The timbthumb script itself was corrected before
>>>>> then but there were still older versions in use on some repository themes.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are using timthumb you can get the current version here if need
>>>>> be: http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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