[theme-reviewers] Header Redirect: Any Good Reason For This?

[Edward Caissie]

In a word: Yes!


Cais

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> So should I request a more WordPress-standard implementation there?
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Austin Matzko <austin at pressedcode.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> wrote:
>> > Checking the diff for an update to a Theme that I had previously
>> approved, I
>> > found this:
>> >
>> > <?php  ( header('Location: http://allfreecms.com') );?>
>>
>> They've set up the theme so that if someone requests the URL of the
>> functions sub-directory, it re-directs that request to the theme
>> developer's site.
>>
>> It's an unusual alternative to WP's core alternate approach in, for
>> example, the wp-content/index.php file, which just has the following:
>>
>> <?php
>> // Silence is golden.
>> ?>
>>
>> I don't think it's a sin.  If you're trying to get the web server to
>> list directory contents you're probably up to no good anyways.
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