[theme-reviewers] Theme Request

[Chip Bennett]

I've had similar requests. I will try to put together a step-by-step guide
for reviewing Themes - but please note: how one person goes about reviewing
a Theme can legitimately vary from how another person does so.

Chip

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Edward Caissie
<edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> @Rex -
>
> No worries ...
>
> As to your questions:
>
> 1) No real schedule, sometimes Themes take longer than others to review,
> The most important thing is to be as thorough as necessary to reach a proper
> resolution for the Theme. Take your time and make sure you understand all
> the points you cover.
>
> 2) There is no "official" step-by-step method; each reviewer develops there
> own. For example: I still use the Theme Check plugin to do the initial
> review; then, I do a quick over-view of the major template files (style.css,
> functions.php, index.php); next, I go through the Theme Unit Test data
> output. If the Theme is still at an "approved" potential, I return to a more
> thorough review of the actual Theme code. After all those steps I am
> comfortable with my choice of resolution, although there are still cases
> where I have not needed to complete each one.
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:38 AM, rex posadas <rexposadas at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Thank you Cais.
>>
>> Questions:
>> 1) Is there a due date for reviews.  Since it's my first time I might take
>> longer than usual.
>>
>> 2) Is there an official step by step guide in reviewing a theme?  or is
>> this the official one http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rxn
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> *Sent:* Sat, April 16, 2011 4:42:46 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Theme Request
>>
>>  @rxn: Give this one a try http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3367
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:24 PM, rex posadas <rexposadas at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I just completed the steps to join the WP theme reviewers team, and
>>> request to
>>> be assigned a theme for the review.    My wordpress.org username is: rxn
>>>
>>> Thanks and have a good day.
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