[theme-reviewers] Join the team

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Mon Apr 18 00:54:47 UTC 2011


I actually disagree regarding the "Menu" Widget - maybe. :)

If the Theme simply provides a Widgetized sidebar, and no "Navigation Menu"
markup, then this approach is fine. However, if the Theme has what would
reasonably considered to be the design intent of a Navigation Menu, then
that implementation must support the core Nav Menu feature.

Basically: Themes are not *required* to provide Navigation Menus, but if
they *do* provide a Navigation Menu, then it must support the core
functionality.

Chip

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> 1. The theme uses the text domain of Twenty Ten in a few spots. If I
> remember correctly from lurking on the list this is a reason for failure of
> the theme.
> *Yes, Twenty Ten should be changed to i.e. silverville*
> **
> 2. They use a widget for the menu and instruct the user to add the Pages
> widget. It seems to me that it's a much better option to use a WordPress
> menu which defaults to list pages. I don't believe this is an issue for a
> fail but probably a good suggestion as an update to the user.
> *This part is just fine. As long as there are options for menu and being
> fully functional.*
> **
> 3. The CSS fails on the background-color since it's value is set to 'none'
> when it should be set to 'transparent'. Would this typically be a reason for
> failure if all other CSS is okay?
> *background-color: none; is invalid and it should be transparent.
> Recommendation would be background: none; or background-image: none; and not
> many people use the last one anymore. It's shortcoded via background.*
> **
> 4. There are a number of other 'recommended' items in Theme Check but these
> are not a reason to fail a theme correct?
> *Recommended isn't required, if recommendations don't cause  problems, no
> need to fail.
> *
> Emil
> **
> *----*
> *Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Curtis McHale <curtis at curtismchale.ca>wrote:
>
>> I have a few questions about my first theme review.
>>
>> 1. The theme uses the text domain of Twenty Ten in a few spots. If I
>> remember correctly from lurking on the list this is a reason for failure of
>> the theme.
>> 2. They use a widget for the menu and instruct the user to add the Pages
>> widget. It seems to me that it's a much better option to use a WordPress
>> menu which defaults to list pages. I don't believe this is an issue for a
>> fail but probably a good suggestion as an update to the user.
>> 3. The CSS fails on the background-color since it's value is set to 'none'
>> when it should be set to 'transparent'. Would this typically be a reason for
>> failure if all other CSS is okay?
>> 4. There are a number of other 'recommended' items in Theme Check but
>> these are not a reason to fail a theme correct?
>>
>> I could probably go further in to the theme but I wanted to double check
>> on the text domain item before I did.
>>
>> Curtis McHale
>> PH: 604.751.3482
>> http://www.curtismchale.ca
>> Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/curtismchale
>> Twitter: twitter.com/curtismchale
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Here ya go: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3320
>>> This will get you started ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Cais.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Curtis McHale <curtis at curtismchale.ca>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Figured I'd finally get off my butt and join the team after looking at
>>>> the list for a few months. My trac name is curtismchale
>>>>
>>>> Curtis McHale
>>>> PH: 604.751.3482
>>>> http://www.curtismchale.ca
>>>> Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/curtismchale
>>>> Twitter: twitter.com/curtismchale
>>>>
>>>>
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