[theme-reviewers] theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 11, Issue 65

Mon Apr 18 20:27:36 UTC 2011

I did a BuddyPress theme review today and would love to do more. I am happy to do WordPress along with BuddyPress if required as understand there aren't so many BuddyPress themes.

Regards,
Tammie Lister

On Monday, 18 April 2011 at 18:10, theme-reviewers-request at lists.wordpress.org wrote: 
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>  1. Re: New Recruit (Edward Caissie)
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>  3. Re: Join the team (Curtis McHale)
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> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:20:19 -0400
> From: Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] New Recruit
> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
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> All help is welcomed ... give this ticket a run through:
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3426
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> Make sure you have a proper "clean" test environment to work from and you
> should be all set. Also, just in case, check you Trac profile to insure your
> profile is complete so you get copied on ticket comments for those you are
> involved with.
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> 
> Cais.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Questing Knight
> <eldritchgamer at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I'm replying to Justin Tadlock's 'Join the WordPress theme review team'
> > post. I've developed some simple themes from scratch, have obviously
> > installed and configured a few free themes as well, and have bought into
> > Justin's argument that a theme designer will better their work by giving
> > some time to the list.
> > 
> > Plus, it'd be good to be able to contribute to WordPress in some way :-)
> > 
> > By way of introduction, I am a full-time professional software developer in
> > the UK, and have been producing bespoke WordPress Themes for about a year
> > (four bespoke themes so far). I'm more of a coder than a designer, and love
> > WordPress for its extensibility.
> > 
> > So, please let me know the next step - do I pick an item from
> > themes.trac.wordpress.org, or would the powers that be like to assign one
> > to me?
> > My wordpress.org user name is AThemeComposer.
> > 
> > I won't be able to dedicate a huge amount of time, but an hour or two a
> > week seems achievable at this point.
> > 
> > Cheers
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> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:24:31 -0700
> From: Shawn Grundy <smgrundy at live.com>
> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Theme Review Request
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> I would like a theme to review.
> WordPress Username: smgrundy
> I also signed up in response to Justin Tadlock's post.
> thanks -Shawn
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> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:10:13 -0700
> From: Curtis McHale <curtis at curtismchale.ca>
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Join the team
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> Done. Theme should not be approved.
> 
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3419#comment:3
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> <http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3419#comment:3>Send me another one
> and let me know if I'm not doing stuff I should be in Trac, never really
> updated stuff in Trac so I could easily miss stuff.
> 
> 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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> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > @Curtis - Here ya go: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3419
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > menu is OK, widgetized menu is OK too ;)
> > > *----*
> > > *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 7:54 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 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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