[theme-reviewers] Per-Post Layout Options

[Chip Bennett]

I would be amenable to making a "Framework" exception, for exactly the
reasons you mentioned. However, I would feel *far* more comfortable doing
so, if we had something in place for having *approved* Frameworks.

In the end, I definitely advocate flexibility, and educating around best
practices, at this point in time.

Chip

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Justin Tadlock
<justin at justintadlock.com>wrote:

> **
> I'm not opposed to these suggestions if they're merely recommendations.
>
> I use post meta across multiple themes with the same meta key.  This at
> least ensures compatibility with features across my themes.  Not to mention,
> several developers use the Hybrid Core framework, so there's some
> standardization for meta keys with themes that I didn't create.  I know my
> users are just a drop in the ocean compared to the entire WP user base, but
> at least a few hundred thousand users can have some standardization.
>
> As for the underscore prefix, I typically choose not to do this with
> themes.  This way, the user can still see that they can use this metadata,
> even after they switch themes.  For me, it depends entirely upon the
> situation.  If I want the user to be able to easily access this data in the
> future, I don't use the underscore.
>
> In general, I believe using a prefix and underscore are extremely good
> practices, especially if the data is specific to just that one theme.
>
>
> On 8/9/2011 8:06 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>
> This is great advice, and probably something that should be added to the
> Codex: prefix custom post meta fields with theme-slug. Anyone opposed to me
> adding this to the Guideline regarding proper namespacing?
>
>  I would also add (as best-practice, or as a requirement?) that custom
> post meta fields that are handled by metaboxes should be prefixed with an
> underscore, so that they are hidden from the Custom Fields metabox.
>
>  Chip
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> wrote:
>> > I am considering adding post meta to allow for per-post layout
>> selection. It
>> > is simple enough to implement; however, here's my question: would this
>> cross
>> > the content/presentation line? Or expressed differently: would it be
>> > inappropriate to add Theme-specific custom post meta in this manner,
>> given
>> > that such metadata would be mostly useless to the user after switching
>> > Themes?
>>
>>  Post meta for this use is fine, just prefix the meta key with your
>> theme name so that it's obvious where the meta came from.
>>
>> Not necessary to offer a cleanup option as such, but might be a nice
>> feature.
>>
>> -Otto
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