[theme-reviewers] Why the bias?

Mon Feb 14 22:40:03 UTC 2011

I'm not sure i'm understanding why you're having a 3 week waiting time, don't you have an already approved status on it?  those themes that have been through the system already get priority over others.

add_theme_page() - read this: http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2011/01/05/discussion-on-menu-locations-for-theme-options/   On the make/themes site you can give your thoughts to any of the subject material that comes up for guidelines and be involved in the decision making process 

As for the ticket #2927 we've changed our stance with authors including yourself that if something isn't completely 'breaking' that we approve the theme on the repository with the notice that they fix it on the next update.   As long it's just like 1 or 2 minor things such as that.   That way the author gets their theme on the repo and fixes the code utilized on the next update and knows about it.

I'm sure you'll agree that - this method of thinking will help things out quite a bit without rejecting for just a single little thing.   Which of course is all dependant on the reviewer doing the review if they wish to do it or not.

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The featured themes is a different subject altogether.

We have a meeting once a month to go over things, we spend about 10 minutes right now roughly to determine if featured themes switch out, one for another.    It's not that you havent been chosen on purpose it's more then likely your theme just hasn't come up as one that someone recommended to be put on the featured list.   If you attend these meetings on the IRC you can request your theme to be added to the featured theme as well as include your thoughts on any of the other things we discuss, getting involved.

Since we're new to adding/changing the featured themes we're doing what we can to keep it rotating to a certain degree.   As you know it wasn't being changed out very often before this so even now it's already better since we're able to do changes once a month to the featured list.

I'm not sure where you get this: "Still, My theme doesn't qualify to be on the featured list."    Every theme that passes the theme review process qualifies for the featured list.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Satish Gandham 
  To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 2:21 PM
  Subject: [theme-reviewers] Why the bias?

  Last updated of my theme was rejected saying I can no longer use add_menu_page for themes.

  Afraid of another 3 week wait time, I quickly removed the top level menu without much arguments and added a sub-menu page under “Appearance” using add theme page. Even after quickly making the suggested changes and uploading the new version my theme was again pushed down in the queue.

  http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2730

    -WARNING: admin/admin-core.php. Themes should use add_theme_page() for adding admin pages.
    Line 48: add_submenu_page( 'swift-options', 'Design Options', 'Design Options', 'ediLine 49: add_submenu_page( 'swift-options', 'Import and Export SWIFT options','Impor

  And this is the reply i got when i brought this issue up on the theme reviewers mailing list

    If the Theme options *must* be separated into two pages (in most cases, one
    page is sufficient; but there are exceptions), then just put the two pages
    under "Appearance". Still no need for a separate, top-level menu entry

  . 
  However, today I found a theme using add_theme_page() function approved, and placed on top in featured list.
  http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2927

  My theme had two options pages, while the above theme has only one options page. Adding a top level menu makes more sense in my theme, but my theme was rejected and the other was approved.

  You insist on doing everything the WordPress way and reject themes that don't adhere to your rules, but I feel that there is a double standard at work. Below is just another example of an approved theme which appears to violate basic theme terms.

  The theme uses this styling for warnings
  http://files.droplr.com/files/17962094/cM78.Screen-shot-2011-02-12-at-8.40.51-PM.png
  Aren't they supposed to be styled like this?
  http://files.droplr.com/files/17962094/2aZ9.change-password.jpg

  My theme was voted as the most popular theme on WLTC, 
  http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/11/29/your-top-5-themes/

  its been on most popular themes list for several weeks (though it is not on the featured list, 11 of the 15 popular themes are popular because they are featured, and the other 2 are popular because they were featured recently)

  3 Million pages are powered by my theme.

  http://bit.ly/gy1jVQ

  Still, My theme doesn't qualify to be on the featured list.

  I don't understand how the featured themes are selected, can anyone point me to the guidelines on how the featured themes are selected? 

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