[theme-reviewers] Theme Unit Test Data: Gallery Columns

[Edward Caissie]

Hrrmm ... I'd be interested in reading that. Now that I think about it, I
think we have had a similar discussion before regarding the Gallery.


Cais.


On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I'll link the existing ticket when I'm back at my laptop; it's been
> wontfixed.
>
> Chip
>
> On 7/16/11, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm reading "needs patch" from this discussion to "correct" the method
> core
> > is currently using.
> >
> > As a recommendation, I'm all for it ... if we can have core "fixed" to a
> > more "correct" method or default style then I would entertain the
> > possibility of pushing the recommendation to a requirement as we have
> done
> > with other guidelines.
> >
> >
> > Cais.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> +1 to this:
> >>
> >> *With that said, WP's handling of this is crap.*
> >>
> >>
> >> And therein lies the problem with even considering making it a
> >> requirement.
> >> The underlying implementation (inline styles by default, and force Theme
> >> developers to remove them via filter) impedes Theme developers - but
> I've
> >> tried to fight that fight, and lost. So, as long as WordPress core
> >> continues
> >> NOT to do it right, I think it would be an unreasonable burden on Theme
> >> developers to *require* them to support more than the default number of
> >> columns.
> >>
> >> Chip
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Justin Tadlock
> >> <justin at justintadlock.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Part of me thinks it should be a requirement.  WordPress already
> handles
> >>> styles for 1 - 10 columns (and more) by default.  If a theme is
> >>> overwriting
> >>> this with custom styles or removing the inline <style> WP adds, they
> need
> >>> to
> >>> handle this on their own.  That's where the biggest problem is --
> themes
> >>> overwriting this but not handling anything other than 3 columns.
> >>>
> >>> With that said, WP's handling of this is crap.  I've never designed a
> >>> theme where it doesn't break with the default WP styles.  Of course, I
> >>> always roll my own handling of this anyway.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7/15/2011 5:39 PM, Ian Stewart wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2011-07-15, at 5:36 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Personally, I wasn't even thinking along those lines. Making
> something
> >>>>> like that a *requirement* seems, IMHO, to cross the line into
> dictating
> >>>>> design intent.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The idea of adding it as a *recommendation* would merely be to raise
> >>>>> awareness of an area that Theme developers may not previously have
> >>>>> considered styling.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Sounds good to me.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ian Stewart
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