[theme-reviewers] $post->guid Issues in Some Repository Themes

[Mike Little]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 21:45, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Mike Little <wordpress at zed1.com> wrote:
> > You should *never*, *ever* use the guid in your theme.
>
> ... unless you're using it for the right thing.
>
> Concept: Photoblog theme. Creates a special media-enabled rss feed for
> photo posts only. Uses the guid in the feed.
>
> Concept: Podcasting specific theme. Ditto for podcast enabled feed.
> Uses guid in the feed properly.
>
>
Yeah, forgot to explicitly mention that using it for it's feed purpose is
ok.

However, whether such code (creating a custom feed) should be in a theme or
a plugin is another kettle of fish already much discussed on this list. :-)

Mike
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Mike Little
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