[theme-reviewers] Cirumventing Theme Directory Preview in Ticket #3787

[Emil Uzelac]

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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Curtis McHale <curtis at curtismchale.ca>wrote:

>  Sounds like the best option.
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> Curtis McHale
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> On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>
> I don't think we should hold ourselves to the standard of having to write a
> rule for every conceivable thing that can possibly be done. On one hand, we
> want to ensure due diligence in establishing objective guidelines. On the
> other hand, we want to avoid regulatory overkill. We want the US
> Constitution, not the US tax code.
>
> In this case, I think that it is safe to say, "we won't allow that",
> whether we add it to the Guidelines or not. The Theme preview needs to use
> the core/stock previewer, and NOT redirect to  some arbitrary, uncontrolled,
> third-party URL. The previewer ensures that Themes can be previewed/compared
> using the same data set, allowing for a reasonably equal comparison. Besides
> that, the potential for abuse is just too great.
>
> If the Theme previewer needs to be fixed/improved, then let's do that.
> If Theme developers want to provide an alternate demo for their Theme, that
> shows off all of the bells and whistles, they can provide a demo link in the
> Theme description, or in the Theme's admin page, etc.
>
> Chip
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Curtis McHale <curtis at curtismchale.ca>wrote:
>
>   So we should probably write a rule requiring the stock preview is used
> and then work to improve it rather then allowing it now and dealing with the
> possible bad fallout.
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