[theme-reviewers] external style sheets

[Chip Bennett]

I think we need to be very judicious about linking external resources. Just
one reason why:
http://wpmu.org/beware-fake-jquery-calls-in-wordpress-plugins-from-the-repo

That's an extreme case, but elucidates an important principle: external =
completely uncontrolled.

APIs such as Google Fonts are one thing, and have a higher degree of
likelihood of being secure; but otherwise, I would tend to lean toward
requiring that resources be bundled *with* the Theme.

If you want to use the style definitions in an external stylesheet, I can't
think of any good reason not to bundle that stylesheet with the Theme.

Chip

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Although functionally referencing an external stylesheet would be fine it
> may not prove to be the best for the end-user as they essentially would be
> giving up (and likely without their knowledge) control over their site's
> look and feel.
> It should be an unwritten expectation the Theme's stylesheet(s) are
> included with the Theme itself and are not affected or offset by any
> external sources unless optionally provided by the Theme / end-user
> interaction.
>
> That being the case, accepting the use of "external stylesheets" might be
> considered but only as an optional feature not as the primary source of the
> Theme's styles.
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Angelo Bertolli <
> angelo.bertolli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it ok to reference external style sheets in themes, for example:
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/Core/
>>
>> Or rather even having the style sheet stored where you host the theme?
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