[theme-reviewers] external style sheets

[Chip Bennett]

We do already require that all resources be included in the Theme (i.e. no
hotlinking images), though I'm not sure if this requirement is formalized.

I would prefer that we go forward from that basis, with the understanding
that, as with nearly all Guidelines, exceptions can be considered on a
case-by-case basis - and in the meantime, we can work on whatever wording
needs to go into the Guidelines.

Outside of referencing known APIs (e.g. Google Fonts), I'm struggling to
think of any valid examples of linking external resources; so, I'd love to
hear some developers put forth some such ideas.

Chip

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Given Otto's two comments I am seriously thinking we should be, starting
> with 3.3, RECOMMENDING all Theme assets (CSS, images, code, etc.) be
> included with the Theme package/archive; then moving to REQUIRED with 3.4
> ... although the only real go-forward issue I see at the moment is the
> inclusion of Google-fonts (low-risk but still contravening this idea) this
> can be addressed as well (per Otto).
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> While we are on this subject, what about themes like mine where it
>>> make reference to style.Php on someone's phpbb forum? That
>>> configuration is controlled in wp-admin.
>>>
>>
>>
>> If it's optional or something the user has to specifically configure,
>> then it's clearly okay. The user should be presumed to know what they are
>> doing and the ramifications thereof. This may not be the case, but any
>> other assumption leads to Cthulu-level madness.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
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