[theme-reviewers] What are your thoughts on "blank" themes?

[Angelo Bertolli]

Well they're not really a special-use case from the perspective of the
end user who wants to download a special kind of (usable) theme for
WordPress.  It seems that they warrant perhaps their own separate
developer section outside of extend on the site, or maybe just some
links from the wiki.

If they are included in extend, they probably shouldn't be just thrown
in with "special" themes, but have an exclusive "developer" tag or
something.

On 11/29/2011 02:24 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> I wonder if "blank" Themes shouldn't be considered as another valid
> "special use" case?
> 
> On one hand, they are quite useful to developers, and having a good
> starting basis on which to design/develop Themes is certainly
> beneficial. On the other hand, they are minimally useful (as-is) to end
> users, and from the end-user perspective, one is the same as another.
> 
> So, it would be great to have a way to provide such Themes for
> developers, but keep them somewhat/mostly hidden from end users. A
> "special use" case (or "niche") Theme designation might be a good
> approach...
> 
> Chip
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Angelo Bertolli
> <angelo.bertolli at gmail.com <mailto:angelo.bertolli at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I would love to see the most minimalist bare-bones theme that shows all
>     the required structures.  If you do create it, please send a link.
> 
>     On 11/30/2011 12:37 PM, Justin Tadlock wrote:
>     > Pretty soon, I'll be releasing a blank theme meant for developers to
>     > build from.  It will just be basic template files with a simple HTML
>     > structure.  It won't have any CSS styling at all (with a few empty
>     class
>     > declarations).  Basically, it'll be a learning tool for developers who
>     > want to learn how to build from the Hybrid Core framework with loads of
>     > useful inline documentation.
>     >
>     > Most likely, it'll only be useful for people who are interested in the
>     > Hybrid Core framework, so it'll be easy to just release it on my site.
>     > But, if I get the OK from you guys, I'll definitely put it up on the
>     > repository.
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