[theme-reviewers] Guidelines and theme markets

[Justin Tadlock]

Definitely tell folks to join the mailing list.  I work for DevPress, 
which has its own set of theme guidelines that go beyond what we do 
here.  I welcome feedback on guidelines from other theme 
communities/shops/repositories because it'll help here as well as in our 
guidelines.

On 10/8/2011 12:19 PM, Edward Caissie wrote:
> It's a public mailing list, by all means let them know it is available.
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Mario Peshev <mario at peshev.net 
> <mailto:mario at peshev.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Cais,
>
>     Thanks for the feedback.
>
>     Could I invite two of the reviewers to the mailing list here
>     informally on behalf of the WPORG or it's better just to share
>     them my personal thoughts as for how can we help each other?
>
>     Best,
>
>
>     Mario Peshev
>     Training and Consulting Services @ DevriX
>     http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev
>     http://peshev.net/blog
>
>
>
>     On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Edward Caissie
>     <edward.caissie at gmail.com <mailto:edward.caissie at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         We are always open to constructive discussions.
>         That is really one of the core views of the WPTRT.
>         We want to listen to the community and get their feedback.
>
>         Granted, there may be differing points of view based on the
>         venue the themes will be available from, and we make every
>         effort to keep to the what we understand as the WordPress
>         guiding ideals; but that in no way hinders us from listening
>         to and discussing other ideals used by other "repositories".
>
>
>         Cais.
>
>
>         On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Mario Peshev
>         <mario at peshev.net <mailto:mario at peshev.net>> wrote:
>
>             Hello Reviewers,
>
>             Since we are discussing the guidelines and some possible
>             changes out there, I would like to comment something
>             interesting (at least in my opinion) about the toolkit of
>             reviewers here and in other markets. My team has submitted
>             a theme framework for sale on Envato's theme market last
>             week after an unsuccessful submission half a year ago.
>             During the first review in April there was no specific
>             technical review - it was mostly stability and design
>             uniqueness and function richness, but after the approval
>             last week we actually commented out with their reviewers
>             that they have started to actively use the Theme-Check
>             plugin.
>
>             Since their overall concept is different, I was surprised
>             that they actually insist on different things such as
>             styling the .sticky class or using some file operations.
>             Due to the market specifics some required options are
>             considered recommended only, but still they consider using
>             it closely for their reviewing process.
>
>             Also, since the recent huge attack of timthumb, most of
>             the authors in the market actually got interested in the
>             'best practices' and what comes 'in the box' of WordPress.
>             I've been researching the market since January and themes
>             are implementing post-thumbnails instead of timthumb
>             nowadays (probably Justin's "Get the Image"
>             http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/get-the-image/ and
>             user comments have helped). The point is that there are
>             other 'secret' teams that also respect these guidelines
>             and tools and I believe that we could probably contact
>             them and discuss some changes or best practices (even
>             share and exchange reviewing ideas). By popularizing that
>             relation some theme sellers could join and contribute to
>             the WPORG repository (we plan revamping the framework as a
>             free version as Pagelines did) or take part as reviewers.
>
>             So does it make any sense or we are kinda 'closed' to
>             other reviewing groups?
>
>             Mario Peshev
>             Training and Consulting Services @ DevriX
>             http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev
>             http://peshev.net/blog
>
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