[theme-reviewers] theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 17, Issue 23

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--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: justin at justintadlock.com
To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 14:16:14 -0500
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Guidelines and theme markets



  


    
    
  
  
    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>
        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>
                    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>
                            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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--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: mario at peshev.net
To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 23:12:00 +0300
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Guidelines and theme markets

Wrote them an email suggesting that we could brainstorm on the guidelines and exchange different ideas and best practices while reviewing themes. I am really curious if they are going to respond positively but yet again it is a chance to bond and get a fresh workflow ideas. 

Best,
Mario Peshev
Training and Consulting Services @ DevriXhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev

http://peshev.net/blog




On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:



  
    
    
  
  
    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>
        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>
                    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>
                            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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