[theme-reviewers] Submitting a One-Page Placeholder Theme

[Chip Bennett]

Doug,

We certainly want "niche" Themes in the repository; however, right now it's
an infrastructure problem. It's on the long-term list of things to figure
out how to handle; the problem is the automated uploader. It has no way of
differentiating between a normal Theme (with all required functionality) and
a "niche" Theme (with either reduced or extra, non-conventional
functionality).

With the understanding that the Theme Review Team has no direct control over
any of the infrastructure (the Theme uploader script, the
appearance/functionality of WPORG/Extend, SVN, Trac), we certainly welcome
any suggestions and ideas for how we might accommodate "niche" Themes.

Chip

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Cais:
> I think it unreasonable to look for full repo compliance when
> considering these sorts of single-purpose theme. I think the community
> suffers by not having access to these sorts of efforts and so some
> consideration ought to be extended.
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Edward Caissie
> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sara -
> >
> > Thank you for your interest in having your theme hosted at the WordPress
> > Extend repository.
> > Although, for the most part, previously "live" themes may not be a good
> > benchmarks a quick review of the "Launch" themes you are referencing
> would
> > indicate both need to have modifications made before a newer version
> would
> > be approved.
> >
> > As to the issues that you are seeing with the upload script stopping you
> > from submitting your theme, there is no real manual process for working
> > around it. I would suggest implementing, perhaps with additional options
> to
> > display, all of the functionality your theme's submission report is
> stating
> > as "REQUIRED". Once your theme is in Trac we can look further into your
> > use-case scenarios.
> >
> > Please keep in mind, the Themes found in the repository are meant to be
> > potentially used by the community in general, not necessarily by a small
> > niche group. That being said I would still very much like to see a
> "Launch"
> > theme that meets all of the current guidelines in the repository.
> >
> >
> > Cais.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Sara Chai Butler
> > <sara at launcheffectapp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> >> I hope this email finds you well!  I was directed here by the moderater
> >> for the Themes and Templates forum, esmi.
> >> I was wondering how to go about submitting a one-page theme to the
> >> WordPress theme repository. The theme is called Launch Effect and it is
> >> basically a placeholder page with email sign-up, unique URL generator,
> and
> >> built-in statistics and incentive tracking.  It has almost 4,000
> downloads
> >> and a dedicated technical support.  The demand for this type of theme,
> and
> >> the feedback for ours specifically, has been really good and you can see
> >> examples of it in use on our homepage: http://www.launcheffectapp.com.
> >> It includes a robust theme options panel where every aspect of the
> design
> >> can be customized and a stats panel where users are able to track
> signups
> >> and conversions (people who shared the site) and export their data.
> >> TL;DR
> >> Our one-page theme (http://www.launcheffectapp.com) fails the theme
> upload
> >> because it's not a blog and has no need for comments or tags, etc... I
> was
> >> wondering if its possible for a theme with a very specific functionality
> >> like this to be submitted. I can't figure out how the other two launch
> type
> >> themes were able to upload (these two:
> >> http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=launch ) because
> neither of
> >> theme have any kind of blog infrastructure in place.
> >> We'd love to be included in the official theme repository of WordPress
> and
> >> we thank you in advance for your guidance on this.
> >> Sara
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sara Chai Butler
> >> Web Developer
> >>
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> >> (212) 239-2072 x7013
> >> www.barrelny.com
> >>
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