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

[Doug Stewart]

Since they're low-volume requests, oughtn't a method like Sara's be a
decent stopgap measure?


On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> 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
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>> >>
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>> >>
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