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

[Ryan Frankel]

Cais,
  I thought it came down to that the Theme directory as it stands now implies that the theme can be switched interchangeably by the user.  Specialized themes, say that don't have a Blog, don't really fit this mold.  I would think there would need to be a 'section' that had non-standard or specialized themes.  If specialized themes were added to the current Repo it seems it would add a lot of confusion.  But, I may be mistaken.

ryan


On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Edward Caissie wrote:

> @Ryan - It's not so much as "adding a section" as it is by-passing the upload checks that are stopping the submission of this theme (et al.)
> 
> 
> Cais.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Ryan Frankel <ryan.frankel at gmail.com> wrote:
> We have run into this issue many times on this list.  At one point there was a discussion regarding adding a section for specialized themes.  Does anyone know if that ever got anywhere?
> 
> Ryan
> 
> On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Doug Stewart 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
> >>>
> >>>
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