[theme-reviewers] Is wp_enqueue style/script necessary?

[CONNOR Wayne and Jill]

I got this comment on last submission of my slidingdoor theme:

Themes are REQUIRED to enqueue all stylesheets and scripts, usingwp_enqueue_style()/wp_enqueue_script(), and hooked into an appropriate hook via callback function, rather than hard-coding stylesheet/script links or tags in the template.


I've been to http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script and I don't actually understand what it's saying. I don't want to get my head around it if I don't have to!


Is it talking about my inclusion of say mootools in my header.php?

<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $url; ?>/imagemenu/mootools.js"></script>

Do I need to do this differently?



It does say on the function reference page "The safe and recommended method of adding JavaScript to a WordPress generated page is by using wp_enqueue_script(). " 

'recommended' is not 'you must'.

I've checked out the twentyeleven theme and it has this in header:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' ); ?>" />

that seems to be a direct including of a stylesheet not using wp_enque_style.

So some guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Wayne



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