[theme-reviewers] Question about guideline - Admin Pointers

[Edward Caissie]

There are several plugins I have seen use these "pointers" but IIRC core
devs requested we not allow Themes to implement them ... yet (probably due
in part to @George's observation)

Edward Caissie
aka Cais.



On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM, George Mamadashvili <
georgemamadashvili at gmail.com> wrote:

> As far as I know pointers are core only API, you can still use them, but
> API can change in future and that might brake things.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Even putting in something like "(also known as feature pointers)"
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniel Fenn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Is it alright if I edit the codex and add in what you said? Or will it
>>> just make the page too long?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Daniel Fenn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Admin pointers are the pop-up messages displayed in the WP-Admin. You
>>>> primarily see them when core uses them to highlight new features in a new
>>>> version of WordPress.
>>>>
>>>> Also known as "feature pointers", they were introduced in WordPress 3.3:
>>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3
>>>>
>>>> More info:
>>>>
>>>> http://wpengineer.com/2272/how-to-add-and-deactivate-the-new-feature-pointer-in-wordpress-3-3/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> It ben quite some time since I've looked at the guideline and there
>>>>> something that I don't quite understand.
>>>>>
>>>>> It states
>>>>>
>>>>> Theme *must not* incorporate the following features:
>>>>>
>>>>> Admin Pointers
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone please explain what that mean?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sorry if this already bee coveredsomewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Daniel Fenn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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