[theme-reviewers] "Theme Options" without a theme options page

[Caroline Moore]

That's what I was thinking.  Thanks, Chip!

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Any content in a Theme that is *intended* to be modified by the end user
> belongs in Theme options. Requiring users to edit Theme template files is
> not acceptable, because such changes are not protected.
>
> Chip
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Caroline Moore <calobee at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The theme I'm reviewing (#6411) includes icons for Facebook and Twitter
>> in the header, and by default they link to #facebook and #twitter,
>> respectively.  The readme suggests that users can add their own URLs by
>> editing header.php.
>>
>> This doesn't seem user-friendly--upon activation the theme displays
>> buttons that are, effectively, broken, and then the user has to go out of
>> their way to edit header.php (assuming they know how to do so in the first
>> place) to make it work.
>>
>> In my review, can I require the icons be "opt-in" by the user, or
>> commented out by default? A Theme Options area of some kind would be ideal
>> but I don't think that's something we can require theme devs implement, is
>> it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Caro
>>
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