[theme-reviewers] input from theme reviewers - top do's and don'ts

[Chip Bennett]

I think those will make great presentation points, Kirk!

If it will be helpful, feel free to use anything you need from my WC
presentations (all of which, so far, involve Theme development and review):
http://www.slideshare.net/chipbennett/edit_my_uploads

What kinds of examples/code/comments are you looking for?

Chip

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:

> Hello all theme reviewers,
>
> I'll be giving a presentation at our next WordPress dev meetup (Montreal)
> about theme review; the process in general, and code requirements/best
> practices for a successful submission. While I obviously won't be speaking
> officially for the TRT, I'd like some input from you all regarding some
> content. Any appropriate examples with your comments would be greatly
> appreciated too!
>
>
> Top three do's for getting your theme accepted:
>
>    - Make sure your theme meets all of the requirements. ALL of them. If
>    you're unsure about a requirement, don't submit it and hope for the best -
>    ask on the mailing list and do it correctly before submitting.
>    - Develop with WP_DEBUG true, and with the Theme Check, Log Deprecated
>    Notices, and Debug Bar plugins activated.
>    - Subscribe to the theme-reviewers mailing list, as well as the TRT P2
>    site to stay up-to-date.
>
>
> Top three don'ts for getting your theme rejected:
>
>    - Don't try to "game the system": coding around issues rather than
>    solving them, spammy links, base64_decode, submitting under different
>    profiles
>    - Don't be abusive or threatening
>    - Don't be vague about licensing; all themes in the theme repo must be
>    100% GPL-compatible, and explicitly declared so (this includes all code and
>    binaries, such as images and icons)
>
>
>
>
>
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