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

[Chip Bennett]

Er, that link might not work :)

http://www.slideshare.net/chipbennett

Chip

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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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>>
>
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