[theme-reviewers] Standard Theme Hooks

Edward Caissie edward.caissie at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 18:49:16 UTC 2012


I agree with Daniel on the naming conventions ... and it is why I support
the core ticket code and the ideals of the Theme Hooks Alliance, but not
the "tha" code.
This may be splitting hairs, but all the same a WordPress-centric idea
should ideally follow WordPress established conventions.


Cais.


On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Daniel Tara <contact at onedesigns.com> wrote:

> I don't understand why THA must alter a convention that was always in
> place in theme hooks.
>
> i.e. It has always been mytheme_before_header, mytheme_after_header and so
> on. It's semantic and all major frameworks do it this way..
>
> Is there a particular reason THA has them as tha_header_before,
> the_header_after and so on?
>
> Also, is this is to be made standard will the tha_ prefix be used? I'd
> rather go with something more familiar like wp_.
>
> Just my 2c.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Nov 2, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>
> Ditto, Emil and Michael!
>
> I speak only for myself, but I believe one of the underlying attitudes
> among those discussing the Theme Hooks Alliance was that it was only
> necessary because nothing was defined in core, and that it would always be
> preferable to adopt a core-defined set of standard Theme template hooks.
> Thus, I think it would be most beneficial to start with a consensus,
> whether from the THA or from the Trac ticket. Bearing in mind that the THA
> can always, and easily, support/implement core-defined hooks, I would think
> that the best place to start is the core "subset" of template hooks.
>
> I intend to support either and/or both, so I am easily persuaded.
>
> Chip
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>
>> It was great meeting you as well :)
>>
>> Theme Hook Alliance is already in place, can we just start with that?
>>
>> Emil
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Although I am interested in the Theme Hook Alliance ideas and support
>>> their efforts, the core ticket ideas being put forward seem a more feasible
>>> starting point.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cais.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Michael Fields <michael at mfields.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Theme Review Team,
>>>>
>>>> It was great to finally meet a few of you in Tybee earlier this week.
>>>> One topic that came up at least three times was that of standard theme
>>>> hooks. Many people (including myself) are interested in seeing something
>>>> along these lines officially accepted by the WordPress community. I was
>>>> wondering if it might be possible to work out a recommended set of theme
>>>> hooks that could be added as part of the review guidelines.
>>>>
>>>> There are currently two ideas on the table:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Theme Hook Alliance .........
>>>> https://github.com/zamoose/themehookalliance
>>>> 2. Core ticket #21506 ..........
>>>> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21506
>>>>
>>>> While I personally like how #2 keeps things concise I also see a
>>>> benefit in the flexibility provided by the Theme Hook Alliance.
>>>> I would love to reach on consensus here so that we all can start using
>>>> standard hooks :)
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> -Mike
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