[theme-reviewers] Theme options page

[Srikanth Koneru]

I don't think any of that is allowed. If its dynamic, developers can use it
to promote non-gpl themes/plugins after the theme is approved.
I vaguely remember a discussion where adding a dashboard widget was
considered no-no, Its probably in archives if you can go through it.
If it was allowed, a bunch of themes would be doing it already, since they
are not its safe to assume its not allowed :)



On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:

> As long as it pertains to the theme I would see no reason for it to be
> wrong. If it alters anything that would change when changing themes then no.
>
> I've never been a fan of themes that have dependencies on plugins, but
> that's neither here or there. As for the code: can't recall, I'd have to
> quick search and am on my phone....
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:45 PM, Paul Appleyard <paul at spacecat.com> wrote:
>
> > Yup as long as the theme's not eval'ing any code pushed through it heh :)
> >
> > Corollary to that: is it acceptable to add a dashboard widget? Something
> innocuous, for highlighting reasons to upgrade the theme etc.
> >
> > And while I'm here: Can someone refresh my memory about where to get
> that code block / function / plugin for prompting users to install plugins
> that are companions to (or recommended to work with) a theme?
> >
> > Many thanks :)
> >
> > Paul Appleyard
> >
> > On 12/04/2013 3:35 PM, Jose Castaneda wrote:
> >> I would say as long as there are no errors being caused but I could be
> wrong on that. And yes, it has gotten a little quiet. Family and work seem
> to lurk at every corner. ;)
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Paul Appleyard <paul at spacecat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Gotten quiet around here..
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, can someone refresh my memory on the policy regarding content
> on theme options pages? Can I have the page grab a dynamic piece of HTML
> (say with file_get_contents('http://author.com/news.html') relating to
> other themes, new features, stuff like that?
> >>>
> >>> Or does it need to be hard-coded in to the admin page?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers!
> >>> Paul Appleyard
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