[theme-reviewers] flexible-width tag

[Josh Pollock]

+1 on responsive.

This is an opportunity to get a really decent definition of what responsive
actually means, and make that definition meaningful with that tag.


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> A new tag, such as "Responsive", or any new tag for that matter should
> definitely have its own discussion thread ... and would require a buy-in
> from dot-org to have it added. As such, I would suggest any new tags be
> submitted to core as enhancements once a reasonably effective process can
> be established that reviewers can use to meet the tag usage requirements
> that will most likely need to be added to the guidelines.
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Towfiq I. <tislam100 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> me too.  +1 to a Responsive tag
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I, too, am in favor of a responsive tag.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
>>> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm in favor of responsive tag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Amy Hendrix
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 11:05 AM
>>>> To: Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
>>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] flexible-width tag
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1 to a Responsive tag. A few releases ago, it was reasonable to say
>>>> that it wasn't yet an understood or accepted term, but it's clearly
>>>> there now; moreover, it's something people want or need to search for
>>>> -- I've even heard people saying that there are only a handful of
>>>> responsive themes in the repo, when there are quite a lot. It's past
>>>> due.
>>>>
>>>> BUT... the proper place for this discussion is a 3.6 guidelines
>>>> discussion, not a clarification of a completely different tag -- do we
>>>> have one of those yet?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I agree with Cais - but some have argued that it does mean responsive.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried several times to get a new responsive tag added, but it
>>>>> seems
>>>>> there is no consensus on the term to use: responsive or mobile
>>>>> friendly. Not
>>>>> having a specific tag is a disservice to WordPress users, and I wish
>>>>> some
>>>>> kind of tag could be added. At this point, I would vote for
>>>>> 'responsive'
>>>>> since I believe that is fairly well understood.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Wampler
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Edward Caissie <
>>>>> edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> flexible-width !== responsive
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Think of flexible-width more along the lines of "fluid" width ...
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> may be some "responsive" qualities but the basics are more along the
>>>>>> lines
>>>>>> of the theme width / columns being full-screen width or of a similar
>>>>>> nature.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Edward Caissie
>>>>>> aka Cais.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ola Łączek <ola at bodera.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could someone explain to me meaning of flexible-width theme tag? Does
>>>>>>> it mean responsive or something else entirely?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>> Ola Łączek
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