[theme-reviewers] Tags and description.
Justin Tadlock
justin at justintadlock.com
Fri Aug 23 16:35:07 UTC 2013
I actually like those top-level categories from ThemeForest. Users are
probably more likely to look for an "e-commerce" theme rather than a
"blue" theme. Or, better yet, they could search for a "blue" +
"e-commerce" theme, which just instantly makes searching themes more useful.
Also, I think we should propose dropping the "threaded-comments" tag.
All themes are required to support this now, so this offers no real benefit.
On 8/22/2013 11:34 PM, Josh Pollock wrote:
> @justin agreed.
>
> We ned to think about more than just mobile/responsive/etc tags.
>
> What about tags based one end purpose, how do we feel about reviewing
> those? For instance theme forest has these top level categories for
> their WordPress themes: Blog/ magazine, creative, corporate, retail,
> technology, nonprofit, entertainment, miscellaneous, mobile,
> buddypress, and ecommerce. Could we do tags like that? What about a
> CMS tag?
>
> @emil - There is no guarantee that there will be new tags. This
> process is very preliminary. But if a useful set of tags can be
> generated by the THX38 project, then a new search filtering system
> based on those tags will have a good shot at being implemented.
> I'm trying to take some initiative to bring the theme review team's
> thoughts on tags back to the THX38 team because I'm the only theme
> reviewer that was present for the first THX38 meeting and a lot of
> ideas for new tags were thrown around, which made me worry about how
> we were going to review them. Basically, I'd rather say, "this is what
> the theme review team discussion resulted in", then say, "as one of
> the theme reviewers this is what I think."
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Justin Tadlock
> <justin at justintadlock.com <mailto:justin at justintadlock.com>> wrote:
>
> I agree with Chip that one tag would be better for end users.
> However, I also think we need to propose multiple tags to whoever
> is in charge of this. So, having a list of potential tags with
> their definitions is what we should put together.
>
> On that note, I've never had a user ask for an "adaptive" theme.
> It's mostly "responsive." But, "mobile-ready" and "mobile-first"
> are terms that are also thrown around a bit.
>
> Also, I dislike the phrase "fluid grid system" when referring to
> responsive design. Maybe something along the lines of "a fluid
> layout that responds to screen size." Anyway, I'm just nit-picking
> words here.
>
>
> On 8/22/2013 10:52 PM, Josh Pollock wrote:
>> @chip- I think there is a good chance of a lot of new tags being
>> added. Everyone agrees we need to be able to filter search
>> results based on tags and the current set of tags doesn't do it.
>>
>> What does it hurt to create a list of tag and definitions that
>> the theme review team thinks would be useful and we could review
>> fairly?
>>
>> I think it would be better if we brainstormed a list without any
>> premptive doomsaying, so I can take it back to the THX38 meeting
>> as the theme review teams ideas on new tags, instead of just
>> bringing own ideas.
>>
>> On Thursday, August 22, 2013, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>
>> My main problem with that is that it's still adding three
>> tags where currently none exist. I just don't see that flying
>> with the powers-that-be. I think our best bet of getting
>> *any* tags added is to keep to a single tag.
>>
>> IMHO, the tag list could probably stand for a bit of an
>> overhaul - but that would be a bigger discussion than this one.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Josh Pollock
>> <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> How about this:
>>
>> Responsive: "A theme with a layout that employs a fluid
>> grid system that changes in response to screen size."
>> Mobile-Optimized: "A theme that adjusts its layout,
>> reduces the sizes of its media elements and otherwise
>> improves the page load time and user experience for mobile."
>> Mobile: "A Theme that is designed to be used only on
>> mobile devices."
>>
>> Notice I left adaptive off of the list, and I'm open to
>> leaving mobile off too if its not needed.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Emil Uzelac
>> <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>> mobile-responsive and that includes both?
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2013 5:46 PM, "Emil Uzelac"
>> <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>> Whatever is better. :-)
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2013 5:44 PM, "Chip Bennett"
>> <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>
>> Remember: those tags are, primarily, for
>> *users* rather than for developers. To the
>> end user: what's the tangible difference
>> between "responsive" and "adaptive"? In this
>> case, "end user" could be both the site owner
>> (the one who chooses and installs the Theme)
>> or the site visitor (who would view the
>> website via devices with various screen sizes).
>>
>> Do a developer, I agree 100% that the two
>> terms have tangible, meaningful differences.
>>
>> I'm just struggling to see how a user would
>> see any difference whatsoever. In both cases,
>> the Theme is designed to work on devices with
>> variously small screen sizes.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Josh Pollock
>> <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree and disagree with Chip. I agree
>> we need to find the definition that is
>> most useful to end users and two tags
>> with the same definition is probably
>> confusing. The problem is some end users
>> are more sophisticated than others. Some
>> know what responsive means, some don't.
>> That said, we shouldn't equate the two,
>> because they are different. GIve me a
>> little time and I will propose some new
>> definitions.
>>
>> @Ulrich We can't just add tags to the
>> guidelines. They need to be supported by
>> core. As part of the THX38 project this
>> will most likely happening. I'm hoping to
>> go to the next THX38 meeting with a list
>> of tags that we, as theme reviewers, want
>> added and feel like we can review properly.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Chip
>> Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>
>> I'm one of those people who doesn't
>> know the difference between
>> "responsive" and "adaptive". Well,
>> until just now, because I googled it
>> <http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/web-designer/what-is-the-difference-between-responsive-vs-adaptive-web-design/>.
>>
>>
>> The TL;DR of that article:
>>
>>
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