[theme-reviewers] Tags and description.

[Ulrich Pogson]

@Chip I like where you are taking this.

@Emil What list?


On 23 August 2013 21:10, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> Nice, thanks!
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, so :
>> Responsive, E-Commerce, Business, Portfolio, News/Magazine, Video,
>> Accessibility.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>>> accessibility
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> He can add these i guess :
>>>> Responsive, E-Commerce, Business, Portfolio, News/Magazine, Video.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> @Ulrich, do you still keep the list?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, Business/Corporate is one tag that is needed badly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Justin Tadlock <
>>>>>> justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I definitely agree, Chip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wanted to focus on a set of meaningful tags that described "types"
>>>>>>> of themes though.  We've kind of taken a single tag,  e-commerce, and ran
>>>>>>> with it (with some good ideas too).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's one of my favorite tags:
>>>>>>> http://wordpress.org/themes/tags/photoblogging
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think a good first step would be for us to come up with similar,
>>>>>>> useful tags for users that describe the types of themes they can download.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8/23/2013 1:48 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I definitely see benefit in a both/and approach, rather than
>>>>>>> either/or, to "e-commerce" and "plugin-support-{plugin}" tags. And in all
>>>>>>> honesty, getting a generic "e-commerce" tag approved is probably easier and
>>>>>>> more feasible in the short-term.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  But I'd still like to see some standard way for Themes to declare
>>>>>>> that support, since if the "e-commerce" tag is added, a reviewer is going
>>>>>>> to have to verify the tag is appropriate. A simple add_theme_support(
>>>>>>> 'plugin-name' ) call would meet that requirement very nicely.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Justin Tadlock <
>>>>>>> justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm re-posting this because my last email went to moderation for
>>>>>>>> file size.  I'm not sure who's in charge of that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I like the idea of automation for plugin support.  We just need
>>>>>>>> plugins and themes to start talking to each other via add_theme_support(),
>>>>>>>> which seems to be a growing standard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To answer the question of "what is an e-commerce theme?" I'd say
>>>>>>>> any theme that's built to support any e-commerce plugin. We shard start
>>>>>>>> creating a set of guidelines that define these tags.  Maybe we won't have
>>>>>>>> all the answers, but we can at least start formulating a standard to go by.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What's going to be even more useful is themes getting the same
>>>>>>>> "readme.txt" treatment that plugins get.  It would help expand on, say,
>>>>>>>> what e-commerce solution(s) it supports.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not all users look for a WooCommerce, JigoShop, or whatever theme
>>>>>>>> to start out.  Many of them don't really know they'll need both a plugin
>>>>>>>> and theme for an e-commerce site.  So, they go out looking for a theme.
>>>>>>>>  They know they want to run an e-commerce site.  We should provide a way
>>>>>>>> for them to find the solution they're looking for.  Having a generic
>>>>>>>> e-commerce tag would go a long way in helping them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> E-commerce is just one of several tags though.  We should focus on
>>>>>>>> what tags we can feasibly define to some degree and come up with a list.
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