[theme-reviewers] Tags and description.

Fri Aug 23 19:49:02 UTC 2013

Never mind, after almost 90 e-mail's I got lost for a moment :)

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>wrote:

> @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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