[theme-reviewers] Frontpage Templating

[Evan Scoboria]

Thanks Chip,

Maybe there's a way I can restructure my template hierarchy
to accommodate this.. or even set a condition to show different content
depending on the situation.

Would it be frowned upon if I developed a function to create
and automatically populate a "Theme Home Page" page after_setup_theme? I
could use this page to display theme features and populate the front page
in addition to providing some instruction on correct theme setup.

Best,

Evan

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Evan Scoboria

Shea Media, LLC
785.685.4130
evan at sheamediaco.com
www.sheamediaco.com


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Evan,
>
> In the future (depending on when the related core ticket is completed),
> Themes will be able to declare that they are intended to display a static
> front page by default. At that time, I would assume that the previewer will
> be configured to support such Theme declarations. Until then, I believe
> that all Themes display the blog posts index in the previewer.
>
> Otto may be able to provide more details on that front...
>
> Regards,
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Evan Scoboria <evan at sheamediaco.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Chip,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> I guess that was an awkward way of saying that without the custom front
>> page set, the theme will not be displaying all the features I've tried to
>> make available through the custom front page template.
>>
>> I've also built an automated example content loader that creates a front
>> page along with some secondary pages, a few posts, a couple custom
>> post-type items, generates a menu, and attaches featured images where
>> useful. Would a feature like this be considered for use when setting up the
>> theme?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Evan
>> --
>> Evan Scoboria
>>
>> Shea Media, LLC
>> 785.685.4130
>> evan at sheamediaco.com
>> www.sheamediaco.com
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Why will things not "really work the way they should" if the blog posts
>>> index is displayed as the site front page?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Evan Scoboria <evan at sheamediaco.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have a theme that went through it's first round of review last week
>>>> and as I'm fixing the few issues that were listed I realized I had a
>>>> question about how themes are displayed on the directory. The theme I'm
>>>> working on uses a custom frontpage template. Without applying it things
>>>> don't really work the way they should. Will a "home" page with the correct
>>>> template be applied as the Front Page in Settings >> Reading if this is how
>>>> the theme works best?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all for the guidance,
>>>>
>>>> Evan
>>>> --
>>>> Evan Scoboria
>>>>
>>>> Shea Media, LLC
>>>> 785.685.4130
>>>> evan at sheamediaco.com
>>>> www.sheamediaco.com
>>>>
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