[theme-reviewers] Frontpage Templating

[Chip Bennett]

Yes, that would very much be frowned upon. Themes should not create static
pages.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Evan Scoboria <evan at sheamediaco.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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>
> 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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