[theme-reviewers] Theme author is asking end user to install less php

[Amy Hendrix]

I'd say that both Sass and LESS files should be accepted (because if
you're a Sass or LESS user, it's far preferable to make any downstream
changes to the original files) -- but the theme should be packaged
with compiled css, and not depend on running any preprocessing live,
whether it's directly on the server or by way of a WP plugin.

Emil, the tutorial you point to is about using preprocessors in your
development environment and compiling out the finished css. The
original question was about requiring libraries to compile it live on
the server, which should not be approved IMO (and which is a terrible
idea for preprocessing performance, but that's a debate that's way out
of scope for this list!)

Personally, I love preprocessors; I think it's the way of the future
and I maintain a library for working with Sass and _s. But asking
users to install extra libraries just to be able to use a theme at all
is _doing_it_wrong().

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
> Both Sass and LESS preprocessor should be accepted.
> Not really sure if you need any extra PHP's for this.
> Take a look at this brief tut.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The thing to remember about the WordPress theme repo is that not everybody
>> that will use your theme is a developer. More often than not it is a person
>> with little to no knowledge of web development or programming prowess. What
>> I would do is include both the LESS files and the compiled CSS and leave a
>> note on the readme file or put up some sort of notice.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:54 AM, divesh kumar <diveshkumar1983 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> hi greg
>>>
>>> but if i use compiled css it will be just a plain css and nobody would
>>> get to know that its using lessphp.
>>>
>>> On Jul 4, 2013 5:15 PM, "Srikanth Koneru" <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The basic theme must function without depending on any plugin. You can
>>>> have additional features which can come live if plugins(that are required
>>>> for those features) are activated.
>>>> If lessphp framework is allowed in themes, you can bundle it with your
>>>> theme itself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:52 PM, divesh kumar <diveshkumar1983 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Kavita,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the reference. so that means user must install that plugin
>>>>> in order to use my theme. Can i create any kind of dependency of my theme to
>>>>> use this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Kavita Kumawat <erkavecb at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you may want to check this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-less/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Kavita
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:34 PM, divesh kumar
>>>>>> <diveshkumar1983 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does that means I cannot use SASS or any other CSS framework with
>>>>>>> wordpress theme. I don't think this make sense.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Themes should work out of the box.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, carolina poena
>>>>>>>> <myazalea at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ticket: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12893
>>>>>>>>> In readme:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Upload the `snAdaptive` folder to the `/wp-content/themes/`
>>>>>>>>> directory
>>>>>>>>> 2. Download lessphp framework from
>>>>>>>>> http://leafo.net/lessphp/src/lessphp-0.3.9.tar.gz.
>>>>>>>>> 3. Extract it in the directory themes/snAdaptive/lessphp.
>>>>>>>>> 4. Make sure there is a file less.inc.php in directory
>>>>>>>>> /themes/snAdaptive/lessphp/.
>>>>>>>>> 5. Now you are ready to use the theme.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The theme will not be approved eitherway but this is not ok right?
>>>>>>>>> ^^
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> //Carolina
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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