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

Fri Jul 5 00:33:44 UTC 2013

No clue.

Is it important enough to warrant someone arguing the case for inclusion?

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com> wrote:

> @Chip
>
> Do you think there is any chance of a LESS or SASS preprocesser getting
> accepted into core if it was submitted?
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps a more ideal solution would be to submit a core ticket/patch to
>> get a preprocessor in core? That way, core, Plugins, and Themes can rely on
>> the core-bundled preprocessor.
>>
>> Until then, as Emil said: as long as the Theme works properly out of the
>> box, it's fine for Themes to ship with options/integration to support a
>> Plugin that adds a preprocessor.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>>> *I meant*
>>>
>>> No need to rely or require WP-LESS*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If he ships the Theme with LESS as an additional (optional) feature and
>>>> the Theme
>>>> works out of the box as you and Chip mentioned, it's still good to go
>>>> and acceptable :)
>>>>
>>>> No need to rely or require on WP-LESS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Josh Pollock <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> @Divesh-
>>>>>
>>>>> If you ship your theme with processed and unprocessed code, as well as
>>>>> directions in your readme for using wpless with your theme then all of
>>>>> the requirements (theme review guidelines and yours) will be met. That way
>>>>> it works out of the box, but the end user knows you used wpless and how to
>>>>> use it to modify your theme.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> even though if there's an option and the Theme works
>>>>>> right without the preprocessors is not the reason to fail
>>>>>> a Theme
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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