[theme-reviewers] Webmaster Tools IDs - plugin territory?

[Jason Clarke]

Sounds good - I'll go forward with that info - thank you for the discussion.

I am genuinely curious in this case - what is the difference between
denying an Analytics snippet from being allowed theme options, but allowing
a third-party ID?

Jason

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> Theme author's should be allowed to add this in Theme Options
> and like Chip says if there's no impact to the Theme in any way
> it's fine.
>
> Now, as far as what happens when user switches the Theme
> is completely up to user, their responsibility.
>
> What happens when plugin author does not update the plugin,
> it may break right? same thing when they switch the Theme :)
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> Partly rhetorical questions:
>>
>> 1) What is the purpose of Google Webmaster Tools and Alexa?
>> 2) Do those things impact the presentation of user content?
>> 3) Would the end user be adversely impacted if those things were lost
>> when switching Themes?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Jason Clarke <jgc at jasonclarke.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Admins,
>>>
>>> Long-time listener, first-time caller here- in reviewing my first theme,
>>> I remembered a recent list discussion on how Analytics-specific fields in
>>> themes are not allowed because they're considered plugin territory.
>>>
>>> On a related note, I'm assuming that other similar fields such as
>>> "Google Webmaster Tools ID" and "Alexa ID" are also plugin territory- can
>>> the admins confirm this is the case?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> PS - As a side/related note, it would be super helpful if the list
>>> archives where somehow searchable - that might be one more avenue for
>>> newbies like myself to check before emailing the list (assuming guidelines
>>> haven't changed).
>>>
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