[theme-reviewers] Questions on my first review

[Chip Bennett]

Every Theme is reviewed on its own, including Child Themes. A Child Theme
should not be not-approved because of something in the Parent Theme.

And a note on content-sharing links as Plugin territory: let's apply some
common sense, and not fail a Theme solely for including content-sharing
links/buttons. Just note it as required, but allow it to be addressed in
the next Theme revision. As reviewers, you have the flexibility to work
with Theme developers, to keep tickets open to allow required issues to be
resolved, and to allow minor issues to be resolved in subsequent Theme
revisions.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:56 PM, devcorn <wp at devcorn.com> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I know there is so much discussed here on content sharing links... but I
> encountered one more thing while reviewing following child theme ..
>
> what if the currently approved parent is endorsing the content sharing
> functionality?? what review should be done for child in queue??
>
> I disapproved the following child theme, not only because its parent using
> sharing links.. but also as the child theme also have custom icons bundled
> for content sharing.. your suggestions as there are so many in queue from
> the same author.. the author for parent and child is also same. :)
>
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12484
>
> -Ash
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Peter Kakoma <kakomap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just read the re-worded guideline. More concise. Great stuff.  Thanks Chip
>>
>> *steps away to let the content-sharing buttons debate proceed*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:17 AM, devcorn <wp at devcorn.com> wrote:
>>> > I still think the social button links should be allowed in themes, for
>>> > example see the Oracle website http://oracle.com, you will see the
>>> small
>>> > social media links in the footer..
>>>
>>> Just for greater clarity in this conversation, there are "links" and
>>> then there are "share buttons". These are not the same thing.
>>>
>>> A share button would be like a Facebook Like Button, or the Twitter
>>> Tweet button, or the Google +1 button. These are probably plugin
>>> territory.
>>>
>>> A link is, essentially, just a link. You click it, and it goes
>>> somewhere. Those make perfect sense in a theme.
>>>
>>> -Otto
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> www.urbanlegendkampala.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> theme-reviewers mailing list
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20130614/c547805f/attachment.html>