[theme-reviewers] Formal Request for Change of Methodology.

[Dane Morgan]

But making the cookie look different, the display of the site, is 
precisely what a them is. No one is talking about a 'level playing 
field'.  There is no socialist agenda to drag you down. It is simply 
that a theme should display the content, not create it.

Plugins create any additional content needed, and and can displayed 
differently by simply switching to a new theme.

You seem to feel that HTML and CSS are somehow lesser things that you 
can not stand apart upon.

Have you considered that you might be more fulfilled as a plugin 
developer and let others mess with that all round?

On 2013-06-26 12:05, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) wrote:
> I'll provide a different set of logic.
>
> Limiting the potential of a theme that has features that no other 
> theme has is akin to making cookies all in the shape of Santa, but 
> have one in the shape of a reindeer.    Just because the reindeer is 
> unique they're all still cookies and taste just as good; one just has 
> a different feature then the others.
>
> This isn't an "Equal Playing Field for all" situation, which is pretty 
> much how some are looking at it.     While the core components need to 
> be up to date, pass the theme unit test, not have errors.   The themes 
> themselves could be as feature rich as the developer wants to have them.
>
> Let's take the scenario that all themes must be created equal, not 
> have features that are only available to it by programming it into the 
> theme. You might as well just hand someone the back end programming of 
> a theme and say, here .. change the CSS and HTML to your liking, 
> everything else is required to be the way it is.    I certainly do not 
> want that.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Dane Morgan
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:50 AM
> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> Cc: Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Formal Request for Change of Methodology.
>
> On 2013-06-26 00:29, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) wrote:
>> If they use the theme and use those shortcodes, then that is the 
>> theme that is using it, to require shortcodes to be cross compatible 
>> and in a plugin is simply ridiculous.
>>
>> The end user, while picking a theme will choose a theme that has 
>> features that they want.   When they choose another theme that 
>> doesn't have those previous themes features they miss out, it's not a 
>> question of requiring a compatibility.
>
> it isn't ridiculous in the least. themes should control the appearance
> of the site, not the content. Short codes create content and should thus
> be in a plugin so that the user can creat the content and then keep it
> should they decide they want the page to look differently.
>
> Saying otherwise is like saying the guy who soaps the store windows
> should have control of the inventory. That is what ridiculous looks like.