[theme-reviewers] Is everything o sidebar required to be widgets?

[Daniel Fenn]

You know what? You made some good points, and in the end I just went
and made it into a widget, learnt the hard way that I could just about
copy and paste the code that I already got there.

Only took me an extra 15 mins or so.






On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> A "sidebar" is simply a page element, like header, footer, and content area.
> It's just a "column of stuff". To me, the common-sense way to answer your
> question would be: what is the nature of the "stuff"?
>
> If the "stuff" is content defined by the core widgets (category lists,
> recent posts, archive lists, posts calendar, etc.), then yes, that should be
> widgetized. But other "stuff" that you're adding via Theme option? No, not
> necessarily. (Though in many cases, I would recommend wrapping that custom
> content in a Widget, to give the user more flexibility regarding placement.)
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Reviewers,
>>
>> Just a question, if I put someing in the sidebar, is it required to be
>> a widget? Is having an option on the theme option page enough (to
>> disable the feature)?
>>
>> Image: http://www.wp-united.com/download/file.php?id=267 (Where the
>> author's details and link to PM ect)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniel Fenn
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