[theme-reviewers] Theme options quandary

[Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)]

Going to appearance -> header is a standard that everyone gets to know 
jumping from theme to theme.   If you have it in your options, it's not the 
'likely' place people look for it since it's standard to change it in the 
appearance -> header.   Keeping things consistent is more important then 
extra clicks.


-----Original Message----- 
From: JDG
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:20 PM
To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
Subject: [theme-reviewers] Theme options quandary

I've got a theme that I'm working on that I would like to provide some 
options for. I know that using the built in Custom Header and Custom 
Background options are preferred for those customizations, but I would like 
to provide the ability to customize the background color (not an image) of 
the header, an option not provided by the built in functions. Do I do this 
via a second theme options page and provide the rest Custom Header 
functionality via the built in function? Or, do I consolidate all the 
customizations on to one theme options page and ditch the built in Custom 
Header page?

>From a WordPress best practices perspective, I think using the built in 
Custom Header function would be the way to go, but from a usability 
perspective this seems confusing. I know I wouldn't want to have to go to 2 
or 3 different pages to change one section of the site. Any input?
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