[theme-reviewers] Themes that do not have category, taxonomy archive

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Tue May 21 01:01:36 UTC 2013 

What Amy said.

WordPress will fall back to index.php to render the category and tag
archive index pages, if more specific template files are not included.

Also: please do not reply to digest emails; just start a new email thread.

Thanks,

Chip


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com> wrote:

> category.php and taxonomy.php are not required. The WordPress template
> hierarchy is designed so that if specialized templates like those are
> not present, the index.php file will be used -- if you review the
> Theme Review guidelines, you'll find the information about exactly
> which templates are required there.
>
> However, both Tags and Categories MUST be displayed with the post
> they're associated with; this information is included in the Theme
> Unit Test documentation.
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Harish <me at harishchouhan.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I did a first theme review and noticed the theme to not have any
> Category or
> > Taxonomy Archive. Except on the sidebar, the theme did not display any
> > category or tag assigned to the post either on the Post Index or Single
> post
> > page.
> >
> > Should such themes be approved or not approved?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Harish
> >
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> >    1. the_excerpt() in the loop (Stephen Cui)
> >    2. Re: the_excerpt() in the loop (Chip Bennett)
> >    3. Re: Push Live Request (Chip Bennett)
> >    4. Re: Push Live Request (Daniel)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 18:43:09 -0500
> > From: Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com>
> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> > Subject: [theme-reviewers] the_excerpt() in the loop
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a observation: I have reviewed several themes for past weeks. It
> seems
> > that the_excerpt() become the only choice in the main lopp (e.g
> index.php)
> > for may theme authors.. I know it is not required to use the_content() in
> > the the guideline. I just want to know what is your thoughts on this
> trend?
> >
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:39 -0400
> > From: Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> > To: "[theme-reviewers]" <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] the_excerpt() in the loop
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> > Developer prerogative. As long as the single-post view displays
> > the_content(), then archive index views are free to use either
> > the_content() or the_excerpt().
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Just a observation: I have reviewed several themes for past weeks. It
> >> seems that the_excerpt() become the only choice in the main lopp (e.g
> >> index.php) for may theme authors.. I know it is not required to use
> >> the_content() in the the guideline. I just want to know what is your
> >> thoughts on this trend?
> >>
> >> Stephen
> >>
> >>
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 20:07:40 -0400
> > From: Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> > To: "[theme-reviewers]" <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Push Live Request
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> > Post (with poll) to discuss the idea of having Priority #1 Queue tickets
> > reserved for Admin review:
> >
> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/05/21/should-priority-1-queue-be-reser
> > ved-for-admin-review/
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I'll write up something this evening on Make/Themes, and solicit
> >> feedback on the idea.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Josh Pollock
> > <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> @chip I honk that's a good idea, to make priority #1 queue reviewed
> >>> by admins only. It should speed up the queue for new themes, as it
> >>> would let the rest of us concentrate on that backlog. What if we try
> >>> it, and if it results in a backlog of previously approved themes, or
> >>> takes up too much of the admins' time, we assign 1 or 2 experienced
> >>> reviewers to help them out with those reviews?
> >>>
> >>> On Monday, May 20, 2013, Zulfikar Nore wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> @Justin - that's another idea worth keeping in mind, thanks for
> >>>> sharing
> >>>> - I'm learning new tricks as I go along :)
> >>>>
> >>>> @Chip that's a great idea on "Only Admins reviewing priority 1 que"
> >>>> - the only concern would Admins being over used allover the place
> >>>> i.e. review priority 1 & push live, check other reviewers reviews &
> >>>> push those live, allocate tickets and maybe training new reviewers?
> >>>> But if it can be worked then I'm all for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------
> >>>> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:34:38 -0500
> >>>> From: justin at justintadlock.com
> >>>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> >>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Push Live Request
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, you can download the newer version directly from .ORG.  If I
> >>>> have a theme update, I change the download links on my site to the
> >>>> newer version, even if it hasn't been through the review process yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 5/20/2013 9:35 AM, Paul Appleyard wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Zulf,
> >>>>
> >>>> Perhaps you can email those desperate users the update directly?
> >>>> Most themes I develop are also generally available from a git hub or
> >>>> bitbucket repository for direct download.
> >>>>
> >>>> Paul Appleyard
> >>>>
> >>>> On 21/05/2013 12:32 AM, Zulfikar Nore wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello Admins,
> >>>>
> >>>> I know its not been 7 days since approval but can I be cheeky and
> >>>> ask for these two to pushed live as the updates resolve an issue a
> >>>> couple of the users are having..
> >>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12469
> >>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12479
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Zulf.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> theme-reviewers mailing
> >>>> listtheme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.orghttp://lists.wordpress.org/ma
> >>>> ilman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> theme-reviewers mailing
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> >>>> ilman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:34 +1000
> > From: Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com>
> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Push Live Request
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> > Love the idea and already voted :)
> >
> > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Post (with poll) to discuss the idea of having Priority #1 Queue
> >> tickets reserved for Admin review:
> >>
> >> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/05/21/should-priority-1-queue-be
> >> -reserved-for-admin-review/
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'll write up something this evening on Make/Themes, and solicit
> >>> feedback on the idea.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Josh Pollock
> > <jpollock412 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> @chip I honk that's a good idea, to make priority #1 queue reviewed
> >>>> by admins only. It should speed up the queue for new themes, as it
> >>>> would let the rest of us concentrate on that backlog. What if we try
> >>>> it, and if it results in a backlog of previously approved themes, or
> >>>> takes up too much of the admins' time, we assign 1 or 2 experienced
> >>>> reviewers to help them out with those reviews?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Monday, May 20, 2013, Zulfikar Nore wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>  @Justin - that's another idea worth keeping in mind, thanks for
> >>>>> sharing - I'm learning new tricks as I go along :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> @Chip that's a great idea on "Only Admins reviewing priority 1 que"
> >>>>> - the only concern would Admins being over used allover the place
> >>>>> i.e. review priority 1 & push live, check other reviewers reviews &
> >>>>> push those live, allocate tickets and maybe training new reviewers?
> >>>>> But if it can be worked then I'm all for it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  ------------------------------
> >>>>> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:34:38 -0500
> >>>>> From: justin at justintadlock.com
> >>>>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Push Live Request
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also, you can download the newer version directly from .ORG.  If I
> >>>>> have a theme update, I change the download links on my site to the
> >>>>> newer version, even if it hasn't been through the review process yet.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 5/20/2013 9:35 AM, Paul Appleyard wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Zulf,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Perhaps you can email those desperate users the update directly?
> >>>>> Most themes I develop are also generally available from a git hub
> >>>>> or bitbucket repository for direct download.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Paul Appleyard
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 21/05/2013 12:32 AM, Zulfikar Nore wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hello Admins,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I know its not been 7 days since approval but can I be cheeky and
> >>>>> ask for these two to pushed live as the updates resolve an issue a
> >>>>> couple of the users are having..
> >>>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12469
> >>>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12479
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Zulf.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> theme-reviewers mailing
> >>>>> listtheme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.orghttp://lists.wordpress.org/m
> >>>>> ailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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