[theme-reviewers] Regarding default logo of theme.

Fri Oct 11 15:21:52 UTC 2013

If the logo is simply a text term turned into an image: what's the point?
Simply fall back to bloginfo( 'name' ).

I view a Theme-name text-only logo as little more than an extra marketing
attempt.

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Ronnel Angelo <ronnel.angelo at gmail.com>wrote:

> Is the author's theme logo not acceptable because it is the same as the
> theme's name?
> What about themes that also use an image of the theme name for the default
> logo? Themes like Responsive, Vantage, Magazine Style, DMS, etc...
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Okay,
>> I did give the choice too, thought its required.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Choose a different Theme?
>>>
>>> The choice to implement a customized site front page via front-page.php
>>> is a design decision, that is left up to the developer. There are certainly
>>> ways to allow for a standard, static page OR a customized template (I take
>>> this approach myself) - but again: that's a design decision, that is left
>>> up to the developer.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes via front-page.php
>>>> But what about users who want to display plain old static page?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How is "section1/section2/section3/testimonials" implemented? If it is
>>>>> via front-page.php, then that's perfectly fine.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> yes hierarchy looks good, selecting "latest blog posts" shows blog
>>>>>> posts, but selecting "static page" and then any page shows only the
>>>>>> "section1/section2/section3/testimonials"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> P.S. to developers and reviewers: please don't bring in-ticket
>>>>>>> questions to the mail-list, unless and until they cannot be hashed out
>>>>>>> in-ticket. Try to work out any questions/issues in-ticket, and only if you
>>>>>>> cannot resolve the issue, request an admin to take a look at the ticket.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bringing an in-ticket question to the mail-list rather than working
>>>>>>> out the matter in-ticket is just a passive-aggressive attempt to circumvent
>>>>>>> the reviewer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Foundational question: is the Theme properly implementing the
>>>>>>>> Template Hierarchy for the Site Front Page?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am the reviewer for that ticket but this may be of interest to
>>>>>>>>> all authors and reviewers to responding here instead of in-ticket.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When i set "Front page displays" to a static page and select say
>>>>>>>>> "Sample page" I am not seeing "Sample page" on front end, instead I see say
>>>>>>>>> "section1/section2/section3/testimonials" etc.
>>>>>>>>> So I was saying by default it should show "Sample page" just in
>>>>>>>>> case the user actually wants to show just a static page and have a theme
>>>>>>>>> option to switch to "section1/section2/section3/testimonials"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Chip Bennett <
>>>>>>>>> chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't understand this question. How is the "custom home page"
>>>>>>>>>> (note: that should be "custom site front page") being controlled by the
>>>>>>>>>> admin panel?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Without knowing anything about how the Theme is developed, the
>>>>>>>>>> following must remain true:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> * Theme must respect user configuration for "front page displays"
>>>>>>>>>> in Settings -> Reading
>>>>>>>>>> * Theme must support both static front page and blog posts index
>>>>>>>>>> as the site front page
>>>>>>>>>> * Theme must use the correct template files to implement custom
>>>>>>>>>> front page features
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Tikendra Maitry <
>>>>>>>>>> tikendramaitry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Okay thank you. And what if some one is using custom home page
>>>>>>>>>>> which is controlled from admin panel, is this also compulsory?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "*Selecting front page doesn't show the page i selected. By
>>>>>>>>>>> default it should show that page and then you can have a theme option to
>>>>>>>>>>> change it to say your custom layout."*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Chip Bennett <
>>>>>>>>>>> chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, default logos (if used - and really, why not just design a
>>>>>>>>>>>> graceful degradation if no logo is defined?) need to be generic. Otherwise,
>>>>>>>>>>>> the default logo is just Theme promotion on users' sites.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Tikendra Maitry <
>>>>>>>>>>>> tikendramaitry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this compulsory?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Default logo can't be yours, use a generic logo like "Logo" *
>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am having a theme with name "BizNez" and it is having a logo
>>>>>>>>>>>>> same as theme name.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is it compulsory for a theme to have logo with some genric
>>>>>>>>>>>>> name like "Logo" or "Your Site". I didn't find any clause regarding the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> logo name of any WordPress them in theme review guideline. Even I have seen
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a huge no of theme with the logo as their name. I am not getting if it is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> compulsory than why so many themes are have logos with their respective
>>>>>>>>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14742?replyto=4#comment:2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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