[theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?

[Emil Uzelac]

What Towfiq was saying is something like this:
http://www.presscoders.com/2011/10/better-theme-activation-handling/

But I like what @Chip linked better :)




On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:20 PM, <wordpress at thinkupthemes.com> wrote:

> Totally agree! The theme should still look like a theme when activated.
> I'd suggest that you have clear documentation so users know they can change
> options from the theme options page. Make it super clear.
>
> So would I be right in assuming that SMOF is allowed then? I'll submit my
> theme next week and can completely strip it out if SMOF is not allowed, but
> didn't want to as I thought it would be cool to give a premium level theme
> for free.
>
> Afzaal
>
>
>
> Quoting Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>:
>
>  You should never, ever need to redirect the user to the Theme options page
>> upon activation.
>>
>> Instead, the Theme should define and use sane defaults as a fallback, in
>> case the user does not configure Theme options.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Towfiq I. <tislam100 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  on a different note, is it possible to redirect the user to theme options
>>> page after activating the theme? If so, how?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM, <wordpress at thinkupthemes.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Thanks Harish,
>>>>
>>>> Great idea. I'll add a recommendation for the plugin to be installed
>>>> using TGM activation. Thanks, I'll remove this and take your advice.
>>>>
>>>> Afzaal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Harish <me at harishchouhan.com>:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any reason why you want to roll in the twitter widget in your theme?
>>>>> Simply
>>>>> show a message after activation to help people download the plugin.
>>>>> Will
>>>>> make your theme smaller and if the users change theme, they won't lose
>>>>> their
>>>>> twitter widget.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Harish Chouhan
>>>>>
>>>>> Visit me at - www.harishchouhan.com
>>>>> Phone: +91-9833661410 | Email: me at harishchouhan.com
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>>>>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm in the final stages of completing my WordPress theme and think
>>>>> people
>>>>> may find it useful so am thinking about trying to get it into the
>>>>> WordPress
>>>>> repository. I've noticed a few warnings however that have appeared when
>>>>> running theme-check.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. base64_encode error in the framework SMOF. I used this because of
>>>>> the
>>>>> referral on http://codex.wordpress.org/****Theme_Frameworks<http://codex.wordpress.org/**Theme_Frameworks>
>>>>> <http://codex.**wordpress.org/Theme_Frameworks<http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Frameworks>
>>>>> **>
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. base64_encode in the Twitter feed widget which I've packaged into
>>>>> the
>>>>> theme http://wordpress.org/plugins/****tweetscroll-widget/<http://wordpress.org/plugins/**tweetscroll-widget/>
>>>>> <http://**wordpress.org/plugins/**tweetscroll-widget/<http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweetscroll-widget/>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone can shed any light on if these are major errors I'd really
>>>>> appreciate your help. I really want to make sure that my themes are
>>>>> 100%
>>>>> safe so am spending a lot of time on finding any errors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you so much in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Afzaal
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