[theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?

[Towfiq I.]

Thanks Emil. This is what I was referring to.yes.

and I use options framework by devin in my themes. So the points mentioned
by Chip is already being done in my themes.
and yes Chip I was thinking that too. Its an overkill..



On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> 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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