[theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?

Thu Sep 5 17:34:54 UTC 2013

Awesome :)

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Towfiq I. <tislam100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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