[theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?

Thu Sep 5 17:45:57 UTC 2013

So is it allowed to use the SMOF?

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> 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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