[theme-reviewers] Are "page templates" allowed ?

[Emil Uzelac]

If the contact form is extended as he mentioned, recommendation is needed
;)


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> It is still *functional* rather than presentational. When the user
> switches Themes, all of that functional user configuration saved in Theme
> settings becomes unavailable.
>
> There's really no need to recommend a contact-form Plugin; they all work
> with any properly coded Theme, out-of-the-box.
>
> You can, however, add custom styles to provide nicer *integration* with
> contact-form Plugins (such as via hooking into a Plugin-defined hook to
> add/override a Plugin-specific stylesheet).
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 12:52 PM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How about a contact page that presents the contact information that is
>> saved in theme options ? You know address, email, phone and google map for
>> location.
>> I know bundling plugins with theme is prohibited. But i guess it's okay
>> to recommend "if you install contact 7 form plugin it will appear on the
>> contact page" ?
>>
>>
>> 2014-08-21 20:50 GMT+03:00 Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>:
>>
>> Custom page templates are not inherently allowed or prohibited; it
>>> depends on the purpose of the custom page template. A custom page template
>>> that includes only *presentation* of user content (such as a featured
>>> content page template, an "archives" layout, etc.) is fine. Contact forms
>>> are Plugin territory, since they are functional, rather than presentational.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 12:44 PM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've looked into guidelines and forums but couldnt find the answer.
>>>> Btw, where am i supposed to ask these kind of questions instead of emailing
>>>> whole maillist ?
>>>>
>>>> So, are page templates allowed in wp themes dir, i mean like a contact
>>>> page, page-contact.php which would show contact info from theme options
>>>> like address, email, phone etc. A google map, and maybe a contact 7 form
>>>> (not builtin of course-recommended).
>>>>
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