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

[emin ozlem]

Ok let me put it again in a very simple way: you'll input your
address,phone and email in your theme options. And they will be shown in
the front end, styled accordingly together with a google map via that
page-contact.php page template. Would that be ok ?

I am not going to embed any forms or plugins or ask the user to install any.


2014-08-21 21:19 GMT+03:00 Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me>:

> 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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