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

[Chip Bennett]

And when the user switches Themes: what happens to that
configuration/identity data: address, phone, email?


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:51 PM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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