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

[Emil Uzelac]

Same thing happens even with the basic stuff like social menus, what
happens once user switches the theme that has none?

On Thursday, August 21, 2014, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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