[theme-reviewers] Option to create child theme from theme option

[emin ozlem]

I think "custom page template" could be out of option but "custom query"
should definitely not qualify as PT. For example if you have a slider,
widget or anything like that in your theme you'd definitely want to use a
custom query to display certain posts in there.
For example your theme has a custom "portfolio" styled display, and you'd
want to show posts from "portfolio" category, or a selected category, cant
you do that ? I havent checked all the themes, but i am pretty sure there
must be themes doing that kind of thing.

I dont know why are theme guidelines are so restrictive. I get the ones
that involve "added functionality","modifiyng / adding content" ; since
those would cause the loss off those functionalities or contents and would
cripple number of plugins. But as for "displaying" of existing content
differently, it should be more open.


2014/1/21 Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>

> A custom page/custom query creator is *definitely* Plugin territory.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:47 PM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  I think this shouldnt fall into plugin territory since there would be no
>> content loss upon deactiivation. If we are to exclude every "functionality"
>> from themes, what are the purpose of themes, just picking colors ?
>>
>> For example I was preparing a "custom page creator", you would choose
>> from select boxes as such;
>> I want to create a page that displays "posts | custom_p_type" from
>> "cat1-cat2" ordered by"ID | date" etc... you get the idea.
>>
>> Creating page-templates are a pain for the average user. This
>> "functionality" i am planning not only makes it easier; but also prevents
>> data loss. Because the creator wont create new page-* files but instead it
>> will use the default page.php file and get the query parameters from an
>> option.
>>
>> Would that too also fall into plugin territory ?
>>
>>
>> 2014/1/21 Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me>
>>
>>> This seems like plugin-territory to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Faishal Saiyed <saiyedfaishal at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am reviewing one theme and they give one section call *"One-Click
>>>> Child Themes" *in theme option. using that setting i can create child
>>>> theme by providing name.
>>>>
>>>> I will create that name directory in wp-content theme directory and
>>>> create 3 files
>>>> 1. style.css
>>>> 2. screenshoot.png
>>>> 3. function.php
>>>>
>>>> I feel like it is not part of presentation , it is a part of
>>>> functionality.
>>>>
>>>> But i want other theme-reviewers suggestion on same.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Faishal Saiyed
>>>> Web: about.me <http://about.me/faishal>
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