[theme-reviewers] specialty themes, theme options that are only used if plugins are installed

[Emil Uzelac]

N.B. Themes must work properly without plugins.

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> Current version review was based on diff only. I would not suspend, but
> would hold the ticket till all issues are fixed.
>
> Same applies to any other submissions.
>
> On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, carolina poena <myazalea at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','myazalea at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>>  Should this theme be suspended?
>>
>> My review is in this ticket:
>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18824
>> and when I run the older, currently live theme, -this version:
>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12392
>> I'm receiving 23 errors only on the admin page of the theme and it
>> doesn't display the latest post.
>>
>> Similar themes from the same theme author:
>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18825
>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18826
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 23:58:46 -0500
>> From: emil at uzelac.me
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> Subject:  [theme-reviewers] specialty themes, theme options that are only
>> used if plugins are installed
>>
>> This is not a specialty Theme. What falls under the plugin territory
>> should be noted and required to be either removed or moved into a companion
>> plugin. We do not based exceptions on how old the Theme is. Rules are equal
>> for all.
>>
>> On Thursday, May 22, 2014, carolina poena <myazalea at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm reviewing a rather large update for a theme that is already live, and
>> it's very complex but the majority of the
>> code seems to be for functionality, not the actual design of a site.
>> How do we handle these specialty themes? Do we ask admin if the author
>> has been granted an exception, or is it enough that
>> an admin at some point has pushed it live?
>>
>> The theme *almost* works without the recommended plugin -it doesn't
>> display the latest posts and there is a broken slideshow.
>> *The purpose of the theme is obvious *and it was also first approved 16
>> months ago, when is a theme considered old enough to be an exception?
>> I do feel that, since there already is a plugin, it would be a better
>> choice to update the plugin, and clean up the theme.
>>
>> When does it become "too much"?  it's a real estate theme and I'm finding
>> options for
>> Maximum Listings Per Search
>> Price Range Options
>> Currency Symbol
>> (+analytics)
>> etc.
>> All of these are in the themes option page regardless if the plugin is
>> installed or not, but most of them only actually do something if the plugin
>> is installed.
>>
>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18824
>>
>>
>>
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