[theme-reviewers] Can Options Framework be included with the theme?

Sun Mar 23 23:22:01 UTC 2014

Correct.

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>wrote:

> @Admins - Do the setting/option frameworks need to be bundled into the
> theme and cannot be loaded as plugin?
>
>
> On 5 March 2014 12:26, Bass Jobsen <bass at w3masters.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please also see:
>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15869#comment:19
>> On the first sight i also thought it as impossible to make it optional.
>> Then read: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15869#comment:21
>> Finally i made it optional, i think that's the right chose now.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bass
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-05 11:53 GMT+01:00 Thomas Ireland <info at designchapter.com>:
>>
>> Sorry to bring this up again
>>>
>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17038 - Theme is using
>>> optiontree plugin which unlike options framework does not have a framework,
>>> therefore it has been bundled with the theme. I think I have correctly
>>> advised magictheme that this plugin territory (and this is affirmed by
>>> Chip's comment on https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16895) and
>>> should consider using options framework instead.
>>>
>>> However when I search I can see that theme Hueman
>>> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16616 uses option tree in a
>>> similar fashion and has been approved multiple times with it bundled.
>>>
>>> I just want to know that going forward:
>>>  - I should still take the plugin territory stance (and advice use of
>>> Options-Framework framework
>>>  - or make the decision on a per theme basis?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> No worries; just a general reminder. This specific issue is probably
>>>> worth bringing to the mail-list post-resolution, as it has come up a few
>>>> times now. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, chip. But, I do understand that. But, Even I wasn't 100% sure. It
>>>>> was tried explaining to the author, but he said a new rule is there against
>>>>> it. Hence, I was all skeptical again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for bringing it to the mailing list. Pardon me.
>>>>>
>>>>> :)
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:59:22 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>> From: chip at chipbennett.net
>>>>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Can Options Framework be included with
>>>>> the theme?
>>>>>
>>>>> Note: this is probably something that should have been attempted to be
>>>>> resolved in-ticket before bringing to the list.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, indeed. I have been using the Framework version, since always and
>>>>> hence wasn't never asked to change it by any reviewer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a ticket no. https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16871
>>>>>
>>>>> I think, catchthemes is a new reviewer and not familiar with it. I
>>>>> will refer him to read this mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:56:18 -0500
>>>>> From: chip at chipbennett.net
>>>>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Can Options Framework be included with
>>>>> the theme?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Options Framework can be confusing, because it comes in two forms: a
>>>>> stand-alone Plugin, and a framework intended to be integrated into a Theme
>>>>> or Plugin. Themes should use the framework version.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Otions framework and many other frameworks are included in many themes
>>>>> for a long time, your reviewer may have misconstrued the plugins should not
>>>>> be bundled rule.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hello All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been beliveing that options framework is allowed in themes. And
>>>>> it has been included in most of my themes. But, in one of the reviews, the
>>>>> Author Asked me to remove the Options Framework, and make the user install
>>>>> it separately as a plugin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Technically, my theme doesn't bundle the OF plugin. Its theme options
>>>>> panel is built using it with slight modification.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there are rule like this, where I can not include OF in the theme?
>>>>> I know that bundling external plugins, is not allowed. But, I think its
>>>>> different about Options Framework.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Rohit Tripathi
>>>>>
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