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

[Srikanth Koneru]

Asking users to jump one more hoop for something very essential as theme
options is very bad user experience.


On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>wrote:

> @Otto - The full question would be: "Why do the setting/option frameworks
> need to be bundled into the theme and cannot be loaded as plugin?"
>
> It is possible for a theme to work without installing the framework. The
> theme would only be missing extra options. For me it is clear that all
> themes need to function without the need of plugins but they are able to
> provide support for specific plugins.
>
> You can see this theme that does it without any issues.
> http://wordpress.org/themes/portfolio-press
>
>
> On 25 March 2014 20:34, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Emil for clearing that up.
>>>
>>>  What is the reasoning behind the decision?
>>>
>>> Could we include this in the guidelines as a lot of themes are using
>>> settings frameworks and not every new reviewer will know to check this
>>> thread to find out about this guideline?
>>>
>>> Thanks :)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand the question here..
>>
>> If the theme requires a plugin to work, then the theme doesn't work.
>> Should fail on that alone. Themes should work standalone.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
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