[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11387: Walker Widget System

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#11387: Walker Widget System
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 Reporter:  ShaneF       |       Owner:  ShaneF                                                           
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted                                                         
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.0                                                              
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:                                                                   
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing reporter-feedback dev-feedback needs-docs
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Changes (by ShaneF):

 * cc: ShaneF (added)


Comment:

 It's not the theme author that I am worried about.

 Lets say the plugin author uses a CSS file for displaying their output,
 Combined that with a theme authors css, you could get some very messy look
 if it's a widget.

 If a theme author was able to control how widgets are created and use the
 data that the widget author provides, the output could be presented in a
 correct way without having to hack the css. We are trying to minimize how
 much blog admins, plugin authors, and theme authors have to modify the
 output to be exactly on what they want.

 This system eliminates that need.

 1) Plugin author provides a blueprint. By default (wordpress theme) has
 works correctly.
 2) Theme author can provide that class if they want to override the theme.
 Not only that, they can then get really gritty and do even more
 modification inside their class.
 3) WordPress users all they have to do is install widgets that they want.

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