WPWeekly Episode 106 – The Theme Review Team

In the first half of the episode, Gil Rutkowski otherwise known as FlashingCursor on twitter joined me to discuss post formats, a new feature slated for WordPress 3.1. We went over what a post format is, data portability, why the core dev team decided on a standard set of formats, and much more.

During the second half of the show, I played a pre-recorded interview with Chip Bennett which went over a ton of information related to the Theme Review Team. In the interview, we discuss how the team was formed, the guidelines of reviewing a theme, and last but not least, the goal of the theme review team. After the interview concluded, I was joined live by Edward Caissie who is a member of the theme review team to answer some additional questions I had, specifically dealing with the new post formats featuring which will be theme dependent.

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Stories Discussed:

WordPress Is Not A Community
Post Formats vs. Custom Post Types
Post Types, Formats, Taxonomies, oh my!

Relevant Links:

In Defense of the WordPress Theme Review Guidelines
Theme Repository Reviews – WPTavern Thread
Theme Review Guidelines
Theme Reviewers Mailing List
Theme Check Plugin

Announcements:

On Saturday, November 20th, Grant Griffiths of Headway Themes will be my special guest to talk about the launch of Headway 2.0.

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Next Episode: Saturday, November 20th 2P.M. EST

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Length Of Episode: 1 Hour 7 Minutes

Download The Show: WordPressWeeklyEpisode106.mp3

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