Comments on: Blurring the Lines Between Themes and Plugins http://www.devlounge.net/column/blurring-the-lines-between-themes-and-plugins Design, Develop, and Grow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Imel http://www.devlounge.net/column/blurring-the-lines-between-themes-and-plugins/comment-page-1#comment-178279 Ryan Imel Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:08:11 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=2659#comment-178279 You hit the nail on the head. The reason theme options are so popular is that site owners want to be able to make modifications (be it a color scheme or social system integration) without having to edit code. This is especially true for those who don't know how to edit the code themselves. One key thing to remember is that themes will add extra functionality only to the extent that it makes sense for their theme. Not every added function / option is going to make sense for every single theme. It's only going to be the relevant things. For a life stream theme, it's going to be social integration options. But for a more simplified personal theme, it might only have some color scheme options. It really depends on the scope of the theme. Thanks for getting me thinking, David. And good luck with WPUnlimited! You hit the nail on the head. The reason theme options are so popular is that site owners want to be able to make modifications (be it a color scheme or social system integration) without having to edit code. This is especially true for those who don’t know how to edit the code themselves.

One key thing to remember is that themes will add extra functionality only to the extent that it makes sense for their theme. Not every added function / option is going to make sense for every single theme. It’s only going to be the relevant things. For a life stream theme, it’s going to be social integration options. But for a more simplified personal theme, it might only have some color scheme options. It really depends on the scope of the theme.

Thanks for getting me thinking, David. And good luck with WPUnlimited!

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