The document discusses best practices for WordPress theme development, including using inline documentation, proper copyright and licensing, making themes child-theme ready, correctly enqueueing scripts and stylesheets, and following WordPress coding standards. It provides examples and explanations for each topic.
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Theme Dev Best Practices
1. Beyond the Guidelines: Theme Development Best Practices @chip_bennett (Volume 1) Chip Bennett, WordCamp Toronto, 05 November 2011
2. Beyond the Guidelines: Theme Development Best Practices Audience Developers Themes intended to be hosted by WPORG Best Practices Theme Documentation Copyright Attribution / License Declaration Child-Theme Readiness Enqueueing Scripts and Stylesheets WordPress Coding Standards Related The WordPress Theme Repository http://www.slideshare.net/chipbennett/wordcamp-kc-the-wordpress-theme-repository How to Prepare and Submit Your Theme to the WPORG Theme Repository: http://www.slideshare.net/chipbennett/word-campstl-submittingathemetothethemerepository WordCamp Toronto: 05 November 2011
10. Beyond the Guidelines: Theme Development Best Practices Example 1: template file undocumented WordCamp Toronto: 05 November 2011 Theme Inline Documentation Oenology Theme: index.php file, undocumented and uninformative
27. Beyond the Guidelines: Theme Development Best Practices Example 3: function-level docblock WordCamp Toronto: 05 November 2011 Theme Inline Documentation Oenology Theme: function-level docblock, documents custom-function use
28. Copyright Attribution and License Declaration Credit where it's due and maintaining users' rights WordCamp Toronto: 05 November 2011