I thought we already allowed child themes for BuddyPress as an exception to the rule?
This ticket http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2996 was an update for http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/buddypress-widget-theme and was just rejected for being a child theme – I would have re-opened the trac ticket and commented there but I don’t have the rights to do that on the Theme Review trac.
Chip Bennett 1:02 pm on March 11, 2011 Permalink
Reopened
Peter Westwood 1:11 pm on March 11, 2011 Permalink
Thank you!
modemlooper 5:29 pm on March 11, 2011 Permalink
Thanks, this has been an ongoing issue and the result is the BuddyPress theme developers have not updated child themes and the majority of them are now outdated and broken on current version of WordPress and BuddyPress.
There really should be a BuddyPress theme developer reviewing BuddyPress themes there are many things a BP in the repo should include besides WP functionality. If some creates a child theme and it breaks a default BP component this needs to be addressed. Currently it seems the reviews are only checking for WP requirements. BP tacks on many other functions that should be included.
Edward Caissie 2:30 am on March 12, 2011 Permalink
We’ll be happy to have more community involvement with the Theme Review process, especially the BuddyPress Themes as they tend to be few and far between currently.
Emil 1:09 am on March 12, 2011 Permalink
That was a mistake from my end and I apologize for that. Ticket reopened by Chip and approved by me early this morning.
Thanks,
Emil
Peter Westwood 10:51 pm on March 12, 2011 Permalink
No worries – this is a learning process for every one of us