When I was a kid my dad used to practice his typing skills (on a real typewriter no less) with the phrase:<\/p>\n
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For some reason that has stuck with me all these years. Today I\u2019m going to rephrase and re-purpose that line:<\/p>\n
Now is the time for great theme developers to come to the aid of their community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The theme directory has been chugging along for more than a year now. During that time we\u2019ve tinkered with the review process and some of the management tools, but haven\u2019t really opened it up as much as we\u2019d like. It’s time to rip off the band-aid and take some action; to that end, we’re looking for community members to help with the process of reviewing themes for the directory.<\/p>\n
Right now this is a bit like a New Year\u2019s resolution to exercise every day: it\u2019s what we need to do, but we\u2019re still figuring out exactly how it will all work. That\u2019s part of the community involvement as well — we expect that those who pitch in will also help shape the process.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s involved in reviewing themes for the directory? There are some obvious things, such as being familiar with PHP and WordPress theme code (and the theme development checklist<\/a>), with an eye for security issues. You would also need to have the ability to set up a separate install of the latest version of WordPress for testing theme submissions.<\/p>\n