Title: Theme Development – Theme Check Errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme Development – Theme Check Errors

 *  Resolved [sabahat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabahat/)
 * (@sabahat)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-theme-check-errors/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m using Theme Check to help with my first WordPress theme, and I am down to
   just a few issues. I am not sure how to resolve some of them and I need help!
 * The first error I get is for comment_form. My form is a part of the comments 
   template, so should I ignore this error?
 * I also get this recommendation:
 * > RECOMMENDED: Text domain problems in footer.php. You have not included a text
   > domain!
   > `Line 30: <td width='97'><a href='<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>' title='<?
   > php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>'><img src='<?php echo get_template_`
 * What text link should I be adding here? Can anyone help? I found something about
   textdomains related to translations. Do I have to add the rss domain in the string?
 * Thanks in advance,
 * Sabahat

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 *  Thread Starter [sabahat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabahat/)
 * (@sabahat)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-theme-check-errors/#post-1931795)
 * Just got my answer to the text domain issues, but I’m still looking for an answer
   to the comment_form error I get – should I take the form out of the comments 
   template and make it a separate file?
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-theme-check-errors/#post-1931797)
 * Regarding the comment reply form: you should be using the `comment_form()` function
   to call the form. If you need to change the default behavior, use the many hooks
   available for modifying the comment form.
 * Regarding textdomain: the problem is this bit:
 *     ```
       <?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>
       ```
   
 * You need to provide a textdomain to the `_e()` function. Have you internationalized
   the rest of your Theme? If so, use the textdomain you defined in functions.php.
   Otherwise, if you’re not internationalizing the entire Theme, replace this:
 *     ```
       title='<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>'
       ```
   
 * with this:
 *     ```
       title='Syndicate this site using RSS'
       ```
   
 * Note: if the Theme is to be publicly released, you should use theme-slug as the
   textdomain. In other words, if your Theme name is “AwesomeSauce On A Bun”, the
   theme-slug would be “awesomesauce-on-a-bun”.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-theme-check-errors/#post-1931812)
 * > Just got my answer to the text domain issues, but I’m still looking for an 
   > answer to the comment_form error I get – **should I take the form out of the
   > comments template and make it a separate file**?
 * Take the comment reply form markup out of comments.php? **YES**
 * Add a separate template file for the comment reply form markup? **NO**
 * Use the `comment_form()` template tag, which adds the comment reply form markup
   for you.
 *  Thread Starter [sabahat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabahat/)
 * (@sabahat)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-theme-check-errors/#post-1931827)
 * Thank you, Chip. Your help has been invaluable. I have internationalized the 
   rest of the theme, I just didn’t know what ‘textdomain’ referred to.
 * I also want to know if I create a theme using a tutorial (Themeshaper: [http://themeshaper.com/2009/06/24/creating-wordpress-theme-html-structure-tutorial/](http://themeshaper.com/2009/06/24/creating-wordpress-theme-html-structure-tutorial/)),
   and the code is obviously not written by me, is it eligible for review on the
   WordPress Theme Repository? I can safely say that the CSS is original, but the
   php code is mostly from the tutorial and from the WordPress Codex.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-theme-check-errors/#post-1931831)
 * Using a tutorial like that is a great place to start. There is nothing “creative”
   there; it’s essentially all functional. So, I wouldn’t worry about the code not
   being “yours”. The Theme will still be what you make of it, after starting with
   that basic HTML structure.
 * So, that’s the long-winded way to say: using that tutorial does not preclude 
   your Theme from being considered for the repository.

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