Theme options without Plugin?

[joho]

Is it possible for a Theme to have configurable options, without using a Plugin?

If so, how? If not, why not?

[arfa]

Do you mean "is there an admin style panel for configuring themes?"
I am relatively new to bludit but I suspect that the variation in theme variables is such that this would be too complex to develop as a generic UI.

A theme is internally configured. If you want to change elements of the theme you will need to edit the code directly.

[bayerberg]

one of my themes used options you can tweak through settings > general to tweak how things looked. if items per page were divisible by two blog had two columns, if three - three columns. if you set your facebook and twitter pages this triggered facebook and twitter sections. if you get creative enough there are ways to make your themes quite interesting

[joho]

Do you mean "is there an admin style panel for configuring themes?"
I am relatively new to bludit but I suspect that the variation in theme variables is such that this would be too complex to develop as a generic UI.

I'm a theme author, and what I was wondering was if there was a way to provide theme options without writing a theme plugin at the same time

I have now written a plugin for the theme that provides admin options.

[joho]

one of my themes used options you can tweak through settings > general to tweak how things looked. if items per page were divisible by two blog had two columns, if three - three columns. if you set your facebook and twitter pages this triggered facebook and twitter sections. if you get creative enough there are ways to make your themes quite interesting

Thanks.

Yes, you certainly can make them more interesting

My question, if unclear, however, was whether or not you could do this in the theme, or if you actually need a theme plugin to accomplish this. As things are now, I have written a theme plugin (with the same name) to provide options, and it works.