[theme-reviewers] Author URL Guidance

Emil Uzelac emil at themeid.com
Mon Mar 28 16:24:37 UTC 2011


You are very welcome. And I see that you already have an answer to your
other question :)

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Andy Warburton <andy at stinkyink.com> wrote:

> Hi Emil,
>
> Thanks for replying. I would have replied on Trac but I couldn't see an
> obvious reply link (do I need a separate account for Trac or should it work
> with my wordpress.org account?).
>
> We've done the odd bit of theme/plugin development before and have a few
> things hosted on http://themes.stinkyink.com would that be an acceptable
> destination for the link?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>

*Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
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Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein



On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Yep; I'd also say that themes.stinkyink.com is in line with the AuthorURI
> requirements.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> @Andy -
>>
>> The http://themes.stinkyink.com/ would be much better as an Author URI
>> than your original choice.
>>
>>
>> Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Andy Warburton <andy at stinkyink.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Emil,
>>>
>>> Thanks for replying. I would have replied on Trac but I couldn't see an
>>> obvious reply link (do I need a separate account for Trac or should it work
>>> with my wordpress.org account?).
>>>
>>> We've done the odd bit of theme/plugin development before and have a few
>>> things hosted on http://themes.stinkyink.com would that be an acceptable
>>> destination for the link?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 Mar 2011, at 09:10, Emil Uzelac wrote:
>>>
>>> > Andy,
>>> >
>>> > If you go to http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Credit_Linksthere you will find more information why the Theme was rejected.
>>> >
>>> > Themes may optionally include a public-facing credit link in the Theme
>>> footer.
>>> >       • If used, Themes are required to include no more than one such
>>> footer credit link.
>>> >       • Credit link, if used, is required to use either Theme URI or
>>> Author URI.
>>> >       • Credit link anchor text and title are required to be relevant
>>> and appropriate with respect to the linked site. Spam or SEO-seeded anchor
>>> text and titles may subject Themes to automatic rejection.
>>> > Since http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk has nothing to do with WordPress
>>> and/or you directly (regardless of *which is my site part*) it cannot be
>>> used. If you have a personal Blog, not related to
>>> http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk use that instead.
>>> > Or you are also free to have no links at all, that's completely up to
>>> you.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Emil
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Emil Uzelac | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>>> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>>> > Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert
>>> Einstein
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Andy Warburton <andy at stinkyink.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi guys,
>>> >
>>> > I've been working on a theme called 'Fiver' which I plan to distribute
>>> on the Wordpress themes site.
>>> >
>>> > So far it's been rejected on the basis of the author/footer URL being
>>> 'inappropriate'.
>>> >
>>> > The URL I used was ' http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk ' which is my
>>> website.
>>> >
>>> > I'll also be adding a theme URL once the theme has been accepted and I
>>> know it's worth my time creating the page.
>>> >
>>> > Could someone please clarify what about my website address is
>>> 'inappropriate' ?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> > Andy
>>> >
>>> >
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