[theme-reviewers] How to get a theme featured?

Sat Feb 25 23:18:15 UTC 2012

Emil,

Who is the person to bring this to their attention then?

I'm aware that those posts are likely paid, I was simply stating a TC post shouldn't be grounds for anything, especially if it was a paid post.

Obviously someone added PageLines to the featured list, and I would like to know either 1) why? or 2) how I can get my own theme featured.

Again, I was under the impression the featured area didn't allow upsell themes, and was supposed to highlight the best open source themes (most of them are automattic themes). Featuring a newly approved closed-garden upsell theme with its own priority plugin system seems backwards.

Considering this is the same theme shop who lied to try have my own themes removed from .org and who doesn't contribute WordPress.org or to the review team makes the situation all that much more confusing.

--Trent Lapinski
(714) 904-4280
Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 25, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> Trent,
> 
> I really wish if this list, reviewers, admins or even Otto can give you better explanations why this happened, or who can be there or not, we cannot even influence this much. As far as TC, Mashable, Smashing or whatever, anyone can be there, "posts" on sites like that are paid, think of it as Press Release that looks much like an article. Anyone can have paid post even on Forbes, CNN, Bloomberg etc. 
> 
> Was that accepted as special request? No, I don't think that's the case.
> 
> Emil
> 
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com> wrote:
> typo: "I do not see why or how it is fair…"
> 
> 
> --Trent Lapinski
> =============
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> 
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Trent Lapinski wrote:
> 
> > http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6302
> >
> > "Two quick notes for you: Please consider the new PageLines? Framework for a 'featured' theme on the directory. Article on the "PageLines? Store" on Techcrunch:  http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/04/pagelines-to-launch-an-app-store-for-wordpress-drag-drop-sections-plugins-and-themes/"
> >
> > It appears a special request was made, and the grounds for which is they had a TechCrunch article written about them. The PageLines theme is now featured despite the fact it is now the only upsell theme featured and has no history on .org.
> >
> > I see why or how it is fair that they can become featured especially when you consider the fact that the PageLines theme has its own closed-garden priority store and plugin system that doesn't use WordPress's core plugin or theme functionality.
> >
> > It seems very counterintuitive for WordPress.org to promote a paid closed-garden theme.
> >
> > I'm not asking for special treatment or anything, but I don't understand why PageLines is getting special treatment especially when you consider their history.
> >
> > --Trent Lapinski
> > =============
> > CEO of CyberChimps LLC
> > trent at cyberchimps.com
> > Mobile (714) 904-4280
> > Twitter @trentlapinski
> > http://CyberChimps.com
> >
> > On Feb 25, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
> >
> >> There is no criteria to be featured, nor special requests can be made to get featured either. I along with few other have the ability to switch this around, however I personally never bothered with it, nor I will, unless, Otto, other Admins or WordPress makes that request.
> >>
> >> How did new Theme get there, honestly I have no idea. If I have saying in all this featured Themes should be Top 10 Themes. And that criteria would be easy ;)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Emil
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:40 PM, WDL <john at webdesignlessons.com> wrote:
> >> What is the criteria to be featured?
> >>
> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® PlayBook™
> >> www.blackberry.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: "Trent Lapinski" <trent at cyberchimps.com>
> >> To: "theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org" <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> >> Sent: February 26, 2012 2:03 AM
> >> Subject: [theme-reviewers] How to get a theme featured?
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've enquired about this in the past, and was told it wouldn't likely happen for my theme iFeature since it was an upsell theme, yet as of today I see that PageLines is now a featured theme and they're a $197 upsell theme.
> >>
> >> Has the criteria changed? How can I request iFeature become a featured theme? We've pretty much been in the top 15 since May of 2011.
> >>
> >> --Trent Lapinski
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> >> CEO of CyberChimps LLC
> >> trent at cyberchimps.com
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