[theme-reviewers] A couple of doubts about the "Make" theme and what's allowed

Joan Boluda joan at boluda.com
Sun Jul 13 15:36:34 UTC 2014


Are you sure? When I checked it, the content was still there after changing
themes.
Of course it was not so "nicely presented", but everything was there, since
it's not using shortcodes.

On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone looked at the page builder? When I was looking at it I realized
> that any content added via the page builder would disappear when the theme
> is changed.
>
> https://thethemefoundry.com/tutorials/make/#page-builder
>
>
> On 13 July 2014 16:05, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','joan at boluda.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Haha, ok, got it!
>>
>>
>> *J**oan Boluda*
>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>> http://boluda.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chip at chipbennett.net');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Credit link as optional and disabled by default is a Plugin guideline,
>>> IIRC. It's been discussed for Themes several times, but there's never been
>>> sufficient support to apply the same guideline to Themes. You can guess
>>> where I stand. :) But we really try to avoid setting guidelines like that
>>> by fiat.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','joan at boluda.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Srikanth!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> *"reasonable" varies from reviewer to reviewer, so we can just say its
>>>>> allowed.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok! Thanks :)
>>>>
>>>> *It can be argued that the presence of that notice/ad implies user has
>>>>> to buy pro version to remove credit link.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I thought credit link in footer should be an opt in and disabled
>>>> by default. Then maybe we should update the guidelines
>>>> <https://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/>
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>>> http://boluda.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tskk79 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It can be argued that the presence of that notice/ad implies user has
>>>>> to buy pro version to remove credit link.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chip at chipbennett.net');>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, why wouldn't it be?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As long as the Theme doesn't state or imply that the user cannot
>>>>>> remove the credit link without purchasing the commercial version, there's
>>>>>> nothing wrong with adding a Theme option to simplify link removal in the
>>>>>> commercial version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com
>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tskk79 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chip, so credit link removal as pro feature is okay?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
>>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chip at chipbennett.net');>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As for the upsell text/links in the customizer: I personally don't
>>>>>>>> like it, but it's probably acceptable as long as it's reasonable/tasteful.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As for the upsell notice on every single page publish, I'm going to
>>>>>>>> ask the question a different way: is there anyone at all who finds that
>>>>>>>> practice to be *acceptable*?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com
>>>>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','joan at boluda.com');>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There are two little things about the "Make" theme that I'm not
>>>>>>>>> sure if they are allowed.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can anybody please tell me if I'm wrong? I just want to learn, so
>>>>>>>>> I can do better reviews. :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *1. In the customizer there are several upgrade links. I thought
>>>>>>>>> they were only allowed on the Theme Options Page.*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *2. You can also add some arbitrary text on the header and footer.
>>>>>>>>> Isn't that plugin territory, since it's creating content?*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 3]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks so much. :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>>>>>>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>>>>>>>> http://boluda.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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