<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi!</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Just wanted to say that I am in agreement with the decision to disapprove the theme because http://www.knowhowto.com.au/ doesn't seem to be related to the theme - it's an unrelated blog. It's not the author's home page and doesn't tell me anything about new developments to the theme, what the author is working on, or alternate themes that the author provides.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Latif, as a suggestion, if you could have a blog post tag about the particular theme you are submitting or a blog post category on WP themes, I would find that most helpful as a blogger using your theme or as somebody looking at a blog and wanting to know more about the theme it is using from the footer. You can also use the footer link to take credit for
the theme by pointing to your home page so people wanting some work done can contact you through your website for freelance work or look at your portfolio.</span> If I see footer links for anything unrelevant, I would assume that the blog was hacked and the blog owner didn't do a good job of cleaning up after the hack. I hope this helps you understand how the WordPress community feels about the issue and why we insist on the use of relevant links.<br></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Regards,</span></div><div><span>Nitin</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org" <theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 20, Issue 32<br> </font> </div> <br>Send theme-reviewers mailing list submissions to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org"
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-0500<br>From: Edward Caissie <<a ymailto="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Estimated time frame for theme review<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <CAE5CyMh_5uXks7izyE6AFyETU5F+<a ymailto="mailto:GpQZFCt7RdOQxm0KBSHGTg@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:GpQZFCt7RdOQxm0KBSHGTg@mail.gmail.com">GpQZFCt7RdOQxm0KBSHGTg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Not that I am weighing in on this matter, but I am curious why this URI:<br><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/" target="_blank">http://www.elegantthemes.com/</a> is not being used as the Author URI as it is<br>what is being displayed on the current landing page for the Author URI.<br>(forgive any mojojo
... not enough coffee yet)<br><br><br>Cais.<br><br><br>On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Emil Uzelac <<a ymailto="mailto:emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Correct, however this <a href="http://knowhowto.com.au" target="_blank">http://knowhowto.com.au</a><<a href="http://knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait/" target="_blank">http://knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait/</a>> does.<br>> Domain name plays huge roll in Author/Theme URL and you can read that in<br>> credit link guides I posted in first not-approved version, as well as bit<br>> earlier via list as well. Domains such as this one is not accepted in any<br>> form or a shape. Good domain usage is either your personal blog/site i.e.<br>> <a href="http://themeportrait.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://themeportrait.wordpress.com</a> or even <a href="http://themeportrait.com" target="_blank">http://themeportrait.com</a>
and<br>> that's completely up to you.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Emil<br>><br>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Chandra Maharzan <<a ymailto="mailto:maharzan@gmail.com" href="mailto:maharzan@gmail.com">maharzan@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>><br>>> <a href="http://knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait/" target="_blank">http://knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait/</a> doesn't tell anything aout the<br>>> author.<br>>><br>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Rashed Latif <<a ymailto="mailto:rashed.latif@gmail.com" href="mailto:rashed.latif@gmail.com">rashed.latif@gmail.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>> > Hi Emil<br>>> ><br>>> > Please clarify my confusion.<br>>> > I have used the following to links in my style.css<br>>> ><br>>> > Theme URI:<br>>> ><br>>> <a
href="http://www.knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait/themeportrait-magazine-free-magazine-style-theme-for-wordpress/" target="_blank">http://www.knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait/themeportrait-magazine-free-magazine-style-theme-for-wordpress/</a><br>>> > Author URI: <a href="http://www.knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait" target="_blank">http://www.knowhowto.com.au/themeportrait</a><br>>> ><br>>> > Theme URI links to the page related to the theme itself and author URI<br>>> links<br>>> > to the site related to the developer. And from my understanding that<br>>> meets<br>>> > the requirement as per the link u provided. I just cant understand how<br>>> come<br>>> > its an invalid URL when i click on those link it goes to the related<br>>> pages.<br>>> > Please clarify.<br>>> ><br>>> > Thanks<br>>> ><br>>> > Rashed Latif<br>>>
><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Emil Uzelac <<a ymailto="mailto:emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> >><br>>> >> I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's going to be rejected<br>>> again I<br>>> >> am afraid. <a href="http://www.knowhowto.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.knowhowto.com.au</a> is not valid URL, sorry!<br>>> >> See: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Credit_Links" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Credit_Links</a><br>>> >><br>>> >> Cheers,<br>>> >> Emil<br>>> >><br>>> >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Rashed Latif <<a ymailto="mailto:rashed.latif@gmail.com" href="mailto:rashed.latif@gmail.com">rashed.latif@gmail.com</a>><br>>> >> wrote:<br>>>
>>><br>>> >>> Hi<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> I have submitted my theme about 6 days ago. Ticket number: 6198. I am<br>>> >>> just wondering whats the average time to review a theme. The fist<br>>> version of<br>>> >>> this theme which was rejected was reviewed in 1 day but for this its<br>>> taking<br>>> >>> longer time.<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> Thanks in advance.<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> --<br>>> >>> Rashed Latif<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>>> >>> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>>> >>> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>>> >>> <a
href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>>> >>><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >> _______________________________________________<br>>> >> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>>> >> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>>> >> <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>>> >><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > --<br>>> > Rashed Latif<br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > theme-reviewers mailing list<br>>> > <a
ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>>> > <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>>> ><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> cmans<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>> <a
ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20120118/036d5a1e/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20120118/036d5a1e/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:48:02 -0600<br>From: Emil Uzelac <<a ymailto="mailto:emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>><br>Subject: [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL<br>To: <a
ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <CAG4s18jTsOiG_Qd96sPtrXhj_Z2tN5zU2wWYmkApS6D+<a ymailto="mailto:Efqp2w@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:Efqp2w@mail.gmail.com">Efqp2w@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>This afternoon I came across this post<br><a href="http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/" target="_blank">http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/</a> what do you<br>guys thing?<br><br>P.S. Note that this is not site-specific issue, we need a general opinion<br>only, try to isolate sites listed in the post.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Emil<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20120118/86fb310d/attachment-0001.htm"
target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20120118/86fb310d/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:12:41 +0000<br>From: "Rankin, Matthew W. (Student)" <<a ymailto="mailto:mrankin@my.ccsu.edu" href="mailto:mrankin@my.ccsu.edu">mrankin@my.ccsu.edu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL<br>To: "<a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>"<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:0A61E76883F4624AAE4D8DF33EB9FF7A09E032D9@CH1PRD0102MB148.prod.exchangelabs.com"
href="mailto:0A61E76883F4624AAE4D8DF33EB9FF7A09E032D9@CH1PRD0102MB148.prod.exchangelabs.com">0A61E76883F4624AAE4D8DF33EB9FF7A09E032D9@CH1PRD0102MB148.prod.exchangelabs.com</a>><br> <br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I like the approach taken by ThemeForest. Any PHP code which contains WordPress functionality must be released under the GPL, but the CSS/HTML/Javascript and images used in the theme are copyrighted by the theme author. That being said, I don't think most premium theme stores are in violation of the GPL.<br>________________________________<br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a> [<a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a>] on behalf of
Emil Uzelac [<a ymailto="mailto:emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>]<br>Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:48 PM<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Subject: [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL<br><br>This afternoon I came across this post <a href="http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/" target="_blank">http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/</a> what do you guys thing?<br><br>P.S. Note that this is not site-specific issue, we need a general opinion only, try to isolate sites listed in the post.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Emil<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20120118/7fabdec9/attachment-0001.htm"
target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20120118/7fabdec9/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:21:11 -0600<br>From: Emil Uzelac <<a ymailto="mailto:emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <CAG4s18hZ6U2ks5=tk+5GQYZ-AJVzfobSf5+<a ymailto="mailto:xTqgVG0653UFdGw@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:xTqgVG0653UFdGw@mail.gmail.com">xTqgVG0653UFdGw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>TF most likely followed WP.org guides:<br><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing"
target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing</a><br>Themes are *required* to be 100% GPL-licensed, or use a GPL-compatible<br>license<<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses/" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses/</a>>.<br>This includes all PHP, HTML, CSS, images, fonts, icons, and everything<br>else. *All* of the theme must be GPL-Compatible.<br><br><br>On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Rankin, Matthew W. (Student) <<br><a ymailto="mailto:mrankin@my.ccsu.edu" href="mailto:mrankin@my.ccsu.edu">mrankin@my.ccsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I like the approach taken by ThemeForest. Any PHP code which contains<br>> WordPress functionality must be released under the GPL, but the<br>> CSS/HTML/Javascript and images used in the theme are copyrighted by the<br>> theme author. That being said, I don't think most premium theme
stores are<br>> in violation of the GPL.<br>> ------------------------------<br>> *From:* <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a> [<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a>] on behalf of Emil Uzelac [<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:emil@themeid.com" href="mailto:emil@themeid.com">emil@themeid.com</a>]<br>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:48 PM<br>> *To:* <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>> *Subject:* [theme-reviewers] WordPress Theme Stores Violating GPL<br>><br>> This afternoon I came across this post<br>> <a
href="http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/" target="_blank">http://www.wpmods.com/wordpress-theme-stores-violating-gpl/</a> what do you<br>> guys thing?<br>><br>> P.S. Note that this is not site-specific issue, we need a general<br>> opinion only, try to isolate sites listed in the post.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Emil<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> theme-reviewers mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers" target="_blank">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a><br>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a
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