Hello Reviewers, please assign me a ticket too :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Absolutely, but this would be WordPress initiative, WPORG Directory is growing rapidly and yes there will be even bigger demand.</font></font></font><div>
<font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emil <br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Greg Priday <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg@siteorigin.com" target="_blank">greg@siteorigin.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
People earn money by up-selling commercial or premium versions. There<br>
are quite a few theme developers doing this, myself included.<br>
<br>
I dont think we're quite earning "ThemeForest numbers", but I really<br>
enjoy giving away part of my product for free. Contributing to the<br>
WordPress community while generating some income :)<br>
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Bilal Ahmad <<a href="mailto:bilalahmad24@gmail.com" target="_blank">bilalahmad24@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Greg,<br>
> How someone would be 'generating an income out of distributing free themes'<br>
> ?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Greg Priday <<a href="mailto:greg@siteorigin.com" target="_blank">greg@siteorigin.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I've mentioned it before - I think a paid review system would work<br>
>> wonders. The new theme review queue is approaching one month long now,<br>
>> that's just far too long.<br>
>><br>
>> Another option is for everyone who is generating an income out of<br>
>> distributing free themes, to pool our resources and hire at least one<br>
>> full-time reviewer. Are any of the commercial-up-sellers out there<br>
>> keen on this idea?<br>
>><br>
>> In the mean time I'll just contribute some time. Could someone assign<br>
>> a test theme to me? My username is gpriday<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Done, you should receive a notification which Theme.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Emil<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Bryce Adams <<a href="mailto:brycead@gmail.com" target="_blank">brycead@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On that note.. I've been waiting to do a sample review for a couple<br>
>> >> weeks<br>
>> >> now but no-one has assigned me :( ... my wp username is bryceadams123<br>
>> >> ...<br>
>> >> could I please have one? Thank you<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On 06/07/2012, at 3:22 PM, Emil Uzelac wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hi,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> There's no automation, all Themes must be reviewed by a living person<br>
>> >> :)<br>
>> >> We always need more people, but not many of them are willing to do this<br>
>> >> for<br>
>> >> a longer period of time, or free if I may add.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Reviewers come and go and we cannot do anything about that. I know only<br>
>> >> hand full of people that are around since 2010 and it's extremely hard<br>
>> >> to<br>
>> >> find person to stick that long.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Thanks,<br>
>> >> Emil<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Bilal Ahmad <<a href="mailto:bilalahmad24@gmail.com" target="_blank">bilalahmad24@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Emil,<br>
>> >>> Thanks for the quick response, always. And yes, I understand that the<br>
>> >>> reviewers are volunteer too, but I just meant that since its a<br>
>> >>> regular<br>
>> >>> process may be this can be improved, eg. ask for more volunteers to<br>
>> >>> join, or<br>
>> >>> make the process more automated etc. Thanks for the link, I'm going to<br>
>> >>> check<br>
>> >>> that in details.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Absolutely! Please join the group<br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/how-to-join-wptrt/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/how-to-join-wptrt/</a> and start<br>
>> >>>> "cranking" down the Themes, very simple stuff. When you mention free,<br>
>> >>>> please<br>
>> >>>> make a note that all reviewers are doing this for free, every one of<br>
>> >>>> us here<br>
>> >>>> is a volunteer :)<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Emil<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Bilal Ahmad <<a href="mailto:bilalahmad24@gmail.com" target="_blank">bilalahmad24@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> Are you guys thinking about making the themes approval process<br>
>> >>>>> faster ?<br>
>> >>>>> As you can see that the themes are pending from last 6 weeks. IMHO,<br>
>> >>>>> its<br>
>> >>>>> really not encourging for the developers who spend so much time to<br>
>> >>>>> develop a<br>
>> >>>>> theme and make it free.<br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> Just my 2 cents.<br>
>> >>>>><br>
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