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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Daniel Fenn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielx386@gmail.com" target="_blank">danielx386@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
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Can you please stop replying to "theme-reviewers Digest...." email as<br>
not many of us will read or even answer then?<br>
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM, CONNOR Wayne and Jill <<a href="mailto:wayne@dubbo.org">wayne@dubbo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> This is the same issue I had with my slidingdoor theme that I made about 3 years ago.<br>
><br>
> You can see a demo here:<br>
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> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/sliding-door" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/sliding-door</a><br>
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> Using home_url() doesn't work because it makes the person previewing the theme may think that clicking on the sliding menu just returns you to the home page. It's not actually obvious that they can be linked somewhere else.<br>
><br>
> Let me say it was tempting to put some of my own commercial or personal URLs in these links, because they essentially bypass the link checking of the review process. Also these links disappear automatically as soon as the end user creates their own pages.<br>
><br>
> I decided just to use theme URLs on the links at the time because I thought that was the intention of the WordPress guidelines.<br>
><br>
> I would think that if they are not a permanent part of the theme (like a footer link) then using EITHER (1) <a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a> or (2) the theme URL or (3) the author URL or (4) <a href="http://example.com" target="_blank">example.com</a> or (5) home_url() would give enough options, but not a different URL.<br>
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> If you don't have guidelines you'll get all sorts of jokers linking to all sorts of places.<br>
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> Wayne<br>
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> On 09/08/2012, at 10:45 AM, <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers-request@lists.wordpress.org</a> wrote:<br>
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>> 1. Re: Feature slider default links (Daniel Tara)<br>
>> 2. Re: Feature slider default links (Justin Tadlock)<br>
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>> Message: 1<br>
>> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 03:35:57 +0300<br>
>> From: Daniel Tara <<a href="mailto:contact@onedesigns.com">contact@onedesigns.com</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Feature slider default links<br>
>> To: "<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>"<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>><br>
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>> Why not link to something like <a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a>? It's generally accepted<br>
>> that's a domain used for demonstration purposes, nobody would question if<br>
>> you'd use that.<br>
>><br>
>> On 09.08.2012, at 03:33, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> How so? Can you explain how you're attempting to show this custom URL<br>
>> functionality? Perhaps I'm just not following you. Are you talking about a<br>
>> Theme demo? Are you talking about the default custom URLs that appear in<br>
>> the Theme options page? Something else?<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> @Chip<br>
>>><br>
>>> I suppose I could but that doesn't really show the custom URL<br>
>>> functionality.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I would rather just get an exception.<br>
>>><br>
>>> --Trent Lapinski<br>
>>> =============<br>
>>> CEO of CyberChimps LLC<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
>>> Mobile <a href="tel:%28714%29%20904-4280" value="+17149044280">(714) 904-4280</a><br>
>>> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
>>> <a href="http://CyberChimps.com" target="_blank">http://CyberChimps.com</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Why not have them link to home_url() by default, instead?<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Hi everyone,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Some of my themes have feature sliders, and for the default links for<br>
>>>> those slides I simply link them back to my company website to show users<br>
>>>> can link the images in the feature slider.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> It was recently brought to my attention that this may be a grey area in<br>
>>>> terms of the guidelines. I spoke to Otto about this at WCSF12, and he said<br>
>>>> it likely shouldn't be too big of an issue and I should be able to request<br>
>>>> an exception to keep these links.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> With that said, I would like to formally request an exception to have<br>
>>>> these default links. I can have them direct to theme specific pages perhaps?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> --Trent Lapinski<br>
>>>> =============<br>
>>>> CEO of CyberChimps LLC<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
>>>> Mobile <a href="tel:%28714%29%20904-4280" value="+17149044280">(714) 904-4280</a><br>
>>>> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
>>>> <a href="http://CyberChimps.com" target="_blank">http://CyberChimps.com</a> <<a href="http://cyberchimps.com/" target="_blank">http://cyberchimps.com/</a>><br>
>>>><br>
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>> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:45:18 -0500<br>
>> From: Justin Tadlock <<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com">justin@justintadlock.com</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Feature slider default links<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
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>> Why not just make the slider work without a link? I assume you're<br>
>> displaying some sort of image slider and each image is wrapped in a<br>
>> link. It makes sense to me that if the user doesn't add a link, the<br>
>> individual slide doesn't need to link anywhere. It gives users an extra<br>
>> option if they want to use it.<br>
>><br>
>> On 8/8/2012 6:54 PM, Trent Lapinski wrote:<br>
>>> @Chip<br>
>>><br>
>>> I suppose I could but that doesn't really show the custom URL<br>
>>> functionality.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I would rather just get an exception.<br>
>>><br>
>>> --Trent Lapinski<br>
>>> =============<br>
>>> CEO of CyberChimps LLC<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>><br>
>>> Mobile <a href="tel:%28714%29%20904-4280" value="+17149044280">(714) 904-4280</a><br>
>>> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
>>> <a href="http://CyberChimps.com" target="_blank">http://CyberChimps.com</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a><br>
>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Why not have them link to home_url() by default, instead?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
>>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hi everyone,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Some of my themes have feature sliders, and for the default links<br>
>>>> for those slides I simply link them back to my company website to<br>
>>>> show users can link the images in the feature slider.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> It was recently brought to my attention that this may be a grey<br>
>>>> area in terms of the guidelines. I spoke to Otto about this at<br>
>>>> WCSF12, and he said it likely shouldn't be too big of an issue<br>
>>>> and I should be able to request an exception to keep these links.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> With that said, I would like to formally request an exception to<br>
>>>> have these default links. I can have them direct to theme<br>
>>>> specific pages perhaps?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> --Trent Lapinski<br>
>>>> =============<br>
>>>> CEO of CyberChimps LLC<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>><br>
>>>> Mobile <a href="tel:%28714%29%20904-4280" value="+17149044280">(714) 904-4280</a> <tel:%28714%29%20904-4280><br>
>>>> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
>>>> <a href="http://CyberChimps.com" target="_blank">http://CyberChimps.com</a> <<a href="http://cyberchimps.com/" target="_blank">http://cyberchimps.com/</a>><br>
>>>><br>
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