On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Trent Lapinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>In the meantime, can we simply link back to our themes on .org?</div></blockquote><div><br>No.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
I mean I don't mind linking back to .org, I just figure it makes sense to be able to link back to the theme the person is using?</div>
</blockquote><div><br>Let me clarify ...<br><br>... essentially there are four (4) external (public-facing) links a theme can use:<br><ul><li>Theme URI</li><li>Author URI</li><li><a href="http://wordpress.org">http://wordpress.org</a></li>
<li><a href="http://example.org">http://example.org</a></li></ul><p>The first two (2) links are covered by the "Credit Links" guidelines: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Credit_Links">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Credit_Links</a>. To use a similar link as you are suggesting "to link back to the theme the person is using" would not be allowed under these guidelines. Thus the allowances for the second two (2) links.</p>
<p>Now, although not specifically documented and it most likely should be reviewed and added to the guidelines, the use of the WordPress and Example domains should be kept to their root landing pages (although, again, I would be open to discussions of additional "generic" landing pages within those sites).</p>
<p>That being the case, and if there are no over-riding exceptions brought forward from the other administrators, I would recommend updating to the "internal" theme document link(s) idea I suggested.<br></p><p>
<br>
</p><p>Cais.<br></p><p><br></p></div></div><br><br>