<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Since when did we start enforcing "brand-free" themes?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>Emil</div><div class="gmail_default" style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Trent Lapinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Can we bring this back to issue 1? Logos in default images. <div><br></div><div>We use default images to show how our feature sliders, portfolios, galleries, and other image based visuals are represented. Many other themes on .org do this.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Are we allowed to use the theme name but not the theme shop / author name? </div><div><br></div><div>Are images like these below not allowed? If so, why are they not allowed?</div><div><br></div><div>
I wasn't aware of this issue until now, I mean even PageLines a featured theme has a default slider image which includes the theme shop logo. Again, I personally don't see anything wrong with this, because it tells users these are default images to be swapped out.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Can I please get some clarification on this issue?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/sliderdefault.jpg" target="_blank">http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/sliderdefault.jpg</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div><a href="http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/pagelines/sections/quickslider/images/image3.jpg" target="_blank">http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/pagelines/sections/quickslider/images/image3.jpg</a></div>
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<br></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div>On Feb 18, 2013, at 6:55 PM, Daniel Fenn <<a href="mailto:danielx386@gmail.com" target="_blank">danielx386@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Here's a point - How many option is too many?<br>
<br><br><br><br><br>On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Merci Javier <<a href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com" target="_blank">mercijavier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>The theme has more than a dozen options and there is no option for the user<br>
to change/remove the Cyberchimp logo at the footer correctly without<br>knowing code. If the user who does not know any better deletes<br><br><?php do_action('cyberchimps_footer'); ?><br><br>in footer.php, it will delete the logo of Cyberchimps as well as delete the<br>
block where the user can configure copyright information.<br><br>While welcoming to theme designers/developers, isn't the theme review team<br>there to protect/help the users as well?<br><br><br>Mercime<br><br><br><br>
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Trent,<br><br>See my reply just before yours. Yes you can use a logo image as your<br>
footer credit link.<br><br><br>On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Are we not allowed to have logo's for our credit links? What sense does<br>
that make?<br><br>From my understanding, the reason we have credit link rules is to prevent<br>people from using .org as an SEO farm, and by using a logo it is actually<br>detrimental to SEO, but serves the purpose of giving the theme author<br>
credit.<br><br>Is there a logical reason for why we can't use a logo for the credit<br>link?<br><br>--Trent Lapinski<br>=============<br>CEO of CyberChimps Inc<br><a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
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<br>On Feb 18, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>For issue # 3, simply make it a text link and it should be fine. I<br>thought it was footer logo too when i reviewed your ribbon theme but then i<br>
realized it was a credit link.<br><br><br>On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>
Hey theme review list,<br>
<br>Couple questions regarding a recent review that we need clarification<br>on:<br><br>Issue 1: <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11164#comment:5" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11164#comment:5</a><br>
<br>The theme reviewer claims we need to remove our logo from the default<br>image in the feature slider. It is literally just a default image so that<br>when someone previews the theme they can see the feature slider in action.<br>
The image is included with the theme (is NOT hot linked), and doesn't have<br>any promotional copy or anything like that.<br><br>The images in question:<br><br><a href="http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/sliderdefault.jpg" target="_blank">http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/sliderdefault.jpg</a><br>
<br><a href="http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/slide3.jpg" target="_blank">http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/slide3.jpg</a><br><br>Is having my theme shop name in a default demo image a violation of any<br>
review guidelines?<br><br>Issue 2: <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11164#comment:5" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11164#comment:5</a><br><br>I also have a built-in Twitter feed in my themes, which the default<br>
simply has our Twitter account so users can see a functional demo of the<br>Twitter feature working on the preview / demo page. Is this is violation of<br>any theme review guidelines?<br><br>Neither of these "issues" are promotional, and are simply for preview /<br>
demo purposes. I'm not really sure how were supposed to show the<br>functionality of our themes without including defaults?<br><br>Issue 3: <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11163#comment:2" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11163#comment:2</a><br>
<br>"User should be able to replace/remove Cyberchimps logo located in the<br>footer."<br><br>A user can easily edit the footer.php or remove the image from the<br>theme, or whatever they want since the theme is GPL. As far as I'm aware,<br>
there is nothing saying we have to provide an option to make it easier to<br>remove the credit link in the footer. We are doing nothing to stop users<br>from removing the link.<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>--Trent Lapinski<br>=============<br>
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