<div dir="ltr">#1: for consistency: yes, all default images must be generic. We have to have such restrictions because otherwise they *would* get abused. So, the people like you would *not* abuse the use of such images end up more restricted in what images can be used. As the images aren't intended to be promotional, but demonstration-only, surely there are some generic images that would suffice?<div>
<br></div><div style>#2: Perhaps use the "WordPress" twitter feed?</div><div style><br></div><div style>#3: Having a footer logo image is just fine. Footer credit links are not required to be user-configurable. If there's both a text link and a separate logo image link, the reviewer may reasonably request the developer choose one or the other.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Regards,</div><div style><br></div><div style>Chip</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">For issue # 3, simply make it a text link and it should be fine. I thought it was footer logo too when i reviewed your ribbon theme but then i realized it was a credit link.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:27 AM, 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">
Hey theme review list,<br>
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Couple questions regarding a recent review that we need clarification on:<br>
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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>
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The theme reviewer claims we need to remove our logo from the default image in the feature slider. It is literally just a default image so that when someone previews the theme they can see the feature slider in action. The image is included with the theme (is NOT hot linked), and doesn't have any promotional copy or anything like that.<br>
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The images in question:<br>
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<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>
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<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>
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Is having my theme shop name in a default demo image a violation of any review guidelines?<br>
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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>
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I also have a built-in Twitter feed in my themes, which the default simply has our Twitter account so users can see a functional demo of the Twitter feature working on the preview / demo page. Is this is violation of any theme review guidelines?<br>
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Neither of these "issues" are promotional, and are simply for preview / demo purposes. I'm not really sure how were supposed to show the functionality of our themes without including defaults?<br>
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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>
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"User should be able to replace/remove Cyberchimps logo located in the footer."<br>
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A user can easily edit the footer.php or remove the image from the theme, or whatever they want since the theme is GPL. As far as I'm aware, there is nothing saying we have to provide an option to make it easier to remove the credit link in the footer. We are doing nothing to stop users from removing the link.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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--Trent Lapinski<br>
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