Hey guys need your help <div>My theme 'redify' was approved few days ago but it was still not published on <a href="http://wordpress.org">wordpress.org</a> ticket id <a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11184">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11184</a><br>
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1. Re: Default images, Twitter demo, and an option to remove<br>
credit link? (Chip Bennett)<br>
2. Re: Default images, Twitter demo, and an option to remove<br>
credit link? (Otto)<br>
3. Re: Default images, Twitter demo, and an option to remove<br>
credit link? (Abhik Biswas)<br>
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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:55:24 -0500<br>
From: Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Default images, Twitter demo, and an<br>
option to remove credit link?<br>
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Let's move this discussion over to Make/Themes:<br>
<a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/02/19/theme-brandingwhite-labeling-guidelines/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/02/19/theme-brandingwhite-labeling-guidelines/</a><br>
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There are legitimate issues in question here, so let's make sure that we<br>
discuss them fully before determining how they might impact existing<br>
Guidelines.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Chip<br>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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> @Mercime - We are not doing this to be deceptive, we use a hook system to<br>
> consolidate and modularize our core theme options between all of our themes<br>
> in our framework. It is very logical and reasonable thing to do from a<br>
> programming perspective, and anyone can easily edit the hook or edit the<br>
> core file to remove our logo. Using a hook system is not deceptive, it is<br>
> actually very reasonable.<br>
><br>
> --Trent Lapinski<br>
> =============<br>
> CEO of CyberChimps Inc<br>
> <a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
> Mobile (714) 904-4280<br>
> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
> Skype: mobiletrent<br>
> <a href="http://CyberChimps.com" target="_blank">http://CyberChimps.com</a><br>
><br>
> On Feb 18, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Merci Javier <<a href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com">mercijavier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> The theme has more than a dozen options and there is no option for the<br>
> user 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<br>
> the 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>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>>wrote:<br>
><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">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><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<br>
>>> prevent people from using .org as an SEO farm, and by using a logo it is<br>
>>> actually detrimental to SEO, but serves the purpose of giving the theme<br>
>>> author 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">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
>>> Mobile (714) 904-4280<br>
>>> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
>>> Skype: mobiletrent<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>
>>> On Feb 18, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">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">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>>><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>
>>>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a><br>
>>>> Mobile (714) 904-4280<br>
>>>> Twitter @trentlapinski<br>
>>>> Skype: mobiletrent<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: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:04:59 -0600<br>
From: Otto <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Default images, Twitter demo, and an<br>
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Bryan Hadaway <<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Just seems like a bad rule and a waste of effort time however. Either way,<br>
> we do need an official ruling on this. Which I'm sure we'll get when Otto<br>
> comes on.<br>
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Ain't up to me, brother. Theme Reviewers set those rules amongst<br>
yourselves. Talk it out over on the make site.<br>
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-Otto<br>
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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:00:02 +0530<br>
From: Abhik Biswas <<a href="mailto:abhik@itsabhik.com">abhik@itsabhik.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Default images, Twitter demo, and an<br>
option to remove credit link?<br>
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Sorry for the nag :),<br>
May I know how long it takes to get a comment approved in make?<br>
I left a comment in that post Chip mentioned a while ago, but its not<br>
showing up. Is there any specific ruleset?<br>
On Feb 19, 2013 6:35 PM, "Otto" <<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Bryan Hadaway <<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > Just seems like a bad rule and a waste of effort time however. Either<br>
> way,<br>
> > we do need an official ruling on this. Which I'm sure we'll get when Otto<br>
> > comes on.<br>
><br>
> Ain't up to me, brother. Theme Reviewers set those rules amongst<br>
> yourselves. Talk it out over on the make site.<br>
><br>
> -Otto<br>
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