<div dir="ltr">Scott-<div><br></div><div>Thank you for asking for the team's advice.</div><div><br></div><div><div>I know this is a difficult request to make, but having been asked to customize some terribly coded "premium themes" I wish there was a coding standard included in the requirement. Given that being listed ont hat page could be seen as being "approved by WordPress" don't you think there should be some defense for consumers against bad practices?</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Also, I think requiring these theme shops to have a free theme in the repository is a good idea, it actually partially address my first point, since that theme would have to meet the theme review standards. My concern is that this will add more themes to the review backlog, which is 4-6 weeks, and make it even harder for developers like me, who do not offer premium themes to get our themes listed in a timely manner.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Bryan Hadaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhadaway@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"><div><div>"<i>A requirement to use the <a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a> forum would be a little bit counter-productive. On the other hand, users might expect that.</i>"<br>
<br></div></div>Not sure there's any plans to make that happen, but I agree. Would definitely not want to see it become mandatory to use .org forums under any circumstance. Should always remain optional.<br></div>
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