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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">One credit link with option opt in as
default allowed?<br>
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I would like to see it that way. It might encourage more option
setting for that.<br>
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I would also suggest that such credit links would serve both the
end user AND the theme hose if they appeared only on the front or
home page.<br>
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On 2013-07-25 19:55, Chip Bennett wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">That's my recollection as well, Cais. I think we
may have dropped the optional second link at some point, but
never updated this corollary guideline? I think we could just
drop it entirely, and stick with developers using one credit
link.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Edward
Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>IIRC, the premise behind this guideline was to allow
Theme Authors to have more than one credit link (ideally
a maximum of two credit links in total; links to
WordPress.org do not count towards "credit" links) where
the second would be optional and not displayed by
default.<br>
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Of course there are a lot of ways to offer this secondary
"credit" link, such as a simple text field linked to a URL
of the end-user's choice ... and this leads to the
possibility for the Theme Author to populate these fields
with their "suggested" text and landing page ... just be
careful as any URL used in this fashion would still need
to pass any related URL guidelines such as those regarding
spam, non-GPL compliance, etc.<span class="HOEnZb"><font
color="#888888"><br>
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<div>Edward Caissie<br>
aka Cais.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:01
PM, Stephen Cui <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:scui2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">scui2005@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>English language discussion? May I
interpret this way: <br>
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credit-link removal option are required to be
disabled by default. <br>
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In other words, it is double negative:
credit-link are not removed by default.<br>
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<div>On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Merci
Javier <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mercijavier@gmail.com"
target="_blank">mercijavier@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px"><span
style="font-family:'times new
roman','new
york',times,serif;font-size:19px;font-style:italic"><font
size="4">If used,
credit-link removal options
are required to be opt-in
(i.e. disabled by default,
rather than enabled)</font></span><br>
<span style="font-family:'times
new roman','new
york',times,serif;font-size:19px;font-style:italic"></span></div>
<span style="font-family:'times
new roman','new
york',times,serif;font-size:19px"><br>
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The guideline somehow translates to:<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px">Theme
authors are not required to
provide credit link removal
options. However if the theme
author provides such option, "then
the default state of that option
must be for the credit links to be
*disabled* ".<br>
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Why penalize a theme author who
provides a user-friendly option to
remove the credit link? It's looking
more like protecting a theme author
who wants to make it hard for a
regular user to remove the credit
link. <br>
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I don't recall that specific
guideline last time I did a theme
review. I didn't see this new
guideline discussed at all. Theme
Review Admin's prerogative?<br>
<br>
Mercime</div>
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