<p dir="ltr">The hosting company link does not contain any SEO/spam related content and it provides a list of few dozen themes built by it's staff. I don't get it, especially when there are themes in the repo leading to random company sites that are no web shops.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I personally don't mind it at all and I actually find theme shops with the word "theme" in a link way more disturbing, even if I think that everyone should get some credit for spending time to release something for free for the community.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 Aug 2013 17:14, "Jose Castaneda" <<a href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com">jomcastaneda@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">So a realtor site wouldn't be if the author is a realtor? Sorry the line does seems to be a little odd at times. Like @mario says it is a bit of a subjective decision.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:12 AM, 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">Theme shops, personal websites and project websites are allowed as author url and everything else isn't.<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Jose Castaneda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jomcastaneda@gmail.com" target="_blank">jomcastaneda@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">I have to ask as well since I've seen other themes use themeshops for their author credit links as well. </div>
<div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Mario Peshev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mario@peshev.net" target="_blank">mario@peshev.net</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">Chip, could I personally ask for some clarifications on the guidelines page - either in make/themes or in the Codex under Theme Review or wherever, like <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing.2C_Theme_Name.2C_Credit_Links.2C_Up-Sell_Themes:" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing.2C_Theme_Name.2C_Credit_Links.2C_Up-Sell_Themes:</a> or <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/" target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/</a> ?<div>
<br>I tend to disagree so often with most subjective decisions that I'd really love to actually have them better defined than what is already in there, especially with the contradictions with some of the existing themes in the repository.<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best regards,<br clear="all"><div><br>Mario Peshev</div><div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Correct.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ola Łączek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ola@bodera.com" target="_blank">ola@bodera.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hello!<div><br></div><div>
I've got a theme that uses this address: <a href="http://www.siteground.com/" target="_blank">http://www.siteground.com/</a> as author URI and for credit link in footer.</div>
<div>In guidelines it says that "<i>For AuthorURI, emphasis is on the personal nature of the site</i>".</div>
<div>So I think this link is not acceptable, am I right?</div><div><div><br></div>Best regards,<br>Ola Łączek<br><br><div><br></div>
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