<div dir="ltr">they are making effort and contributing to community ..<div><br></div><div>and If they are adhering to all other guidelines then what's wrong if they put link as theme author URI.. no matter what they do.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This I see from their site, there are so many to consider them as theme shop.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.siteground.com/wordpress-hosting/wordpress-themes.htm">http://www.siteground.com/wordpress-hosting/wordpress-themes.htm</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Disclaimer - I have no link, affiliation in any manner with Author or siteground.</div>
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<div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:24 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Automattic = above our pay grade.</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:52 AM, devcorn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wp@devcorn.com" target="_blank">wp@devcorn.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 don't agree, how you will justify <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/untitled" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/untitled</a> from Automattic <div>
<br></div><div>and sitegroud is well known company and they have pretty good themes.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:19 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">No. A hosting company is not a Theme shop.<div><br></div><div>A Theme shop is a company for which the sole/primary purpose is to develop and distribute Themes.</div>
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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, 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">so by that a hosting company would also be considered an extension/exception. </div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:45 AM, 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Is a Theme Shop not a logical extension/exception to the "personal site" requirement for Author URI?</div>
<div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:40 AM, 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">and neither is a theme-shop....</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:30 AM, 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">A Realtor site is, by definition, not a "personal" site.</div><div><div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:24 AM, 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">It is a 'personal' site.</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:12 AM, 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>"That person took time from their schedule to create something to share with a community."<div>
<br></div></div><div>What *person*? How is a Realtor site a "person"? That's the issue.</div></div><div><div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM, 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">Sorry but I don't fully see how it is a 'sponsored by' link. That person took time from their schedule to create something to share with a community. It would be like a photographer using his portfolio since that is what the theme author does. The guideline states: personal website or project/development site.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:44 AM, 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">No, a realtor site wouldn't be valid as Author URI. That would essentially be a "sponsored by" or spam link. (It shouldn't take a great deal of imagination to understand how that has, can, and would be exploited if the rule were otherwise.) <div>
<br></div><div>AuthorURI is intended to link to the *person* who developed/distributed the Theme. Theme shops are perfectly fine, because Theme shops develop and distribute Themes. A realtor site does not.</div></div><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:14 AM, 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">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><div>
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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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