<div dir="ltr">You can (as far as I know), but I would advise against it, and would favor the original: Devin Price's Options Framework. The main reason is that SMOF adds a non-standard Settings Page UI.<div><br></div>
<div>Looking more in-depth, I am concerned about the SMOF readme, which includes the following:</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><h3 style="margin:1em 0px 15px;line-height:1.7;font-size:1.5em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif">
License</h3></div><div><p style="margin:15px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:25px">SMOF is released under GPLv3 - <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" style="color:rgb(65,131,196);text-decoration:none">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</a>. You are free to redistribute & modify copies of the plugin under the following conditions:</p>
</div></blockquote><div><ul style="padding:0px 0px 0px 30px;margin:15px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:25px"><ul><li>All links & credits must be kept intact</li>
<li>For commercial usage (e.g in themes you're selling on any marketplace, or a commercial website), you are<strong>strongly recommended</strong> to link back to my <a href="http://themeforest.net/user/SyamilMJ" style="color:rgb(65,131,196);outline:0px">Themeforest Profile Page</a> using the following text: <a href="https://github.com/sy4mil/Options-Framework" style="color:rgb(65,131,196);text-decoration:none">Slightly Modified Options Framework</a> by <a href="http://themeforest.net/user/SyamilMJ" style="color:rgb(65,131,196);text-decoration:none">Syamil MJ</a></li>
</ul></ul></div><div><br></div><div>That straddles the non-GPL-compatible restrictions line.</div><div><br></div><div>The GPL does not require "all links and credits" to be kept intact; rather, it requires the appropriate copyright/license attribution to be retained. As for the commercial-use part: the GPL does not allow the developer to "strongly recommend" any such thing.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Harish <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@harishchouhan.com" target="_blank">me@harishchouhan.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Afzaal,<br>
<br>
Had you looked at <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/options-framework/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/plugins/options-framework/</a>. SMOF is a<br>
similar to this.<br>
<br>
You simply can allow users to install this. That way your theme remains<br>
lightweight and your users can always have access to latest version of<br>
Options framework.<br>
<br>
Many themes have integrated this within the theme itself, but unless your<br>
customizing it to a great extend, its pointless to include it in a theme.<br>
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<br>
Regards,<br>
Harish Chouhan<br>
<br>
Visit me at - <a href="http://www.harishchouhan.com" target="_blank">www.harishchouhan.com</a><br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Sent: Thu 05 September 13 10:50 PM<br>
To: Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.; Chip Bennett<br>
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?<br>
<br>
Totally agree! The theme should still look like a theme when activated. I'd<br>
suggest that you have clear documentation so users know they can change<br>
options from the theme options page. Make it super clear.<br>
<br>
So would I be right in assuming that SMOF is allowed then? I'll submit my<br>
theme next week and can completely strip it out if SMOF is not allowed, but<br>
didn't want to as I thought it would be cool to give a premium level theme<br>
for free.<br>
<br>
Afzaal<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Quoting Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>>:<br>
<br>
> You should never, ever need to redirect the user to the Theme options<br>
> page upon activation.<br>
><br>
> Instead, the Theme should define and use sane defaults as a fallback,<br>
> in case the user does not configure Theme options.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Towfiq I. <<a href="mailto:tislam100@gmail.com">tislam100@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> on a different note, is it possible to redirect the user to theme<br>
>> options page after activating the theme? If so, how?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM, <<a href="mailto:wordpress@thinkupthemes.com">wordpress@thinkupthemes.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Thanks Harish,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Great idea. I'll add a recommendation for the plugin to be installed<br>
>>> using TGM activation. Thanks, I'll remove this and take your advice.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Afzaal<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Quoting Harish <<a href="mailto:me@harishchouhan.com">me@harishchouhan.com</a>>:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Any reason why you want to roll in the twitter widget in your theme?<br>
>>>> Simply<br>
>>>> show a message after activation to help people download the plugin.<br>
>>>> Will make your theme smaller and if the users change theme, they<br>
>>>> won't lose their twitter widget.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Regards,<br>
>>>> Harish Chouhan<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Visit me at - <a href="http://www.harishchouhan.com" target="_blank">www.harishchouhan.com</a><br>
>>>> Phone: <a href="tel:%2B91-9833661410" value="+919833661410">+91-9833661410</a> | Email: <a href="mailto:me@harishchouhan.com">me@harishchouhan.com</a><br>
>>>><br>
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>>>> .org><br>
>>>> ]<br>
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>>>> Sent: Thu 05 September 13 10:21 PM<br>
>>>> To:<br>
>>>> theme-reviewers@lists.**<a href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a><theme-reviewers@lists.wordpre<br>
>>>> <a href="http://ss.org" target="_blank">ss.org</a>><br>
>>>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Is SMOF framework allowed?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hello all,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I'm in the final stages of completing my WordPress theme and think<br>
>>>> people may find it useful so am thinking about trying to get it<br>
>>>> into the WordPress repository. I've noticed a few warnings however<br>
>>>> that have appeared when running theme-check.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 1. base64_encode error in the framework SMOF. I used this because<br>
>>>> of the referral on<br>
>>>> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/**Theme_Frameworks" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/**Theme_Frameworks</a><<a href="http://codex.wordpres" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpres</a><br>
>>>> <a href="http://s.org/Theme_Frameworks" target="_blank">s.org/Theme_Frameworks</a>><br>
>>>> .<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 2. base64_encode in the Twitter feed widget which I've packaged<br>
>>>> into the theme<br>
>>>> <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/**tweetscroll-widget/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/plugins/**tweetscroll-widget/</a><<a href="http://wordpress" target="_blank">http://wordpress</a><br>
>>>> .org/plugins/tweetscroll-widget/><br>
>>>> .<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> If anyone can shed any light on if these are major errors I'd<br>
>>>> really appreciate your help. I really want to make sure that my<br>
>>>> themes are 100% safe so am spending a lot of time on finding any<br>
errors.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thank you so much in advance.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Afzaal<br>
>>>><br>
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