<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span><br>How do I remove myself from this list. Please remove my name.<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Amy Schneider</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:03 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil@uzelac.me> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4396546757"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">Earlier today you guys said how Jen
mentioned that we cannot feature the same Theme every month, right? <br></div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">
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We are not Theme Forest and don't have so many Themes to chose from. </div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">
No Theme was chosen because of their background or who they are.</div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br></div>
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</div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_quote">On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv4396546757gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>I hope themes are not featured based on wptavern's coverage, they don't cover any of mine :(<br>
</div><div>Yes, I think criteria should be disclosed since this is an open community, even tough admins are short on time.<br>
</div><div><br></div></div><div class="yiv4396546757HOEnZb"><div class="yiv4396546757h5"><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_quote">On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Trent Lapinski <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv4396546757gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div>I agree some of them are well designed, there a lot of well designed themes on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>From my understanding, the contest was ended because they weren’t happy with theme shops being promoted. All the themes last month were not commercial theme companies.</div><div><br></div><div>This month the new list is nothing but upsell themes and themes from developers that are friends of Automattic / Audrey Capital. Many of which are companies or developers that had not previously contributed to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>While I’m happy to see better designs on .org, I want to know what the criteria for being featured is now? Or at least an explanation of what the process is now?</div><div><br></div><div>I think we all have a reasonable expectation to know what determines if your theme is put in front of actual users. What is and is not allowed, etc.</div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;">--Trent Lapinski<br>=============<br>CEO of CyberChimps Inc.</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cyberchimps.com/">http://CyberChimps.com</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">
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<br></div><div><div><div><div>On May 29, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Srikanth Koneru <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com">tskk79@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div>All new featured themes look very well designed. <br></div>Important thing is they are being rotated monthly, which encourages me to create some very nice designs myself.<br></div><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="yiv4396546757gmail_quote">On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Trent Lapinski <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv4396546757gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div>Is anyone else disappointed to see that the theme review contest was ended for a list of commercial theme shops with close ties to Automattic, personal friends, and employees of Audrey Capital (Matt Mullenweg’s personal investment company)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Theme Foundry (one of Automattic’s earliest theme partners), Justin Tadlock (a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a> admin), Sarah Gooding (a blogger for Audrey Capital), TeslaThemes (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wptavern.com/teslathemes-celebrates-one-year-of-being-in-business">http://wptavern.com/teslathemes-celebrates-one-year-of-being-in-business</a>), and Themeify (a major commercial theme shops first theme on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a>) were all just gifted featured themes on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So what exactly is the criteria for being featured now?</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;">--Trent Lapinski<br>=============<br>CEO of CyberChimps Inc.</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cyberchimps.com/">http://CyberChimps.com</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">
Twitter @trentlapinski</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span style="font-size:12px;">Skype: mobiletrent</span><br></div></div></div>
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