[theme-reviewers] Second Opinion

Wed Jan 19 17:16:26 UTC 2011

Let's drop the link building for a moment and look into the same author
shall we?
All right this http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/all-green is approved and
the entire code is from TwentyTen, every single like, it even says TwentyTen
directly in files. How can that be?

*Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter:
@EmilUzelac<http://twitter.com/emiluzelac>| E:
emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
*Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.* - Albert Einstein

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> The standard is "*significantly different design and/or functionality*".
> Granted, it's entirely subjective, but we *are* taking into consideration.
>
> I don't know how to draw the line any more clearly than that, when the
> reality is that a non-trivial number of submitted Themes will *always* be
> derived from the WordPress default Theme - which right now is TwentyTen.
>
> Thus, it is rather infeasible to disallow *any* TwentyTen-derived Themes.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> Are we actually allowing basic modifications to the twentyten theme to
>> go into the directory?
>>
>> Can't we say that themes must be at least somewhat *original*? Simply
>> replacing the
>> artwork and screwing around with the CSS of an existing theme does not
>> a new theme create.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Daniel Tara <contact at onedesigns.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Twenty Ten has that hook and that theme copies plenty of code from it. I
>> > think it’s residual waste from wannabe coders that don’t actually
>> understand
>> > what they’re doing.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Daniel
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org
>> > [mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org] On Behalf Of
>> Philip M.
>> > Hofer (Frumph)
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:43 PM
>> >
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm thinking there's some plugin out there that's doing it, since
>> plugin's
>> > are not .. moderated, they can do anything of the like.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > From: Chip Bennett
>> >
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:39 AM
>> >
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I've seen quite a few Themes that have such a "do_action(
>> 'my_theme_credits'
>> > )" in footer.php, but without a corresponding add_action() hook in
>> > functions.php.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I've always taken it to be sloppiness in copying from another Theme,
>> adding
>> > in a hook but not knowing to define it. Is it something else?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Chip
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
>> > <philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > .. is there an action that hooks into it in the theme or is he hooking
>> in
>> > someplace else like a plugin?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <?php do_action( 'all_green_credits' ); ?>
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > From: Daniel Tara
>> >
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:55 AM
>> >
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If you don’t mean that he is building links via the 'all_green_credits'
>> > hook, then I don’t get it either.
>> >
>> > Anyway, there’s no function hooked to that action in any theme file.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Daniel
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org
>> > [mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org] On Behalf Of Chip
>> > Bennett
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:40 PM
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So for the not-enough-sleep-and-no-coffee-yet version: what am I looking
>> at,
>> > in the footer.php that you linked? :)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Chip
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > This would be no go, the guy is building links via theme and that's not
>> > cool. Please see Google cache on this http://is.gd/TSWfvV
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Emil Uzelac | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>> > emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>> >
>> > Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert
>> Einstein
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
>> > <philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > heh well thats not far from what it looks like in firefox too, that text
>> on
>> > the image looks horrible
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > From: Chip Bennett
>> >
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:55 AM
>> >
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Follow up:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Firefox: renders fine
>> >
>> > Chrome: does not render properly
>> >
>> > IE8: does not render properly
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > By "does not render properly", here's what I'm seeing.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Chip
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
>> > <philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > i'm sorry, i'm confused as to why it's not rendering to you?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > think its a browser issue or connection to the site?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > From: Chip Bennett
>> >
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:05 AM
>> >
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Can you and Phil post screencaps on the ticket? I'll reinstall the Theme
>> and
>> > do the same.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > (Or, if it's not the author's original work, maybe we just deny it on
>> those
>> > grounds?)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Chip
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Edward Caissie <
>> edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > IT rendered fine but like Phil pointed out, there are some obvious items
>> to
>> > look at ...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
>> > <philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > yes yes and yes, renders fine sorta..
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > last post from from last october, the 404 page renders like crap
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The real template author for this is http://www.bloggerthemes.net/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > as shown here
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.dhetemplate.com/2010/11/free-all-green-blogger-template.html#
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > (notice the paydaydesigns.info on that page)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > From: Chip Bennett
>> >
>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:47 AM
>> >
>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Second Opinion
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Can you read any of the content?
>> >
>> > Does it look like screenshot.png?
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Edward Caissie <
>> edward.caissie at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > IT seems to load fine for me ... haven't tested it or anything. What
>> issues
>> > are you having?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Jay <furcifer at furcifer.me> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey chip.
>> >
>> > Just taking a quick look from my phone, it's the same theme that's on
>> the
>> > author url, and i'm having issues with that.
>> >
>> > Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Hey All,
>> >>
>> >>I could not get this Theme
>> >
>> >><https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2655>to render properly for
>> >
>> >>me. Can someone else confirm that it is the Theme,
>> >>and not something with my test environment?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>Chip
>> >>
>> >
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