[theme-reviewers] Author URL Guidance

[Edward Caissie]

@Andy -

The http://themes.stinkyink.com/ would be much better as an Author URI than
your original choice.


Cais.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Andy Warburton <andy at stinkyink.com> wrote:

> Hi Emil,
>
> Thanks for replying. I would have replied on Trac but I couldn't see an
> obvious reply link (do I need a separate account for Trac or should it work
> with my wordpress.org account?).
>
> We've done the odd bit of theme/plugin development before and have a few
> things hosted on http://themes.stinkyink.com would that be an acceptable
> destination for the link?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> On 28 Mar 2011, at 09:10, Emil Uzelac wrote:
>
> > Andy,
> >
> > If you go to http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Credit_Links there
> you will find more information why the Theme was rejected.
> >
> > Themes may optionally include a public-facing credit link in the Theme
> footer.
> >       • If used, Themes are required to include no more than one such
> footer credit link.
> >       • Credit link, if used, is required to use either Theme URI or
> Author URI.
> >       • Credit link anchor text and title are required to be relevant and
> appropriate with respect to the linked site. Spam or SEO-seeded anchor text
> and titles may subject Themes to automatic rejection.
> > Since http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk has nothing to do with WordPress
> and/or you directly (regardless of *which is my site part*) it cannot be
> used. If you have a personal Blog, not related to
> http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk use that instead.
> > Or you are also free to have no links at all, that's completely up to
> you.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Emil
> >
> >
> > 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 Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Andy Warburton <andy at stinkyink.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I've been working on a theme called 'Fiver' which I plan to distribute on
> the Wordpress themes site.
> >
> > So far it's been rejected on the basis of the author/footer URL being
> 'inappropriate'.
> >
> > The URL I used was ' http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk ' which is my
> website.
> >
> > I'll also be adding a theme URL once the theme has been accepted and I
> know it's worth my time creating the page.
> >
> > Could someone please clarify what about my website address is
> 'inappropriate' ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
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