[theme-reviewers] Author URL Guidance

[Chip Bennett]

Yep; I'd also say that themes.stinkyink.com is in line with the AuthorURI
requirements.

Chip

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> @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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