[theme-reviewers] Google Analytics Campaign Tracking Code OK on Author & Theme URI?

[Emil Uzelac]

I don't believe that this is valid URI. Author URI: http://wplook.com alone
yes and Theme URI: http://wplook.com/dailypost

There are other ways to track referrals from WordPress.org

Emil



On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Jim Mitchell <jim at jimmitchell.org> wrote:

> A theme author has just submitted a new version of a theme I was reviewing
> for them, and in this version, they added some Google Analytics campaign
> tracking code to the Author & Theme URI in style.css (their previous
> version didn't have it):
>
> Author URIhttp://wplook.com/*
> ?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=theme&utm_campaign=DailyPost*<http://wplook.com/?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=theme&utm_campaign=DailyPost>
>
> Theme URIhttp://wplook.com/dailypost/*
> ?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=theme&utm_campaign=DailyPost*<http://wplook.com/dailypost/?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=theme&utm_campaign=DailyPost>
>
> I'm going to take a wild guess and say it _might_ be allowed, but not
> recommended, and ultimately not very useful since stats are kept on
> repository downloads already. I've not seen any other themes that do this,
> but of course, I didn't search the whole repository.
>
> The author also hard-coded the theme URI in the footer with GA campaign
> code. I'm going to say this is okay since there's no restriction placed on
> its removal.
>
> TIA for guidance, but mostly patience as I ask questions & learn the
> ropes...
>
> --Jim
>
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