[theme-reviewers] [WordPress Themes] #9687: THEME: Runo Lite - 1.3.2

[Otto]

Reviewers are people who miss things sometimes too.

-Otto


On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Leena Lahti <leena.lahti at lala.fi> wrote:
> Thanks for your answers. This is my first theme, so I'm still practicing. :)
>
> I just wish this had been pointed out in the first version, because now I
> have to rethink the whole Lite/Premium logic again. If I knew this, I would
> had put some other (self-developed) feature in the Premium version instead.
> Well, I'll figure it out. :)
>
> Leena
>
>
>
> 2012/10/9 Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>>
>> From http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Up-Sell_Themes:
>>
>> "Commercial versions of free Themes must not lock core WordPress
>> features behind the commercial paywall."
>>
>> Custom backgrounds are a core WordPress feature. It's literally just a
>> couple extra lines of code to add that feature to pretty much any
>> theme. Leaving that out of the free theme and only putting it in the
>> pay theme is, indeed, rather unacceptable from that viewpoint.
>>
>> Stuff that you put in the pay-version of the theme should be
>> functionality you've developed yourself and such. True upgrades.
>> Custom backgrounds are so easy to do that they're virtually a given in
>> a free theme.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Leena Lahti <leena.lahti at lala.fi> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > can I please have a second opinion about this: this theme was accepted
>> > and
>> > added to theme directory only two weeks ago and no-one said that there
>> > was
>> > something wrong with custom background feature (which doesn't exist at
>> > all
>> > in this theme but only in Premium version). I guess this is a matter of
>> > terminology: is it "locked behind the commercial paywall" if it doesn't
>> > exist at all? There are other features also in the Premium version which
>> > you
>> > cannot find in Lite version. They are not "locked", they simply don't
>> > exist.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Leena
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2012/10/9 WordPress Themes <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> >>
>> >> #9687: THEME: Runo Lite - 1.3.2
>> >> ----------------------------+----------------------------
>> >> Reporter:  La_ri_za         |       Owner:  garinungkadol
>> >>     Type:  theme            |      Status:  assigned
>> >> Priority:  major            |  Resolution:
>> >> Keywords:  theme-runo-lite  |
>> >> ----------------------------+----------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Comment (by garinungkadol):
>> >>
>> >>  * Theme is previously approved
>> >>  * Theme author has added notation in readme.txt about only supporting
>> >> two
>> >>  levels of menu items
>> >>  * As per diff check, the following changes were made:
>> >>     * Theme URI was revised
>> >>     * Additional styling for custom fonts
>> >>     * Language files were updated
>> >>     * Minor revisions to template files
>> >>
>> >>  == Current Issues ==
>> >>  * REQUIRED: Commercial versions of free Themes must not lock core
>> >>  WordPress features behind the commercial paywall
>> >>    * You are implementing background images in your premium version
>> >> which
>> >>  is a core feature.
>> >>
>> >>  * REQUIRED: Theme is incorporating custom backgrounds in premium
>> >> theme.
>> >>  This must use core functionality,
>> >>  [http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Backgrounds Custom Backgrounds].
>> >>
>> >>  * REQUIRED: Themes are required to use function parameters, filters,
>> >> and
>> >>  action hooks where appropriate in order to modify content, rather than
>> >>  hard-coding.
>> >>    * Use the `wp_title` filter to modify the contents of `<title>`.
>> >>    * References:
>> >>    *
>> >> http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/32622/when-calling-wp-
>> >>  title-do-you-have-to-create-some-kind-of-title-php-file
>> >>    * http://wikiduh.com/1102/using-the-wp_title-filter-in-wordpress
>> >>
>> >>  * Recommending '''not-approved'''.
>> >>
>> >>  I'll keep this ticket open for a few days.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ticket URL: <http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9687#comment:2>
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