[theme-reviewers] Author URI guidelines

[Jose Castaneda]

It is a 'personal' site.


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> "That person took time from their schedule to create something to share
> with a community."
>
> What *person*? How is a Realtor site a "person"? That's the issue.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Sorry but I don't fully see how it is a 'sponsored by' link. That person
>> took time from their schedule to create something to share with a
>> community. It would be like a photographer using his portfolio since that
>> is what the theme author does. The guideline states: personal website or
>> project/development site.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> No, a realtor site wouldn't be valid as Author URI. That would
>>> essentially be a "sponsored by" or spam link. (It shouldn't take a great
>>> deal of imagination to understand how that has, can, and would be exploited
>>> if the rule were otherwise.)
>>>
>>> AuthorURI is intended to link to the *person* who developed/distributed
>>> the Theme. Theme shops are perfectly fine, because Theme shops develop and
>>> distribute Themes. A realtor site does not.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> So a realtor site wouldn't be if the author is a realtor? Sorry the
>>>> line does seems to be a little odd at times. Like @mario says it is a bit
>>>> of a subjective decision.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Theme shops, personal websites and project websites are allowed as
>>>>> author url and everything else isn't.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have to ask as well since I've seen other themes use themeshops for
>>>>>> their author credit links as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Mario Peshev <mario at peshev.net>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chip, could I personally ask for some clarifications on the
>>>>>>> guidelines page - either in make/themes or in the Codex under Theme Review
>>>>>>> or wherever, like
>>>>>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing.2C_Theme_Name.2C_Credit_Links.2C_Up-Sell_Themes:
>>>>>>>  or
>>>>>>> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/
>>>>>>>  ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tend to disagree so often with most subjective decisions that I'd
>>>>>>> really love to actually have them better defined than what is already in
>>>>>>> there, especially with the contradictions with some of the existing themes
>>>>>>> in the repository.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mario Peshev
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Correct.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ola Łączek <ola at bodera.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've got a theme that uses this address:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.siteground.com/ as author URI and for credit link in
>>>>>>>>> footer.
>>>>>>>>> In guidelines it says that "*For AuthorURI, emphasis is on the
>>>>>>>>> personal nature of the site*".
>>>>>>>>> So I think this link is not acceptable, am I right?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>> Ola Łączek
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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