[theme-reviewers] Default images, Twitter demo, and an option to remove credit link?

[Merci Javier]

The theme has more than a dozen options and there is no option for the user
to  change/remove the Cyberchimp logo at the footer correctly without
knowing code. If the user who does not know any better deletes

<?php do_action('cyberchimps_footer'); ?>

in footer.php, it will delete the logo of Cyberchimps as well as delete the
block where the user can configure copyright information.

While welcoming to theme designers/developers, isn't the theme review team
there to protect/help the users as well?


Mercime


On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Trent,
>
> See my reply just before yours. Yes you can use a logo image as your
> footer credit link.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>wrote:
>
>> Are we not allowed to have logo's for our credit links? What sense does
>> that make?
>>
>> From my understanding, the reason we have credit link rules is to prevent
>> people from using .org as an SEO farm, and by using a logo it is actually
>> detrimental to SEO, but serves the purpose of giving the theme author
>> credit.
>>
>> Is there a logical reason for why we can't use a logo for the credit link?
>>
>>    --Trent Lapinski
>> =============
>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc
>> trent at cyberchimps.com
>> Mobile (714) 904-4280
>> Twitter @trentlapinski
>> Skype: mobiletrent
>> http://CyberChimps.com
>>
>> On Feb 18, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> For issue # 3, simply make it a text link and it should be fine. I
>> thought it was footer logo too when i reviewed your ribbon theme but then i
>> realized it was a credit link.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hey theme review list,
>>>
>>> Couple questions regarding a recent review that we need clarification on:
>>>
>>> Issue 1: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11164#comment:5
>>>
>>> The theme reviewer claims we need to remove our logo from the default
>>> image in the feature slider. It is literally just a default image so that
>>> when someone previews the theme they can see the feature slider in action.
>>> The image is included with the theme (is NOT hot linked), and doesn't have
>>> any promotional copy or anything like that.
>>>
>>> The images in question:
>>>
>>> http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/sliderdefault.jpg
>>>
>>> http://wp-themes.com/wp-content/themes/eclipse/images/slide3.jpg
>>>
>>> Is having my theme shop name in a default demo image a violation of any
>>> review guidelines?
>>>
>>> Issue 2: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11164#comment:5
>>>
>>> I also have a built-in Twitter feed in my themes, which the default
>>> simply has our Twitter account so users can see a functional demo of the
>>> Twitter feature working on the preview / demo page. Is this is violation of
>>> any theme review guidelines?
>>>
>>> Neither of these "issues" are promotional, and are simply for preview /
>>> demo purposes. I'm not really sure how were supposed to show the
>>> functionality of our themes without including defaults?
>>>
>>> Issue 3: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11163#comment:2
>>>
>>> "User should be able to replace/remove Cyberchimps logo located in the
>>> footer."
>>>
>>> A user can easily edit the footer.php or remove the image from the
>>> theme, or whatever they want since the theme is GPL. As far as I'm aware,
>>> there is nothing saying we have to provide an option to make it easier to
>>> remove the credit link in the footer. We are doing nothing to stop users
>>> from removing the link.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --Trent Lapinski
>>> =============
>>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc
>>> trent at cyberchimps.com
>>> Mobile (714) 904-4280
>>> Twitter @trentlapinski
>>> Skype: mobiletrent
>>> http://CyberChimps.com <http://cyberchimps.com/>
>>>
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