[theme-reviewers] Possible footer link violation and Open Graph issues

[Edward Caissie]

I agree with the footer issues but not necessarily with the OpenGraph
Integration. I would recommend a plugin in most cases but I would not
exclude the inclusion of an OpenGraph implementation as a theme feature.

Edward Caissie
aka Cais.


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> Fully agreed as well. Violations like that should lead to a permanent
> suspension. No excuses!
> On May 7, 2013 7:49 AM, "Chip Bennett" <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> Agreed on both counts. Footer credit link text must be either the Theme
>> name or developer name, as appropriate. And OpenGraph integration is Plugin
>> territory.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin <kovshenin at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy reviewers! Thanks for all the hard work you're doing!
>>>
>>> I came across a few themes on .org which I'd like to bring up:
>>>
>>> * http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/manchester
>>> * http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tampa
>>> * http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/columbus
>>>
>>> First, the footer links are clearly SEO - "Real Estate Marketing" is
>>> neither the name of the theme, nor the name of the theme company.
>>>
>>> Second, all themes hard-code open graph (og:) tags in header.php which
>>> is clearly plugin territory. When using it with a plugin like Yoast SEO,
>>> Jetpack, Facebook Open Graph, etc., you end up with double tags, causing
>>> double titles and descriptions when sharing on Facebook and other OG
>>> readers.
>>>
>>> Any opinions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Konstantin Kovshenin
>>>
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