[theme-reviewers] Asking users to review the theme

Thu Nov 21 17:36:55 UTC 2013

I think the "out of nowhere" approach is even *more* obtrusive, even *more*
distracting, and an even *worse* user experience. I would rate such a Theme
as "1 star" merely for treating my admin area so rudely, and then
immediately switch to a different Theme.

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:32 PM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with Otto, asking the user to rate the theme may not always result
> positively, it might backfire as well, so it's a choice really.
> And yes it should have a reason to appear out of nowhere. For example i
> set mine to trigger ONCE after 4 HOURS upon installation, also it can be
> completely disabled without ever seeing it from minute 1. The reason for
> this is
> a.) There is no point in reminding the user with a permanent link, or
> asking for a second time. Some people are just not like that, or dont care.
> b.) It doesnt make sense to ask the user instantly upon theme activation,
> since at that point the user have no idea at all. That's what i set it
> after 4 hours.
>
> So like i said, instead of a "unobtrusive permanent text link" in my
> options page, i would personally prefer a "spammy looking banner that goes
> away"
>
> In the light of those do you think the way i did it would be acceptable as
> in this link: http://s15.postimg.org/r387dufe3/revmes.jpg ?
>
>
> 2013/11/21 Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>
>> I don't care if a theme has a nicely worded link to say "hey, if you
>> like our theme, why not leave a review" or similar on their admin
>> page.
>>
>> I kinda do care if that link is ugly, or spammy looking, or obtrusive,
>> or pops up at random times for no reason, or things like that. Things
>> should never happen without a reason. Every time a website pops up a
>> box on me without me doing anything to cause it, then the entire
>> website is classified as spam in my mind. I close the window and add
>> rules to my browser to absolutely block the site from my viewpoint
>> ever again. Some consider this extreme. I consider it purging the
>> world of evil.
>>
>> Just saying. Don't annoy the viewer. Some of them will absolutely
>> destroy you for it.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> wrote:
>> > Personally, I'm much more laissez faire regarding the Theme Options
>> page.
>> > That's essentially the Theme's domain within the Admin area. I would
>> rather
>> > try to leave that up to the prerogative of the Theme developers, unless
>> it
>> > gets obviously out of hand.
>> >
>> > Others may have differing views, though?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:49 PM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> So just to be clear, next time, i can add a link to the theme's page on
>> >> wp.org asking user to review the theme. Like i said i dont intend to
>> endorse
>> >> or pressure the user with phrases like "please find 5* if you find it
>> >> useful" but just to be a reference for the others:
>> >> a.) Is that kind of encouraging link text acceptable ? Or should there
>> be
>> >> a standart for that too ?
>> >> b.) I understand that you cant place it like a banner, in a promoting
>> >> manner. But any other limitations on it, like where it can be placed ?
>> I
>> >> mean "on the theme options page" is pretty vague. You can place it
>> >> unintrusively on the last tab of options or if you mean to make it
>> promoting
>> >> you might place it on the top of the options page which would again
>> fall
>> >> into "on the theme options page" technically.
>> >> Besides, instead of a permanent link that catches my eye every time i
>> go
>> >> over the options, i would rather have a one-time banner telling me to
>> that
>> >> goes away the next time or one that can be dismissed.
>> >>
>> >> I am asking these not to find loop holes, but to prevent developers
>> from
>> >> exploiting the allowed link on technicalities.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2013/11/21 Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com>
>> >>>
>> >>> Got it.  Thanks for clarifying.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 11/20/2013 6:35 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Yep, I would agree that a link from the Theme Options page is good. A
>> >>> banner on Theme activation is not.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I am thinking the manner in which it was done and personally don't
>> see
>> >>>> the problem of having that extra link from Theme Options :) It leads
>> to
>> >>>> WPORG anyways.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Justin Tadlock
>> >>>> <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> After the theme promotion discussion, I got the impression that we
>> were
>> >>>>> after far worse things than giving the user a link back to review
>> the theme
>> >>>>> on WordPress.org.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Is it the manner in which it was done or is it simply that the link
>> >>>>> itself shouldn't be allowed?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Just trying to get everyone on the same page here since this has
>> >>>>> already been opened up here for discussion in the mailing list.
>> >>>
>> >>>
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