[theme-reviewers] Featured Themes

[Srikanth Koneru]

How about a monthly( or maybe every 2 months ) nomination where we can
nominate themes that are above basic ( basic as in usual layout/slider/page
templates ) themes along with a little description why they are nominating
them and admins can consider featuring the shortlisted themes.

Featured section should have one theme for each sector like one for
business, one for news/magazine, one for video, one for photo, one for ecom
etc.




On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> What do you propose we add as a second option to get featured?
> On Oct 10, 2013 8:21 AM, "Chip Bennett" <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> Please keep in mind: the secondary purpose of the Theme Review incentive
>> program was to act as a first step in adding in some community input into
>> the Featured Themes list - but it was only a first step.
>>
>> We know that we need to establish some open guidelines around selection,
>> rotation, etc. for Featured Themes. We'll get there. But priority #1 is
>> ensuring that the review/approval process is under control.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Thomas from ThemeZee <
>> contact at themezee.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm also a total fan of the review incentive program. It is just awesome
>>> to get reviewed your theme so fast and the reviewers really deserve the
>>> reward.
>>>
>>> But I have to agree with Justin. In my opinion the featured themes
>>> section should really have more rotation. It has improved with the
>>> incentive program, but the rest of the featured themes always stays the
>>> same.
>>>
>>> What about letting the three reviewers with the most theme reviews
>>> choose one of their own themes to be featured AND suggest one theme from
>>> another author to be featured. Since the theme reviewers actually have
>>> reviewed and seen most of the themes they are best to judge the quality of
>>> themes. The admins then can check the three suggested themes and may
>>> feature them if they're really good.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/10/9 Zulfikar Nore <zulfikarnore at live.com>
>>>
>>>> Maybe the popular theme section should be given a more prominent place
>>>> like the Showcase has? but WordPress.org hosted themes :)
>>>>
>>>> > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:43:44 -0500
>>>> > From: justin at justintadlock.com
>>>>
>>>> > To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>>> > Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes
>>>> >
>>>> > When Charlie opened this topic, I think he may have had the right
>>>> > intentions but focused on the wrong thing. Even if he didn't, I'm
>>>> going
>>>> > to shift gears for a bit.
>>>> >
>>>> > Of course, anyone who puts in the kind of time that's required to
>>>> review
>>>> > all those themes and see them through until they get approved,
>>>> deserves
>>>> > some major credit. The review incentive program is awesome for that,
>>>> > and I'm happy we implemented it.
>>>> >
>>>> > The featured themes list has always been something of a mystery to
>>>> most
>>>> > theme authors. The real "problem" is actually getting a theme
>>>> > featured. Whenever that question comes up, I hope our default answer
>>>> > isn't going to be "the review incentive program".
>>>> >
>>>> > That's never been nor should it be the only way for a theme to get
>>>> featured.
>>>> >
>>>> > Not everyone has the time to do reviews. It's not necessarily
>>>> something
>>>> > they have control over. And, it's not something that should stand in
>>>> > the way of their theme getting equal treatment when we're deciding on
>>>> > featured themes.
>>>> >
>>>> > There are really good, quality themes that never get showcased
>>>> because
>>>> > our featured themes list isn't rotated often enough. This has been
>>>> > discussed before, but how themes get featured is not an open process.
>>>> > I'd like to see that changed.
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm not sure exactly what to do to change it, but it's something
>>>> worth
>>>> > discussing.
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