[theme-reviewers] Screenshot confirmation

[Chip Bennett]

That's what ThemeURI is for. You can have as many screenshots as you want.

The underlying issue is that, without specific guidelines that the
screenshot must be an actual screenshot, and reasonable facsimile of the
Theme as-installed, the Theme directory would start to look like the
ThemeForest listing - where Theme thumbnails are more marketing fluff
instead of being screenshots, leaving users without any real indication of
what the Theme actually looks like.

We have enforced this Guideline consistently for over four years, and I see
no reason to change it at this point.


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Ivan Z <ivan.zavalin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with Edward, it will be more clear for user , he will be know
> exactly what he will get and how the theme will looks on devices.Because
> mostly all themes are responsive now
>
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> Regards,
>
> Ivan Zavalin
> *Web Developer*
> www.zavalini.com
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> 2014-08-06 17:34 GMT+03:00 Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>:
>
> I still think it should be allowed as is for the reasons I provided but it
>> appears I am being out-voted.
>>
>> Edward Caissie
>> aka Cais.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Emil. Showing multiple displays has not been allowed, and
>>> we have enforced that quite consistently. Eventually (hopefully?) core
>>> and/or the Theme directory will gain the ability to display multiple
>>> screenshots, at which time Theme developers should have much more freedom
>>> with the non-default screenshots. But until then, the screenshot needs to
>>> be an actual screenshot of the Theme, and a *reasonable* facsimile of the
>>> Theme as-installed.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not really seeing the issue in this screenshot that would have it
>>>> not be acceptable ... is it the stock images used in the header and post
>>>> featured images?
>>>>
>>>> If it is the various screen size displays all being shown in the same
>>>> image; technically its not really doing anything wrong as each "frame"
>>>> within the screenshot is showing what the author perceives as the default
>>>> look of the theme, and since there is still no mechanism in place to show
>>>> multiple screenshots for a theme this would be a fair compromise until that
>>>> functionality is put in place.
>>>>
>>>> Edward Caissie
>>>> aka Cais.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You are right, it is not :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:07 PM, FasterThemes <support at fasterthemes.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Guys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you please have a look at this screenshot :
>>>>>> https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/orangi/1.1.6/screenshot.png
>>>>>> and see whether it's allowed or not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think it's allowed but checking with you guys for the final
>>>>>> confirmation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank You.
>>>>>>
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