[theme-reviewers] Theme promotion in dashboard

[Missy Oveson]

I would like to kill that idea with fire. It is bad enough when plugins without relevant data do it. I seriously do not want to see themes do it now. With a theme we have nothing relevant to put on the dashboard itself.

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> On Feb 10, 2014, at 8:24 AM, emin ozlem <eminozlem at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> AFAIK, promotion is only allowed within theme options, so a widget would not be acceptable. And latest news related to the theme is accepted but I dont know about tutorials. Although personally it sounds like nothing but bloat to me.
> 
> 
> 2014-02-10 17:21 GMT+02:00 Ola Łączek <ola at bodera.com>:
>> Hello!
>> 
>> I'd like your opinion on something. I'm reviewing a theme that adds custom widget to WordPress dashboard. This widget is used for promotion of the Premium version and this is the only promo in admin (theme doesn't have Theme options page). 
>> Besides that the widget displays two feeds - latest posts from author (Theme shop) blog and another one with tutorials. I was thinking that the feeds are a little too much, but I'm not sure about the premium version promo. I'd appreciate your thoughts!
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Ola Laczek
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