[theme-reviewers] Latest Featured Themes, seriously?

[Srikanth Koneru]

awesome :)
lets see some more beautiful themes.


On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> On my list!
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Since Otto hasn't stuck random there yet, its time for new featured
>> themes.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Jose Castaneda <jomcastaneda at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I honestly never even gave it a second glance. The main reason was
>>> because when I saw "Make" I initially thought that it was step in the right
>>> direction. The first theme from a long standing and very much reputable
>>> theme developer makes it to the top? I had to check it out. I saw
>>> "Stargazer" and wasn't too surprised it was a featured theme I mean with
>>> twelve themes and a lot of plugins in the repo I couldn't help but bite, I
>>> just had to take a quick peek at the code. On both themes really.
>>>
>>> Part of the reason I feel this way is because featured themes should
>>> make you feel like that is the standard when it comes to theming. I think
>>> it is one of those if you look for a symptom you're bound to find one type
>>> of things.
>>>
>>> From what I can recall it is a randomized list of themes that is being
>>> used. How it's being generated is up to the higher ups. I can only guess
>>> that it is not an easy thing to code which is why I have no intentions on
>>> really asking how or what the requirements are. If I knew I would just as
>>> easily create a theme that would cater to that just to be featured.
>>>
>>> As a theme reviewer for going on two years I have to say that things
>>> have changed. I wanted to embrace the incentive but that failed because of
>>> the direction it was headed. Now I can let somebody else deal with it and I
>>> can try my best at making sure that themes won't be breaking sites and
>>> meeting the standards rather than just simply approving themes to get my
>>> theme count up. I mean that is one of the many reasons I chose to review
>>> themes; that and I wanted to improve my coding abilities while gaining some
>>> WordPress knowledge along the way.
>>>
>>> I think part of the reason I think this way is that just because it's a
>>> featured theme does not mean it's a great theme. It's like when they say
>>> Windows 8 is the latest, greatest thing. Doesn't make it true. There are
>>> several themes I have seen that are feature worthy or at least notable that
>>> haven't been featured before the incentive, during and currently. A decent
>>> example would be the theme: Hueman; but you know what? It's not up to me.
>>> Will I question it? Of course. Will it change things? Probably not. The
>>> main reason being I'm not in that position of power. If I were though, I
>>> can honestly say it would be tough to be fair and unbiased.
>>>
>>> Like I said though: I never even gave it a second glance. I see new
>>> themes, try them out and move on. If I like it I'll say something about it
>>> otherwise it's just a moment in my timeline. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is anyone else disappointed to see that the theme review contest was
>>>> ended for a list of commercial theme shops with close ties to Automattic,
>>>> personal friends, and employees of Audrey Capital (Matt Mullenweg’s
>>>> personal investment company)?
>>>>
>>>> The Theme Foundry (one of Automattic’s earliest theme partners), Justin
>>>> Tadlock (a WordPress.org admin), Sarah Gooding (a blogger for Audrey
>>>> Capital), TeslaThemes (
>>>> http://wptavern.com/teslathemes-celebrates-one-year-of-being-in-business),
>>>> and Themeify (a major commercial theme shops first theme on
>>>> WordPress.org) were all just gifted featured themes on WordPress.org.
>>>>
>>>> So what exactly is the criteria for being featured now?
>>>>
>>>>  --Trent Lapinski
>>>> =============
>>>> CEO of CyberChimps Inc.
>>>> http://CyberChimps.com
>>>> Twitter @trentlapinski
>>>> Skype: mobiletrent
>>>>
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