[theme-reviewers] A couple of doubts about the "Make" theme and what's allowed

[Chip Bennett]

I think that's probably an over-simplification/over-generalization.

We allow Themes to promote their upsell versions on the Theme options page.
If a Theme integrates the Customizer and doesn't add a separate options
page, the customizer is the only valid place for such promotion. That said:
it's a subjective determination; reviewers are expected to be intelligent
and reasonable enough to use common sense to determine, subjectively, what
is reasonable.

Yes, Themes can add a credit-removal option in an upsell version, as long
as nothing in the Theme implies that the user can't remove the link on
his/her own. Again: personal preference here is that I think it's tacky.
But then, I put a credit link option in my Theme, and leave it disabled by
default. So I'm probably the one who's abnormal.

We allow a very limited amount of what could potentially be construed as
"content" to be defined by the Theme. One of those is footer copyright
text. (How could a Plugin reasonably accomplish this, and support an
arbitrary Theme? *cough* Standard Template Hooks *cough*) Another one is
"featured" content, such as slider images/text as Theme options. I don't
like this one, but there's no standard way to accomplish it. (Personally, I
use custom post meta data to flag posts or pages as "featured", and then
use post featured images, titles, excerpts, etc.)


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:

> Ok, so themes can have a "reasonable" number of upsell links in the
> customizer, have a credit link removal feature, and create and store
> content that is shown on the frontend, as long as it's only text. Right?
>
>
> *J**oan Boluda*
> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
> http://boluda.com
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
>
>> As for the upsell text/links in the customizer: I personally don't like
>> it, but it's probably acceptable as long as it's reasonable/tasteful.
>>
>> As for the upsell notice on every single page publish, I'm going to ask
>> the question a different way: is there anyone at all who finds that
>> practice to be *acceptable*?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There are two little things about the "Make" theme that I'm not sure if
>>> they are allowed.
>>>
>>> Can anybody please tell me if I'm wrong? I just want to learn, so I can
>>> do better reviews. :)
>>>
>>> *1. In the customizer there are several upgrade links. I thought they
>>> were only allowed on the Theme Options Page.*
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>> *2. You can also add some arbitrary text on the header and footer. Isn't
>>> that plugin territory, since it's creating content?*
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 3]
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks so much. :)
>>>
>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>> http://boluda.com
>>>
>>>
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