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

[Ronnel Angelo]

@Joan Boluda
It does seem to pass the "no custom content" guideline. But the question
is, are authors allowed to do that? Creating a Page is a core WP
functionality and the theme doesn't seem to offer an option to turn that
Page Builder off so that creating a page goes back to normal.


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:

> Are you sure? When I checked it, the content was still there after
> changing themes.
> Of course it was not so "nicely presented", but everything was there,
> since it's not using shortcodes.
>
>
> On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone looked at the page builder? When I was looking at it I
>> realized that any content added via the page builder would disappear when
>> the theme is changed.
>>
>> https://thethemefoundry.com/tutorials/make/#page-builder
>>
>>
>> On 13 July 2014 16:05, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Haha, ok, got it!
>>>
>>>
>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>> http://boluda.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Credit link as optional and disabled by default is a Plugin guideline,
>>>> IIRC. It's been discussed for Themes several times, but there's never been
>>>> sufficient support to apply the same guideline to Themes. You can guess
>>>> where I stand. :) But we really try to avoid setting guidelines like that
>>>> by fiat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Srikanth!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> *"reasonable" varies from reviewer to reviewer, so we can just say
>>>>>> its allowed.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok! Thanks :)
>>>>>
>>>>> *It can be argued that the presence of that notice/ad implies user has
>>>>>> to buy pro version to remove credit link.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I thought credit link in footer should be an opt in and
>>>>> disabled by default. Then maybe we should update the guidelines
>>>>> <https://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/>
>>>>> ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>>>> http://boluda.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It can be argued that the presence of that notice/ad implies user has
>>>>>> to buy pro version to remove credit link.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, why wouldn't it be?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As long as the Theme doesn't state or imply that the user cannot
>>>>>>> remove the credit link without purchasing the commercial version, there's
>>>>>>> nothing wrong with adding a Theme option to simplify link removal in the
>>>>>>> commercial version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chip, so credit link removal as pro feature is okay?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:08 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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