[wp-hackers] Text ads in themes

R.J. Kaplan just.be.happy at gmail.com
Sat Sep 9 17:09:01 GMT 2006


I've noticed that, and well, if someone wants to use it, let them, I  
wouldn't. Personally, I just leave the credit link to the original  
designer (i've ported quite a few open source designs from  
openwebdesign.org) and anyone can remove that if they wish.

On Sep 9, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Matt Mullenweg wrote:

> I just downloaded Barthelme from plaintxt.org and found this in the  
> footer:
>
> Sponsor: <a href="URL_REMOVED" title="New York City Flower  
> Delivery">New York City Flower Delivery</a>
>
> Is this common in themes now? For people running theme directories,  
> what is your policy on themes that have ads in theme?
>
> Personally I'm fine with a credit link, but I'd rather not have  
> someone else's ads in my theme any more than I'd put their Adsense  
> code.
>
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> Matt Mullenweg
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