Comments on: WPthemesfree.com supporting the extra backlink????

By: Dezzain Studio : Blog Archive : WPthemesfree.com - Your Wordpress Theme Upload Portal

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:38:00 +0000

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By: rkcorp

rkcorp — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:34:06 +0000

yeap…but mostly people upload there are anoymous..unless
the uploader want to notify by mail..so there’s nothing wpthemesfree can
do about it..hope they can work it out later on.

By: Hedi

Hedi — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:35:59 +0000

I’m not a theme creator but if they did that without asking the authors it would be dishonest and unacceptable…

By: rkcorp

rkcorp — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:28:19 +0000

it seems one of the original author wpthemesplugin moses’s theme was removed from the site because he isn’t the one who uploaded the theme there…as seen how much troublesome if hundred of original author that did not upload the theme there themself and email WPthemesfree for the removal of the theme but since i myself uploaded my own theme to their site so i won’t be asking the removal of theme..just hope the permission matters will be in place in the future..

By: rkcorp

rkcorp — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:56:30 +0000

yeap..personally i enjoy and love the place..it had a organized category and solid theme tag than TWN. Furthermore they got adult category too..another bold idea and great for an extra option for blogger that runs a adult site to pick one for their blog (in general).

WPthemesfree still my second alternative in theme submit in the future and will generally consult and ask permission from my future theme’s sponsors if the submission to WPthemesfree is ok with them…(mentioning the extra link of coz).

by mentioning this in blog..i was hoping they could some up with an solution about anoymous uploader to prevent them get into a certain upload permission issue with the original authorself later during the development stage

By: cemlouis

cemlouis — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:24:26 +0000

I can understand your concerns but there was only the theme viewer so you had only 1 option to submit your theme or to promote your advertiser or sponsors whatever.

Now, they brought an alternative. I love the alternatives they are the pushforce of the technology. I mean if my theme gets downloaded x times from the theme viewer it also gets downloaded x times from wpthemesfree so I doubled my promotion rate by 2x which is good. Also I got a few responses from the sponsors they are also happy about this.

I think if there is a theme business the main important thing is theme users(downloaders) are deleting the author links on their sites. Even the most respectful ones.

By: rkcorp

rkcorp — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:14:26 +0000

yes cemlouis i just notice the notification there..either i missed that
part when i upload the theme or they just recently updated their site and also make it more clear about their theme submit policy.
but still is there anyway they can prevent anyone uploading someone
else theme..that’s still the biggest question need to be solved. I know if i release a standalone theme with my own footer link without sponsor links..i would be glad to submit the theme there and they can add the extra links in the theme since the they got a very potential click download rate and that’s without a doubt since i did feature their site for great theme place but there’s still sponsors issue that need to explained if the sponsors suddenly asked about the extra link..what should i tell them?…since if there’s extra link in the footer..users most likely will remove the sponsor links rather then the designer link and the link to wpthemefree..(in most cases)

but is there a certain rule that they can prevent if the designer himself didn’t want his/her theme to be submit..well since the upload right is anoymous for all…
so maybe a membership and upload right policy maybe an alternative way to track the uploads..this is really something need to concerned if standalone designer or theme owner’s theme that were submitted there without their knowledge and distributed through their site..intented for the good of their future development.

By: cemlouis

cemlouis — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:58:44 +0000

Addition to my comment:

BTW: I just saw their notification at the bottom of their url: http://www.wpthemesfree.com/upload.php

By: cemlouis

cemlouis — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:50:23 +0000

An extra link should be the price but they seem don’t have any adsense or similar around. So I don’t care, I also added a few of my themes and already downloaded more than 300 in a week which is better than the wordpress theme viewer site. So I keep watching them…