Comments on: The sponsored themes debate rages on

By: Elegant

Elegant — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:19:13 +0000

Designers should have the right to put links on the footers of the themes they've created, because they're the ones who designed it.

People who feel otherwise should design their own theme, with what they believe in.

By: Business Card Guru

Business Card Guru — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:31:36 +0000

I have seen templates that have 4 links in the footer and one in the side menu. The one in the side menu is totally irremovable(at least I didn't succeed, looked everywhere for it).

3 of 4 footer links point to random pages about real estate or something like that.

One link in the footer is enough. Some of the better templates have been downloaded hundreds of times, so it's hundreds of backlinks. I think this is more than enough.

By: DerekBeau

DerekBeau — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:16:44 +0000

Yeah, I think that is pretty ridiculous. If someone spends time or money on a theme that they are willing to give away for free, they should have the right to include a link back to their sites.

If I download a theme that has link spam in it (many links to multiple sites) I will usually remove most of them and just keep the original credit to the designer. I always, however, give the designer some credit. Without out this, I think the amount of themes produced would be greatly reduced.