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if this has links in the footer that must be retained by the user, I hope you say so in advance.. I do hate this..
the word “free” never means free these days
edit: I had a look at teh source cos I was curious. RIIIGHT. full of base64 encoded urls in the bottom of the template. Such BS. It’s hardly FREE if it must contain PERMANANT SITEWIDE links to your sites is it? Free means the user can customise 100% IMO.
@alexross 191420 wrote:
if this has links in the footer that must be retained by the user, I hope you say so in advance.. I do hate this..
the word “free” never means free these days
edit: I had a look at teh source cos I was curious. RIIIGHT. full of base64 encoded urls in the bottom of the template. Such BS. It’s hardly FREE if it must contain PERMANANT SITEWIDE links to your sites is it? Free means the user can customise 100% IMO.
Free theme means, you do not have to buy this theme. you are free to use it customize it modify it whatever you want do it. as long as those footer link stay as it is. thank you
@imteaz 191471 wrote:
you are free to use it customize it modify it whatever you want do it. as long as….
it’s either 100% customizable or it isn’t fwiw.
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this is just a dodgy way to get links and everyone knows it.. the fact that you encode the urls is testament to the fact. If the urls were actually to the blog designers homepage I would have no issue and wouldn’t have mentioned it.. I know google would have a problem with this.. it’s not exactly whitehat now is it.you should point this out to people initially imo.
FREE TEMPLATE AS LONG AS U GIVE ME SITEWIDERS would be a more apt thread title imo.edit: p.s hillarious that the screenshot doesn’t show these forced links … :santa2:
I never run into any of these “free” ones being used online, so is anybody really biting the bait and making money for the publishers anyway? Wouldn’t want to use them either. If people are so turned off by it, there’s got to be a better way of filling the need for templates while still earning a profit. How about just “cheap templates,” or maybe even “free” (lol) with only alternative affiliate links at the bottom, such as for loans or credit cards, etc.
@CasinoDN.com 191475 wrote:
I never run into any of these “free” ones being used online, so is anybody really biting the bait and making money for the publishers anyway? Wouldn’t want to use them either. If people are so turned off by it, there’s got to be a better way of filling the need for templates while still earning a profit. How about just “cheap templates,” or maybe even “free” (lol) with only alternative affiliate links at the bottom, such as for loans or credit cards, etc.
I see em all the time… usually used by webmasters running wordpress, and with little startup revenue, so they find a free casino / poker template for wordpress and get stuck with these links.. all because they have no design skills, no web skills and just want to roll something out cheaply and cheerfully
affiliate links at bottom of a template is dodgy [if you’re the template maker] as lots of affil programs insist on knowing which sites your affil links will be on before they approve you for the scheme. they will prolly kick you off for this scam..
If running CC/loans links on a template you optimally want the site content to be about finance.. this doesn’t happen because people in finance have cash and brains to actually get a bespoke template designed, or they hire someone to customise a template for them.
I daresay if you reported a site to google for having all these enforced “free template” links on they would discount any pagerank on the site. not good, and something new webmasters should be aware of. .. Thoughts?
