[okfn-help] Using premium (non-open) themes for OKFN wordpress installs

Mon Mar 21 12:23:57 GMT 2011

The other alternative in the medium term is to make our own nice shiny
'100% open' themes. We probably only need 1 or 2 for many of our
sites. ;-)

J.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On 21.03.2011, at 12:51, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I notice we've recently used some premium themes for various OKFN
>> wordpress sites. While I understand their attraction (often very cheap
>> and very nice) they are, I believe, usually non-open.
>>
>> Both for our own benefit going forward, and because of our being the
>> Open Knowledge Foundation I think we probably shouldn't use premium WP
>> themes (unless they are open).
>
> Do you mean open as in the open definition?
>
> Or 'open' in a way that would allow us to edit it and possibly use it for more than one site?
>
> See for example doesn't seems to be very open:
> http://themeforest.net/wiki/buying/howto-buying/licensing/
>
>
>> What do people think?
>
> I see the point - the problem is as you mentioned above: premium themes are not expensive and good looking. It is hard to find non-premium themes that are as good looking.
>
> The result will be to not have these shiny websites - but thats OK with me.
>
> Regards
> Daniel
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