General Site Information

Refund Policy

I provide 100% refunds with no questions asked on books and software purchased from this web site within 7 days of the purchase, and a 50% refund with no questions asked until 21 days after the purchase.

Licenses

Until January 15th, 2023:

License for all my plug-ins are sold on two models: a Standard License, good for one year of updates and support and a Permanent License, which entitles you to updates and support for the life time of the plug-in. Either license can be used on any number of sites. The standard license, by default, is sold as an annually recurring subscription.

After January 15th, 2023:

Licensing is based on an annual recurring charge that provides access to a number of published sites. Development and staging environments do not require additional licenses.

Prior to November 29th, 2014, I sold licenses on a single-site/multi-site model with permanent updates and support. Those licenses are honored according to the terms at the time they were sold, although any purchaser may request to be shifted to the new model at any time.

Between November 29th, 2014 and January 15th, 2023, permanent licenses were available for purchase. Permanent licenses will be honored for as long as the plugins exist, but are no longer available for purchase.

Affiliate Program

All purchasers are enrolled in my affiliate referral program. The affiliate referral program uses cookies to credit purchases to referrers anytime within 7 days of referral. Affiliate payouts are 20% of initial purchase price, but do not include subscription payments. Contact me to join the affiliate program without making a purchase.

Security

If you believe you have identified a security issue in one of my plug-ins, in a theme, or on my web site, please contact me privately through my web site contact form so that I can investigate, confirm, and fix the issue before it is disclosed publicly. Thank you!

The code, style, images, and written texts located at joedolson.com are copyright Joseph C Dolson, except where otherwise marked. Most original software is licensed either under a Creative Commons license with some rights reserved or under the Gnu General Public License, and are marked accordingly.

If you wish to make use of articles, please notify me (out of courtesy) and credit me (out of respect for the terms of the license).

Comment Policy

Comments on this website are expected to be topical, relevant, and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments from publication if I perceive them to be in violation of any of these principles. Any comments containing "hate speech" or information of an explicitly adult nature will be deleted immediately. Irrelevant comments may be deleted at my prerogative. I am very fond of any comment which furthers the discussion: I’m less fond of comments which don’t contribute.

Certain specific activities are also grounds for deletion:

  • Link dropping — as defined by me.
  • Use of keywords in place of your name. It’s called the name field for a reason.
  • Being a dick. This is the "Don’t be a dick" policy. It’s self explanatory.

What I will do in these situations varies. Hate speech and explicitly adult comments will be deleted outright. Using keywords in place of your name means that I will remove your link if the comment is still appropriate.

This comment policy may be revised at any time without notice.

Contributing Articles

I don’t accept any externally contributed articles. Any email offering to contribute an article will be deleted unread.

Advertising

I don’t accept any advertising in any form. Any email offering advertising opportunities will be deleted unread.