The original author should be contacted if possible ... although the expectation and transfer of ownership details would need to be sorted through along the way to bringing this idea to life.<br><br>We would likely take on the task of establishing relevant guidelines on the various details that would need to be addressed.<br>
<br><br clear="all">Cais.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Vicky Arulsingam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vicky.arulsingam@gmail.com">vicky.arulsingam@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I like this idea a lot, especially allowing other developers to adopt<br>
a theme and bring it up to WP standards.<br>
<br>
Should the original theme author be contacted about their outdated<br>
theme or is it considered forfeit especially since a theme hasn't been<br>
updated in 2 years<br>
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On 7/26/11, Edward Caissie <<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The basic premise I have always tried to champion is moving the "older"<br>
> themes into a secondary repository so they are not lost but are obviously<br>
> shown as "out-of-date"<br>
><br>
> There are many older themes that can be easily brought up to current<br>
> standards but the original author's are no longer interested in updating<br>
> and/or involved with WordPress.<br>
><br>
> I would like to see these themes simply moved, then after another arbitrary<br>
> time limit made available to be adopted by a new author. I have put forward<br>
> this idea at least once before and still see it as having a great deal of<br>
> potential (aside from all necessary changes to the repository to make it<br>
> work).<br>
><br>
><br>
> Cais.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Claude Needham <<a href="mailto:gxxaxx@gmail.com">gxxaxx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Angelo Bertolli<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:angelo.bertolli@gmail.com">angelo.bertolli@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Why not just have a "works with version X" selection for users like on<br>
>> > the plugin side? Then the users could decide what was working, and<br>
>> > things could be pruned accordingly.<br>
>> ><br>
>> If a theme seriously does not work with the current version of<br>
>> wordpress, it should be retired.<br>
>> I am assuming that we are trying to encourage people to work with the<br>
>> latest release that they can.<br>
>><br>
>> I have been in situations where a plugin that I relied upon had not<br>
>> been updated yet. (A shopping cart).<br>
>> But if I need an old obsolete theme -- I probably already have it<br>
>> installed on my site.<br>
>><br>
>> If I am theme hunting, it would be very disappointing to dl a theme<br>
>> from wporg that is obsolete under the most current core.<br>
>><br>
>> Just my thoughts,<br>
>> Claude Needham<br>
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