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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Another Problem which could come is that, other people will want to create Responsive 3 or Responsive 56 for that matter.<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Rohit<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:46:49 -0700<br>From: jomcastaneda@gmail.com<br>To: theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org<br>Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Why can't theme authors have a second version of a theme?<br><br><div dir="ltr">I'm perplexed in that you want to have two versions of the same theme. It would be like having Twenty Thirteen and Twenty Thirteen Two with no sidebars. Unless I'm somehow misinterpreting what it is you really want.<div><br></div><div>If the backend infrastructure is all that's changed then I don't see how it could break sites. That would be like switching from Options Framework to customizer. LIke I said though I could be misinterpreting what you want.<br><div><br></div><div>If it will break sites be proactive about it.<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;">> They could write the name Responsive NG and it wouldn’t make a difference <b>the current rule says they can’t use responsive again</b></span></div></div></div></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Luiz Otávio Miranda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:todoespacoonline@gmail.com" target="_blank">todoespacoonline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><p dir="ltr">I don't get it.. so you can't have the same word in the theme name?</p>
<p dir="ltr">For instance... if you want to name you themes like:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Nice theme name one<br>
Nice theme name two<br>
And so on...</p>
<p dir="ltr">All being totally different themes... isn't it allowed any more? ??</p>
<div class="ecxgmail_quote">Em 26/09/2014 17:52, "Tom" <<a href="mailto:wptr@edge22.com" target="_blank">wptr@edge22.com</a>> escreveu:<div><div class="h5"><br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-CA"><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;">If the update is going to destroy your user's websites, isn't it a different theme? I think naming it II or whatever is confusing.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;">When would it stop? III? IV? I get that Responsive is an awesome keyword, but if it's a different theme, in my opinion it should probably have a different name.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a name="148b3c519b5ec224_148b3bcb31beca87__MailEndCompose" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;"><u></u> <u></u></span></a></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";"> theme-reviewers [mailto:<a href="mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers-bounces@lists.wordpress.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 26, 2014 1:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [theme-reviewers] Why can't theme authors have a second version of a theme?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">.. you missed the point entirely there Otto, has nothing to do with revision numbers; it has to do with not having all of your old users get their sites destroyed by an update and keeping the same name but it’s a new release of the same theme but with the addition of II at the end of it to keep it denoted as the responsive theme but next generation<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">They could write the name Responsive NG and it wouldn’t make a difference the current rule says they can’t use responsive again. the II was just written as a matter of descriptor towards the current state.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;"> <a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" title="otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">Otto</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;"> Friday, September 26, 2014 1:23 PM<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;"> <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" title="theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;"> Re: [theme-reviewers] Why can't theme authors have a second version of a theme?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Trent Lapinski <<a href="mailto:trent@cyberchimps.com" target="_blank">trent@cyberchimps.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;"><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">We are trying to release Responsive 2.0, and after a year of development and months of debating how to release it we’re now being told we cannot have two themes with the same name.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">So, you want to have "responsive two version zero point zero point one" and you don't see an inherent problem with this?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">Version numbers are version numbers. Making your next theme named the same but with an extra fake version number in it is plain ridiculous.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">You're the one risking brand confusion here. "Which version of Responsive are you using?" "Oh, version 2". "There is no version two, Responsive only goes to version one nine seven three." <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;">My vote: If it's a new theme, then it should have a new name. 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