[theme-reviewers] Regarding feedbacks about themes

[Mario Peshev]

I was just going to repeat what Emil said, but noticed the 'update mail'
link. Yes, two weeks ago a user complained about some missing function which
was introduced in WordPress 2.9. So he could have been running 2.7 or 2.8 or
even older version.

Mario Peshev
freelance software developer/trainer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev
http://peshev.net/blog



On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> This is very simple "fix". Simply forward them to
> http://wp-themes.com/sleek-black/ where your Theme looks good and in
> working condition. User's responsibility is to keep the platform up to date
> as well as any plugins they might have and sadly many of them don't even
> bother. Your Theme passed the requirements and that should be good enough
> for you.
>
> I had a user who tried using my Theme on 2.8 version of WordPress and yes,
> nothing will work. It is also good to mention or even "require" the latest
> WordPress install.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Emil
>
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> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Carla Izumi Bamford <
> decadent.muse.org at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've had a feedback saying that my theme has somehow broke her Wordpress.
>> I'm at lost, and I really can't believe since my theme is absolutely safe,
>> so I wanted know your opinions about this.
>>
>>
>> Here's the e-mail:
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Carla, I added your 'sleek black' theme to my Wordpress website and
>> it completely wiped not only the website, but also the login page - it
>> has taken me 10 days to reset the website. Please can you remove the
>> theme from the Wordpress gallery - it's dangerous!!!!
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> and my response:
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Hi, I doubt that it is caused by the Sleek Black theme.
>>
>> Have you had any other themes or plugins installed?
>>
>> Wordpress themes have no power to delete the Wordpress itself,
>> and I have almost 20,000 downloads and I never had anyone having
>> problem with it.
>>
>> I hope you can figure out what caused the problem.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> her second e-mail:
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> I have used several different themes on my wordpress site and never
>> had any problems. Recently I had the same problem with another theme
>> available in the online gallery. The last problem I had was caused by
>> the fact that the theme was not designed with CSS stylesheets, which
>> is a requirement for Wordpress.
>>
>> I'm not going to test yours again, for obvious reasons, but you might
>> like to check that you have complied with the requirements for
>> Wordpress-powered sites. I would think it unlikely that this is an
>> isolated incidence, and it's certainly very bad advertising for you as
>> a designer.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> my response to this:
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Thank you for your concerns about the theme.
>>
>> but just want you to know that,
>> all Wordpress themes on Wordpress.org are revised fully and
>> processionally reviewed by Wordpress administrators.
>> They have very strict guidelines on, even for small errors on a theme.
>>
>> and if my themes had such critical problem it would have been stated
>> before even the themes in on public.  =)
>> and my theme is obviously approved by Wordpress which means it is
>> validly coded, with no problems.
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> sorry to hear about your problems and good luck with your website! =)
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Her response to this:
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> I will contact them in that case, to let them know about the problems
>> your 'theme' has caused me, since you seem so sure of yourself.
>>
>> You would do well not to be so arrogant, in the meantime.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> I'm kind of upset to be honest,
>> since I never had anyone saying such thing about my themes. :/
>> I really want to know your guys opinion.
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>> --
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Carla Izumi Bamford
>> http://carla-izumi-bamford.com/
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