[theme-reviewers] theme_update_available

[Tom Matteson]

Caroline &  Dion ...

Thanks for the quick feedback. However, I thought of this. Actually, to test
this before posting on the list, I tried installing older versions of the
theme on a couple different sites; including a site that is not registered
to me. The update message still didnt appear.  I wonder if WordPress
recognizes my IP address, or the email associated or domain associated with
my user login; and that is why it does not appear for me.  Any other
thoughts on this. Dion, thx also for testing this. Glad it is working on
your computer, anyway.

*Best Regards
Tom Matteson*



On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au>wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> I've just tested out your theme and the update API seems to be working
> correctly for it for me.
> (I installed the latest 2.1.1 version, changed the version in the style.css
> to 2.1.0 and reloaded the themes page, and got a notice for it)
>
> The main reason I can think of why you're not getting the alerts, would
> simply be due to your version number always matching the latest release or
> being up to date already? You'll never see the notice if you've already
> updated the theme on the site for testing before the theme was
> approved/published on WordPress.org.
>
> D
>
> On 9 October 2011 12:14, Tom Matteson <perspectivevision at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings ...
>>
>> I have a theme on the Repository that has been updated a half-dozen times
>> or so. My understanding is that WordPress.org runs a cron job twice a day
>> that checks all the self installed WordPress installations to query which
>> themes, plugins etc are installed. From what I have read the
>> theme_update_available function in theme.php is supposed to display '*There
>> is a new version of %1$s <http://../../_variables/s.html> available'* *with
>> an update url*, whenever there is a new version of the theme, if it
>> detects a there is a newer version of any of the installed themes that
>> reside in the Repository. Unless I am misunderstanding something, this is
>> the default behavior, unless the theme has added some code to bypass the
>> this function.
>>
>> I have not added any functions to bypass the theme_update_available().
>> However, even though I see the update message displayed for other themes, I
>> have never seen it displayed for my theme, Wordsmith-Anvil. Does anyone know
>> what would cause this function not to work for my theme?
>>
>> *Best Regards
>> Tom Matteson*
>>
>>
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