[theme-reviewers] theme_update_available

[Daniel Fenn]

Next thing, can the server itself connect to wordpress's server? Are
upgrades for plugins working for you?

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Tom Matteson
<perspectivevision at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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