[theme-reviewers] theme_update_available

[Tom Matteson]

Daniel ...

Connecting to the server is not a problem. In fact, the other themes will
show updates available. Just not mine.

*Best Regards
Tom Matteson*




On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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