[theme-reviewers] theme_update_available

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

No, not at all, was just giving you a heads up on a potential issue for
future theme releases!

On 9 October 2011 14:16, Tom Matteson <perspectivevision at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dion ...
>
> Are you saying that enqueuing the admin css and js could be causing this?
>
> *Best Regards
>  Tom Matteson*
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au>wrote:
>
>> It doesn't do any user tracking, nor does it care about where you're
>> running.
>>
>> Try changing the version string on one of those sites to a older version,
>> and reloading the themes page, see if it picks it up then?
>>
>> The other thing that comes to mind, is if all the servers you're testing
>> on are on a slower network, the update checks might be timing out, so it's
>> only the once-ever-24hrs check that waits longer for a response that's
>> working, and so not picking up the updates..
>>
>> Assuming everything else is working, there's not much else that can be
>> impacting upon it (except maybe a plugin..). If you've got a test install
>> you don't mind letting me run a few debug items on, I can give you an exact
>> reason why the alert isn't showing for you. (contact me off-list)
>>
>> FYI, I'm getting this warning on 3.3:
>> ( ! ) Notice: wp_enqueue_script was called incorrectly. Scripts and styles
>> should not be registered or enqueued until the wp_enqueue_scripts,
>> admin_enqueue_scripts, or init hooks. (This message was added in version
>> 3.3.) in .... ..\anvil-options.php Lines 37 and 38
>>
>> On 9 October 2011 12:57, 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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