[theme-reviewers] Theme Updates Logic

[Otto]

PREFIX.

Seriously. There is no magic bullet that will fix this sort of thing.
Any solution you think of I can come up with a reasonable counter to.

Always, always, prefix stuff. All stuff. Always.

My preferred method for custom stuff is to use the domain name.
"Ottopress.com Theme" and similar.

-Otto



On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> Is there a way of re-adjusting Theme updates features to check for more than
> just Theme names? And this is what I mean. http://cl.ly/022X2A1L2t2U2S371k00
> I created a Child Theme for a client and called it "Simply", now since there
> is a Theme with the same name in repository and the version is higher than
> 1.0 the update comes up. Yes, simple prefix will do the trick, but many
> others out there will not know that and you know that once they click the
> "Update Themes" the original will be wiped out. I strongly believe that we
> should find some kind of logic to protect same name Themes and look outside
> of the "box" as well. Maybe to match author's name as well?
> What do you think?
> P.S. Also (not really for Theme Reviewers, but...):
>
> Themes
>
> The following themes have new versions available. Check the ones you want to
> update and then click “Update Themes”.
>
> (Please Note: Any customizations you have made to theme files will be lost.
> Please consider using child themes for modifications.)
>
> That note is bit misleading as well, because this is indeed a Child Theme.
>
> Emil
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