[theme-reviewers] Theme Updates Logic

[Emil Uzelac]

I know what you guys mean and I get it, but this is for users not us and
not just for Child Themes, same will happen with the Parents as well. Very
small amount of people will do either or,  examples
http://demo.studiopress.com/backcountry/ or
http://demo.woothemes.com/swatch/ this isn't just me :) It falls under
their responsibility yes, but I still feel that it would be much easier to
deal with this from our end. And since this is not something we can do, no
worries, it's was worth a try. Moving on, thanks guys :)

Emil

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*Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
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Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein



On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> You can also make the Child-Theme version extremely high ... add 1000 or
> something similar to the base version, such as version 1.0 would be 1001.0;
> I have seen very few cases were this method does not work to protect the
> Child-Theme.
>
> Also, I see it as the responsibility of the Child-Theme author to insure
> there are not conflicts with repository hosted themes. Although Shelter and
> Multi are live in Extend, before I named them I checked to make sure their
> names were not currently in use elsewhere. This is not to mention the
> discussion that was had some time ago about naming conventions for
> Child-Themes that included the Parent-Theme name, part of the reason being
> for examples such as this ... not that I really supported the argument but
> it does hold up well.
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>
>> We can't add something to check Theme name and author's name, or that's
>> something over our heads? And as I said this isn't for us ;)
>>
>> *----*
>> *Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>> > Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert
>>> Einstein
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