[theme-reviewers] iStudio Theme

[Chandra Maharzan]

Cool. Who assigns a ticket? I request over at the Queue and haven't
got anything yet. Would love to start. Thanks.

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> Generally speaking, no. I can't think of anything. Themes are expected to
> conform to the current Guidelines at the time of submission. The reason that
> Theme Name is "grandfathered" is that changing the Theme Name changes the
> Theme Slug, which in turn breaks automatic update notification for end
> users.
>
> I would recommend to just go ahead and review some Themes. If you observe a
> "required" issue, note it in the review. If the developer pushes back on any
> of the review comments, just try to work it out in-ticket. And if you need
> assistance, don't hesitate to ask another reviewer or an admin to offer a
> second opinion on the ticket.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> So, is there anything else that can skip the guidelines apart from
>> name for already hosted themes? I am interested in reviewing themes so
>> want to understand this better. Thanks for your responses Chip.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>> > "For obvious reasons, we are quite reluctant to ask a Theme already
>> > hosted
>> > in the WPORG repository to change its name."
>> >
>> > I'm not sure how that statement can be misconstrued to mean that we
>> > would
>> > allow a Theme to use deprecated functions.
>> >
>> > Chip
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am emailing because I saw this (new version) being approved just 3
>> >> days ago. Does that mean, when the theme is updated, you guys don't
>> >> review the all the guidelines ? only the difference ? even if uses
>> >> deprecated functions and may not work with new WP versions ?
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > That Theme was first approved in 2009, and therefore predates the
>> >> > current
>> >> > Theme Review guidelines, including the Theme Name requirement.
>> >> >
>> >> > For obvious reasons, we are quite reluctant to ask a Theme already
>> >> > hosted in
>> >> > the WPORG repository to change its name.
>> >> >
>> >> > Chip
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi Guys,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have been looking into the theme review guidelines and been
>> >> >> finding
>> >> >> few things such as the Twenty Eleven error. :) Now I found another
>> >> >> one. iStudio Theme: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/istudio-theme
>> >> >>
>> >> >> While the guidelines say you can't add a theme in the name:
>> >> >> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Name, this theme still
>> >> >> has it and I saw it was just approved in the Most recently updated
>> >> >> themes. Perhaps, this can go in their next update. Just a heads up
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> the Review Team.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >> Chandra
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> cmans
>> >> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> >> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> >> >> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >> >> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
>> >> > theme-reviewers mailing list
>> >> > theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >> > http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> cmans
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> >> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> >> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > theme-reviewers mailing list
>> > theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> > http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> cmans
>> _______________________________________________
>> theme-reviewers mailing list
>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> theme-reviewers mailing list
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>



-- 
cmans