[theme-reviewers] iStudio Theme

[Sakin Shrestha]

Also I requested at the Queue and haven't got. My username is: catchthemes


On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Chandra Maharzan <maharzan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
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