[theme-reviewers] The package could not be installed. The package contains no files.

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Mon Aug 12 15:49:32 UTC 2013


No, that isn't the problem, as such.

An update-check asks the WordPress.org api system for the information
about the theme, and it returns the info about the update. This
includes a download link.

What I can't figure out is how you're getting a download link with
those capital letters.

-Otto


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Sven Lehnert <mail at sven-lehnert.de> wrote:
> Hi Otto,
>
> I think I found the issue.
>
> The theme is developed at github;
>
> https://github.com/Themekraft/Custom-Community
>
> and there are the capital letters.
>
> I will change this for the next version, but wonder why this happens now
> after years ;-)
>
> thanks
> sven
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Sven Lehnert <mail at sven-lehnert.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Otto,
>>
>> User feedback:
>> Issue appears from the WordPress theme updade process.
>>
>> I have tried on a local install and got the same issue.
>>
>> But I don't think that happens all the time.
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> sven
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't know what you're doing wrong, but the download link on this page
>>> works fine:
>>>
>>> http://wordpress.org/themes/custom-community/
>>>
>>> Note that the theme name is "custom-community", with no caps. That
>>> matters in the download link. How are you getting your incorrect caps
>>> download link?
>>>
>>> -Otto
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Sven Lehnert <mail at sven-lehnert.de>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Some users ask me why this happens with the new version and I can't
>>> > give any
>>> > answer.
>>> > I tested it and got the same error.
>>> >
>>> > Please have a look ;-)
>>> >
>>> > Downloading update from
>>> > http://wordpress.org/themes/download/Custom-Community.1.17.2.zip…
>>> > Unpacking the update…
>>> > Installing the latest version…
>>> > Theme update failed.
>>> >
>>> > An error occurred while updating Custom Community: The package could
>>> > not be
>>> > installed. The package contains no files.
>>> >
>>> >
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