[theme-reviewers] Theme names and updates

[Christine Rondeau]

I've been building custom theme for clients since 2005 and never once
experienced this issue.

On Monday, December 23, 2013, Morgan Kay wrote:

>  On 12/23/2013 3:58 AM, Otto wrote:
>
>  On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Morgan Kay <morgan at wpalchemists.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'morgan at wpalchemists.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> 1) Is there anything that theme authors who write bespoke themes can do
>> to prevent this from happening?  Other than only using really obscure
>> names, or giving our themes artificially high version numbers?
>>
>>
>  Why "other than"?
>
>  A custom theme should use a custom name. If the theme is for
> "Example.com" then it should be named "Example.com Whatever". Why would a
> custom "bespoke" theme have a generic name?
>
>
> Because, as far as I can tell, a lot of developers aren't aware that this
> is a problem.  I have worked on lots of sites that have custom themes, and
> the vast majority of them have fairly generic names (usually the brand name
> of the website).
>
> If I'm the only person who thinks this is a problem, I'm perfectly happy
> to drop it.
>
> Morgan.
>
>
>  -Otto
>
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