[wp-hackers] Shorthand: Appearance/switching themes?

Braydon ronin at braydon.com
Sat Jan 7 11:24:11 UTC 2012


Never had anyone ask to change themes, they want to build them, not 
switch them.

On 01/07/2012 03:21 AM, Lee Rickler wrote:
> Depending on the project/ client i sometimes remove the ability to change themes, but, the original question was really to find out if there is something i'm missing or not quite understanding.
>
> I care a lot about the vendor, i care a lot about WordPress.
>
> Just asking questions, that's all.
>
> And, yes, who hasn't had a client ring up in a panic because they've changed themes 'just to see what happens'?
>
> On 7 Jan 2012, at 10:48, Tom Barrett<tcbarrett at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 7 January 2012 02:12, Jane Wells<jane at automattic.com>  wrote:
>>> On 1/6/12 8:42 PM, Lee Rickler wrote:
>>>
>>>> once I deliver a theme to a client the last thing I want is for them to
>>>> be able to start adding new themes.
>>>> Kind of defeats my purpose.
>>>>
>>> To be blunt, who cares what you as a vendor want?
>>
>> To be blunt, that comes across as opinionated. One should care about the
>> vendor too. Feels like I'm stepping into an old argument here?
>>
>> Lee, adding new themes in itself is not something you'll ultimately be able
>> to stop anyone from doing. There are plenty of WordPress hosts and themes
>> out there for your clients to go to. It seems to me that you know this and
>> that there is some inherent issue with theme switching that has given you
>> bad experience in the past? Is this not the very opportunity to explore
>> improving it?
>>
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