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

[Lee Rickler]

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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