[isaumya]

Hey guys, you know 1 of the major issue with all your themes is the complex and hard procedure to update them. But I’ve found a way around to make it very simple, which I use in my personal site and will share with you guys, I think if you follow this procedure your clients gonna be more happy with the updates from next time until you people are integrating the auto update feature inside your theme built-in.
The tip is:
Please dont make your theme folder name concatinated with the version number.
E.G. beside using “cvcard-v1-0-5” just always keep your theme folder name “cvcard” and add the updated version number in the styles.css. By doing this next time when the update releses, the users just have to overwrite the files inside “cvcard” folder which is already existed.
It makes the update 100 times smoother.

Hope this helps.

[Mehmet S.]

Hi, if we make the folder name same, then wordpress will say, the theme is already installed, so the installation failure.

[isaumya]

No. it wont. If you updated the version number in the style.css, it will treat it as a update. but if you make the version number same then you may face this issue at the time of updateing the file from wp-admin.
Beside if you use filezilla (or similar app) for uploading the theme file, it will ask you that same name file is present in the theme folder, so you just override them, you are good to go.
If you dont trust my words, try it in your own demo environment. I’m sure about it, because I’m using 3 themes from you guys, and I follow the same procedure for all of them to update them.

[isaumya]

Sorrry (A little Fix to the previous comment):

Yah it will have updatasion issue if you trying to add it as a new theme from the wp-admin, but it will update properly, if you follow the filezilla procedure. Infact, being a themeforest/codecyon member, you are the first person I’ve seen who maintain the folder structure like this, I’vent found anybody else.

[Mehmet S.]

Yes, I meant via wp admin.

The maintain the folder structure is a way to make backup the previous version of the theme. Because, some users make directly editing the theme files instead of using a child theme.

But also you are right for an FTP procedure.

In two words: Open FileZilla, upload all theme files with override method, then you will have the new version with your menu, widgets and customizer options over there.

[isaumya]

I think the fizilla procedure for update is most convenient. Beside every wordpress admin does know how to use ftp, i guess :P
Anyways why dont you people incorporating auto update features like all other themes? Any special reason?

[Mehmet S.]

No special reason. I don’t have enough free time for it in these days.

[isaumya]

Oh Ok. I understand :) But if you get some free time in your hand sometimes in future, please make this possible.
Thank you.

[Mehmet S.]

Sure :)