Hi Dave, I've looked in to it and as best I know so far theme categories have only launched in the US. I'll ask around about support in other locales.
Rob Russell Google Developer Relations On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:43 AM, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > After a bit of investigation, the nature of my original question has > changed dramatically. > > Following on from other problems I've encountered by being located in > Australia, I had a nasty suspicion that my inability to see the author- > nominated categories may have been due to my iGoogle settings and, > sure enough, I was right. > > I'm located in Australia, but I'm accessing the theme directory using > the URL: > http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=themes > > With my iGoogle Language set to English (UK) and my location set to > Australia-Sydney, I can't see the extra categories: > http://picasaweb.google.com/bluequoll/ScreenShots#5469970386142077890 > > Changing my Language to English (US) and my location to United States, > the extra categories are there: > http://picasaweb.google.com/bluequoll/ScreenShots#5469970384360504274 > > The URL for the Theme Directory appears the same in both cases. > > As a theme developer, I'm concerned why the author-nominated > categories are missing from the directory with the normal Language and > Location settings for Australia? > > In fact, a quick check of a few country portals suggests that these > categories may only be available to USA users speaking US English. > Why? Bug? Oversight? > > I'd appreciate somebody looking into this odd state of affairs. > > Dave > > > On May 8, 1:07 pm, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > 12 months ago, in the Google Themes API Group, Kathleen announced > > author-nominated categories for iGoogle themes in this thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api/browse_thread/thread... > > > > > "... I was just about to announce -- we have created a set of > categories now for developers to add their themes to. You can add your own > theme to a category (or categories) by adding the following categories tag > to your theme XML with the category names comma separated: > > > > <categories>animals,entertainment</categories> > > > > > "This should be placed within the ConfigMap that lists all your > metadata attributes. > > > "The standard categories are: > > > > * Animals > > * Nature > > * Sports > > * Destinations > > * Abstract > > * Trendy > > > > There was initially some confusion about the coding, but this was > > worked out by themers through trial and error. The categories appeared > > in the theme directory briefly and disappeared again. > > > > As was the norm with Themes API Group posts, follow up from themers on > > the subject of Theme Categories was never answered by a Googler, and > > the whole concept seemed to drift into oblivion. > > > > I'm still coding a category into my theme XMLs, and searching for the > > above categories works using the URL: > http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=themes&cat=destinations > > or similar. > > > > Has the idea of author-nominated theme categories been abandoned > > completely, or just never followed through? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
