I got a message from google saying the "secret" was not valid.

On Jun 15, 11:15 pm, Philip Dahl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok I did it. My theme has yet to appear in the themes directory though
> so I don't know if that was pointless or not. I'm waiting for this to
> be approved:http://philipdahl.com/deepseawhale.xml. I don't see
> anything wrong with it so far. If you could help me Rob and let me
> know if it's still in the waiting list, that would be greatly
> appreciated. I was recently hit by a car on my bicycle so my responses
> may come slower but I am still very interested in having my theme up.
> I have created a dynamic element for time. hope you like it.
>
> -Phil
>
> On Jun 10, 9:05 pm, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Phil,
> > Resubmitting will most likely go through the entire approval process again.
>
> > On the other hand, when a gadget moves to a new address, we have the option
> > of creating an alias for it. This means users who have the old gadget will
> > see the new gadget instead.
>
> > We've had some success doing this with themes as well. Once your theme is
> > approved, if you move it to different hosting you can try submitting a
> > gadget alias request form 
> > athttps://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?formkey=cEhGZVV....
> > Put in bogus values for the "secret" fields (since they don't apply to
> > a
> > theme) and I can verify it manually. I'm not sure it'd end up being faster
> > than a second review process, but it could be.
>
> > Rob Russell
> > Google Developer Relations
>
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Philip Dahl <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Dave you and I seem to be constantly in the same boat here.
>
> > > I've been waiting for at least three weeks on my submission to google
> > > for my theme. I don't know if this is the right place to do this but
> > > I'm dying to get my theme approved to let up the amount of bandwidth
> > > I'm using on my servers since I am hosting my theme. A lot of my
> > > friends seem to be using it.
> > >http://www.google.com/ig?skin=http://philipdahl.com/deepseawhale.xml
> > > .
>
> > > Dave, A fast turn around would be great. It would appear that themes
> > > submitted through the google site that builds your theme for you are
> > > quick to appear in the directory. I'm sure Google is working on this
> > > issue.
>
> > > Also, I had the same theme hosted on googlecode that I sent in however
> > > updating on googlecode is sort of hard (since I don't know mercurial
> > > yet). If it's the same theme with a different url is that going to be
> > > an issue if I submitted both? I want to be able to update my themes so
> > > I'm using my server to host my theme because I find that it's easier
> > > to update.
>
> > > Any help by Google would be appreciated .
>
> > > -Phil
> > > On May 6, 5:02 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Thanks, Rob  :o)
>
> > > > On May 6, 9:36 am, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi Dave,
> > > > > I know it looks very mysterious but we are looking at ways to improve
> > > the
> > > > > process and improve the experience for themers. There are several very
> > > > > different factors that we have to look at still though. Soon as I have
> > > more
> > > > > details...
>
> > > > > Rob Russell
> > > > > Google Developer Relations
>
> > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > I re-submitted the theme yesterday with no changes and it's in the
> > > > > >directorytoday!
>
> > > > > > Now was that the first submission finally being approved, or the
> > > > > > second submission approved in record time?
>
> > > > > > I'll never know.
>
> > > > > > Dave
>
> > > > > > On Apr 30, 10:25 pm, nicky <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > I agree it would be good to know progress. It would be useful
> > > perhaps
> > > > > > > ifthemescould be added to the iGoogle Dashboard and monitored in a
> > > > > > > similar way as gadgets.
>
> > > > > > > On Apr 30, 2:38 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > The Google policy of not providing feedback to a theme developer
> > > > > > > > regarding the progress of their theme submission can be very
> > > > > > > > frustrating.
>
> > > > > > > > Unpredictable lead times often leave the developer in limbo,
> > > wondering
> > > > > > > > whether the reason for their theme's non-appearance in the theme
> > > > > > > >directoryis due to
> > > > > > > >    • long lead time
> > > > > > > >    • policy-based rejection
> > > > > > > >    • code-based rejection
> > > > > > > >    • fallen through the cracks
>
> > > > > > > > While I understand it's not practical to provide a mechanism to
> > > allow
> > > > > > > > tracking of every theme submission, it would greatly assist if
> > > > > > > > developers could at least be notified of rejections, so they 
> > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > >    • they can stop waiting for the theme to appear
> > > > > > > >    • they can rectify the problem and re-submit
>
> > > > > > > > Just letting a developer wait interminably seems not to be a 
> > > > > > > > very
> > > user-
> > > > > > > > friendly way to go! I got into the habit of re-submitting any of
> > > my
> > > > > > > > slow-to-appearthemesafter a couple of weeks. I still don't know
> > > > > > > > whether the repeated re-submission helped, but allthemesexcept 
> > > > > > > > my
> > > > > > > > latest eventually appeared in the themedirectory.
>
> > > > > > > > My latest theme submission (successful according to the
> > > submission
> > > > > > > > messages) was a couple of weeks ago. It would be good to know
> > > whether
> > > > > > > > it has been rejected and might need modification before I
> > > re-submit
> > > > > > > > it:http://users.on.net/~dvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml<http://users.on.net/%7Edvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml>
> > > <http://users.on.net/%7Edvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml>
>
> > > > > > > > Although, with the test URL broken I can't check any
> > > modifications I
> > > > > > > > might make, so the exercise is a bit pointless at the moment!
>
> > > > > > > > Dave
>
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