Did you get any information about whether or not my theme is still pending approval? I'm still waiting for it to be in the directory but it's not. Going on one month now.
-Phil On Jun 23, 6:42 pm, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > There's not much I can do about the theme approval process. I will ping the > team to see that things are still working as normal though. Your alias > request failed because there's no consumer secret for themes. I've sent you > an email to confirm your address then I can manually submit the alias > request. > > As for the groups problem, that team is looking in to it, I passed along > your comments. > > Rob Russell > Google Developer Relations > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:41 PM, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > > I had the same problem with an infinite redirect loop in FF a couple > > of days ago. I deleted the groups.google.com cookie and everything > > came good. > > > Dave > > > On Jun 22, 6:38 pm, Philip Dahl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Also > > > > Any help to get my theme pushed through would be appreciate, this wait > > > time is completely ridiculous given some of the other entries I've > > > seen in the Themes Directory. Can you let me know if there is an issue > > > with my theme Rob? Or if its still being processed? > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > -Phil > > > > Also I can't view this group in FF, when I try to go to groups.google > > > I get an infinite loop of redirecting. Little Snitch Shows that it > > > keeps stopping on tools.google and then restarting the connecting over > > > and over again. When I sign out and go on it's fine and when I sign on > > > through Safari it is fine. > > > > On Jun 22, 4:29 am, Philip Dahl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > <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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > 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]><Google-Gadgets-API%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > <google-gadgets-api%[email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]><Google-Gadgets-API%252Bu > > [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]><Google-Gadgets-API%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. 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