>From my perspective, the problem here is that the range of times to get a theme accepted can run anywhere from 2 days to 6 weeks. A little more stability would go a long way.
Since someone from Google seems to be monitoring this, I will give you a wish list of things I'd like to see: 1. Give us some way to correct problems with a theme after we submit it to the directory. I've got several with typos and no way to fix them. I have several more that I would delete on the spot if I could. 2. The usage data for gadgets is much better than that for themes. When I signed on to the dashboard the other day I very briefly saw usage for all of my gadgets, even they were below the <100 threshold. Even now, it shows some kind of activity level for each item. Otherwise, I can't thank Google enough for the work they've done on this. The new interface that allows multiple images is a dream to work with. Terry On Jul 11, 11:49 am, Philip Dahl <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2bunsubs[email protected]><Google-Gadgets-API%2Bunsubs > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > <google-gadgets-api%[email protected]<google-gadgets-api%252bu[email protected]><Google-Gadgets-API%252Bu > > > [email protected]> > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. 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