Terry, My previous comments about update relate to themes developed and submitted using XML. If you're using ThemeMaker, then the only course is to create the theme again, getting it right this time, submit it, then request the old one to be deleted in this thread in the Web Search Forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=4a1aedae2103b99c&hl=en
Dave On Jul 16, 8:13 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry, > > There's no problem correcting errors after a theme is in the > directory. Just update your files and re-submit using the same > URL:http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/themes/docs/dev_guide.html#Update > > I've often done this to correct typos, update info, even tweak an > image. Works well, though the lead time for the update is as > unpredictable as the original submission! > > Dave > > On Jul 15, 12:11 am, The Old Perfessor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. 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