Added. Perhaps the only fudge that will work is to keep the FAQ near the top - bump it occasionally...
That's a bit rubbish though :-( ________________________________ From: K3G <[email protected]> To: Google Themes API <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 21 January, 2009 2:42:13 PM Subject: Re: Error message when submitting theme Cheers Matt that's a new one. If you could add that info to the FAQ I would appreciate it. As far as stickying the FAQ I agree 100% I tried emailing a group admin to put up a link or something but recieved no response. Sorry if I come accross as sounding like an arse guys. It's just that I have been in this group since almost the begining and I am getting tired of answering the same questions over and over again. Google have really abandoned us... On Jan 15, 11:04 am, "Matt Devney" <[email protected]> wrote: > Right. This I think is something that isn't mentioned in the FAQ (or at > least I don't think it is, I'm sure K3G will correct me if I'm wrong :-) > > Your xml file can have all the right meta tags and still be unable to be > submitted. This is if you have blank attributes that point to a URL that > doesn't exist, such as: > > <Attribute name="footer.tile_image.url"></Attribute> > > Mine had that and even 200 submissions through webscarab didn't work. The > clue is the error message: > > http://black-integrated-theme.googlecode.com/files/subtleblack11.xml: > Invalid URL to download: > > Doesn't give much info, does it? > > Fix that and it works. Word to the wise: don't have blank attributes in your > xml. I know it says that in the template, but it's not what everyone reads > first... > > Neonblade - has your theme uploaded yet then? Want to show it us? > > In response to the whole 'stupid questions' thing, I can only say this: > Being in this group for a couple of months has made me realise that people > can try really hard and come up against a brick wall. It also let me see > some staggeringly lazy attempts to get other people to do the whole job and > some people who just haven't read or searched for anything. Knowing there is > a FAQ would be good though... > > The FAQ is a great idea, but it needs to be more obvious - like a sticky, or > in a text doc uploaded as a file in the 'Files' section. But only a manager > can do that... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of neonblade > Sent: 14 January 2009 22:46 > To: Google Themes API > Subject: Re: Error message when submitting theme > > Wow, only a dozen tries? I used "imacros", a plugin for firefox to run > the submission as a script. It failed 300 times, even though the Theme > can be manually accessed without errors. > > On Jan 14, 4:45 am, CYG <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the responses. It took have a dozen tries, but I think the > > submission finally took. > > > The FAQs are very useful-- sorry I did not notice them earlier, but I > > searched through the themes guidelines again and again and I couldn't > > find anything that explained my problem. If it's such a common it > > would be nice to have it addressed > onhttp://code.google.com/apis/themes/docs/dev_guide.html > > so people can resolve it more readily. > > > Also I do resent the notion that people are asking "stupid" questions. > > Not everyone is so computer savy and isn't that the whole point of > > this group is to resolve problems and help each other out. So while I > > dearly appreciate the assistance, I do not appreciate the attitude > > that comes with it....just my opinion. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Themes API" 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-themes-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
