well google introduced a new theme creator today so maybe they decied to fix the other problems. if thats the case i might start developing themes again.
LOOT OUT FOR A ENCROACHING SMOKE GMAIL THEME SOON! :D On Jan 23, 10:04 am, neonblade <[email protected]> wrote: > There weren't any blank attributes. Strangely enough, it worked 1st > time this morning! Curious to see if the problem had been fixed, I > submitted again - it worked again! (a 3rd attempt failed though) > > Weird! > > The Theme is called "Autumn leaves", probably appearing...some time > this year....... > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
