String and Brose, I have tried the "email the group owner" and gave up after email 20- something. The developers here need to understand that Google is really not on our side here. And that is cool; they opened a forum for everyone to have a theme that suits them. String is absolutely correct, most original devs have disappeared, and I only come around to drop off a theme every now and again, but after seeing the mess the public has made with the iGoogle theme wizard, I will be coming by less often. Unless of course they create a developers category. (They are going to, I can feel it, right? They will right?) I learned log ago that Google isn't going to response with any credible action.
By the way, String, did they ever update... Earth-light? and Brose, good luck with the donate now thing. Have you read the policies? I haven't been around lately are they doing that now? The world changes so much in a few short months. On Apr 16, 11:10 am, brose <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all - I thank each of you for taking time to provide some feedback > - even if just to commiserate. :-\ > > I think the best course for me is to attempt the contact method and > see what I get. I will be continuing to push on this issue, as my > client is a well-known, global philanthropic organization who strongly > desires to be in the Cause library - the critical requirement is to > have the "Donate Now" link on their theme - without that, having a > theme is meaningless. > > I highly value the input from my peers - you folks - so I thank each > you again for taking time to read and add to this thread... > > I will update this post with feedback on my success/failure with > getting someone *at Google* to look at these concerns. > > -- > brose > > On Apr 16, 7:26 am, Matt Devney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have tried that contact method twice. I have not received a response. > > What I think is the worst thing is that when someone from google DOES turn > > up, they give a relatively short answer to a relatively easy question and > > then duck back down behind the barricades. I am not so rude to use their > > e-mail address 'cold' so to speak to get their attenhtion, nor am I naive > > or optimistic enough to think they wouldn't have an e-mail delete rule set > > up for anything with 'Google Theme' in the subject or body. So. Until > > someone from Google steps up and gives us a plan we're fubared on the > > development front. And my theme still isn't up there after 2 months. I'd go > > with a third party theme manager but that's an additional peice of code to > > track and I want it simple, not complex (John Maeda's theme notwithstanding > > :-) > > > ________________________________ > > > From: String <[email protected]> > > To: Google Themes API <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, 16 April, 2009 11:37:54 AM > > Subject: Re: Is ANYONE from Google reading these?? A *professional* level > > of attention is required to reign-in the theme mess!! > > > It's been suggested that you can contact someone at Google by using > > the "email the group owner" feature available at the following > > address:http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api/post?sendowner=1. > > I haven't tried it myself, mostly because even when you do get > > someone's attention, nothing substantial happens anyway.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
