Ditto to the comments made by you guys. Kathleen has said they are looking at a way to "make themes more discoverable." Hopefully that will happen. Both Tamara (Elite Designs) and I have written directly to Kathleen. She has not responded to any of my e-mails but sent a brief note with the statement above to Tamara with a cc to me. Hopefully, something positive will happen before everyone leaves. What a shame. They could improve this greatly without too much difficulty if they would.
On Apr 16, 12:55 pm, AaronC <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
