I've now tried theme maker uploading a larger image, the original of the one I tried before. The uploaded size was 3733 x 745 px.
I used the cropping tool to select the full width of my uploaded image, and cropped about 20% off the top. Theme maker has taken the full width of the image and SCALED it down to 1600 px. It has then CROPPED the bottom to an overall height of 167 px. I could understand the 1600 px width limitation, as that was a standard display resolution before 1680, 1920, etc. But why limit the height to 167 px when there was enough of the image to acheive the full 175 px? So, although my cropped image was 3733 x 600 px, far larger than the 1680 x 175 I was hoping for, theme maker still limited it to 1600 x 167 px. Since it doesn't look like theme maker is able to produce a header image for 1680 px widescreens and 175 px headers, let alone the larger 1920 px widescreen displays, I'll give theme maker a miss from now on and stick to XML. Dave On Jun 3, 3:04 am, [email protected] wrote: > 1. You should be able to upload an image and choose a crop dimension > larger than the specified 175px by 1680px of the Developer API. Theme > Maker will automatically crop the bottom of the image to fit the > header, and will keep the original width of the image. > > 2. You can view the Theme Maker themes that you have created in your > Google settings page: My Account > iGoogle - Settings > Content > > Change theme. Unfortunately, for now, this is the only way to retrieve > your Theme Maker themes. > > On May 26, 7:41 am, "Don Dixon,www.igooglethemes.net" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave, > > I hate to say it but I think getting any type of useful feedback is > > almost impossible. > > > On May 26, 3:55 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 1. I used Theme Maker today to see whether it would be a more > > > practical method of producing a theme than using XML. > > > > Because I want a wide screen theme, I uploaded a pic that was 175px > > > high (as per Developer's Guide requirements) and 1680px wide, and > > > selected the whole pic. > > > > The Theme Maker has scaled down the pic to about 95%. This means that > > > it doesn't fill the width of my wide screen, and doesn't fill the > > > height of the header. > > > > Am I doing something wrong, or is Theme Maker for some reason not > > > designed to produce a header image the same size as that specified in > > > the Developer's Guide? > > > > I should note that I'm using Firefox 3 browser, although I can't see > > > that would make any difference to the pic size, since my original > > > jpegs display correct size in the same browser. > > > > 2. Since creating the Theme Maker theme and installing it on my home > > > page, I've been browsing other themes. I now find that I can't > > > retrieve the theme I created through Theme Maker, even using the "? > > > referrer=tm" attribute after the iGoogle URL. > > > > Is there a way to retrieve my newly created Theme Maker theme without > > > entering it again, or waiting for it to appear in the Theme Directory > > > (I hope I checked the box to share the theme)? > > > > Can anyone help? Or should I submit such a query direct to the Group > > > Owner? > > > > Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
