@Val Thanks for info! :) I presume these enhancements are rolled out in stages, and that a lot of the features are still in beta.
@BlueQuoll That i did :) I try re-submitting it again to see if it changes. If not...??? I am a little worried as we will be producing more of them soon and if they ALL don't go into the right category its going to cause problems. Thank again Aidan On Sep 23, 12:52 pm, BlueQuoll <bluequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Val: - Google haven't formally confirmed that the categories meta tag > is working, but I have submitted themes including the tag and they > have submitted without error, and been put into the correct category > in the directory. > > So far I have only used the category "Destinations". I suspect that > some of the categories might be for Google's own use, like "Artist > Themes", "Games", "Photography". > > I've no idea whether the categories meta tag automatically makes > themes go into the nominated category, or whether there is a manual > review by Google. That's the problem with this Group - we are the > blind leading the blind! It would be nice if Google could update the > Developer's Guide with the latest information, or respond here to > questions to which we developers do not have the answers. > > @Knighterrant: - Once the theme is submitted to Google it is copied > once-off onto Google's server. To update the theme you need to re- > submit it to Google using the same URL as the original submission. > Google then copy the updated theme and overwrite the original on their > server. I notice that you have also posted in the Web Search Forum, > where you are more likely to get attention, so it will be interesting > to see how Google respond there. > > Dave > > On Sep 23, 8:25 am, Val <b....@globalway.fr> wrote: > > > Hi Knighterrant > > > Categories meta tags are not working yet. > > > There are plenty of post here about this. > > > On 22 sep, 16:16, Knighterrant <smyth.ai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > We've been trying to change the category for the igoogle theme we > > > created. When it was first submitted it did not have the <Meta > > > name="categories">games</Meta> tag added. It has since been updated on > > > the site but the category has not changed to "games". > > > > Do i have to get the theme deleted to reset it?? > > > (http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=50f2bf69a......) > > > > Or simply re-upload it again? > > > > Thanks in advance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Themes API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-themes-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-themes-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
