Thank you, Shotty, for your prompt reply. I saw hundreds, possibly thousands of themes and wondered why I couldn't manage to work it, since I thought I had reasonable intelligence. Wouldn't it be nice if the designers of iGoogle themes could simply change the wording re wait times from "a few days" (I was always taught that "few" meant about three) to "six weeks." Then they might not have confused and angry people like me hounding them! Thanks again.
On Feb 22, 9:19 am, Shotty <shott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Themes firstly can take 4-6 weeks to appear. Secondly, i have not used > the theme builder before so unsure what its process/timeline is but i > assume it would be the same for normal XML submissions. BTW, you will > also NOT be notified once it has been added. The "newest" themes > category has been broken for over 6 months now so your only option is > to search the themes directory every couple days based on title and/or > description until it appears. > Welcome to the hurry up and wait aspect of iGoogle themes. > > On Feb 21, 12:28 pm, Greshwort <sha...@mts.net> wrote: > > > > > I have been trying to solve this problem for two weeks now. Have > > searched for someone from iGoogle, responsible for setting up the > > Themes page, to no avail. So all I can do is post this description on > > every damn site I can find!! Here is what happens in detail when I > > attempt to do Googles "simple" theme which apparently can be shared. I > > am not interested in doing a Dynamic theme at this point, not looking > > at the Developers' method. This is the SIMPLE METHOD. Here is the > > trail: > > > iGoogle - change theme (top right). >More Options>Create Your own > > Theme > TRY NOW> > > Big Window: Upload an Image. I click on blue button and get window > > saying Upload a Picture. > > Since I wish to upload a JPEG drawing, not a photo, I go to Browse and > > select my artwork,done with Painter, measuring 1000 x 180 which > > exactly fits the top theme space. I click Open. > > This takes me back to the Upload a Picture window. Click Upload > > Picture button. I get a message in red saying the file could not be > > uploaded because it was too large or not a valid image file. I try > > pics. of smaller size. Same message. I read the (conflicting) rules > > about size. I make sure it is at least 640 wide (I use 1000 to fill > > the screen), and at least 116 deep (I use 180). I make sure the total > > size is not over 40KB. Same red message. > > So I say what the hell I'll hit every button. Click on Picasa Web > > Albums on left, and get Drop Box. (What is a Drop Box??) Lo and behold > > there appears a square portion of my artwork that I was told could not > > be uploaded. I click on the square. This takes me to Crop this Picture > > window. I drag it so it fills the long rectangle. Click Apply > > Changes. > > And there it is on iGoogle looking great. > > I finish the job: Upload an Image and Choose Color scheme. Enter > > Theme Information: I give title, my name, description. Hit Create > > Theme button > > Now I get Congratulations! window. I tick "publish your theme" and > > Accept. The drawing appears as my iGoogle header. So far so good. > > I realize it takes a "few days" for this to be processed, but I > > first > > did this Feb. 4 and on several subsequent days. If I Search for Themes > > under either my name or the title of the picture I get nothing. Picasa > > has no record either (so why do they have my stuff in Drop Box?...and > > my stuff isn't photos anyway.). MY ARTWORK IS NOT REGISTERED as it > > said it would be after I ticked Accept and "Publish your theme." > > Therefore MY FRIENDS CAN'T ACCESS IT IF THEY PUNCH IN MY NAME. Only I > > can see it. > > I have a feeling that there is just one tiny thing that I am doing > > wrong, but can't figure out what it is. Is there anyone out there who > > can help? > > Could it be that a "few days" means a few months? If this delay is > > the only problem, could Google let people know on their instruction > > page, please?- 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 google-themes-...@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.
