12 months ago, in the Google Themes API Group, Kathleen announced
author-nominated categories for iGoogle themes in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api/browse_thread/thread/2f6a55779d01476/e9581826cfa8674a
> "... I was just about to announce -- we have created a set of categories now
> for developers to add their themes to. You can add your own theme to a
> category (or categories) by adding the following categories tag to your theme
> XML with the category names comma separated:
<categories>animals,entertainment</categories>
> "This should be placed within the ConfigMap that lists all your metadata
> attributes.
> "The standard categories are:
* Animals
* Nature
* Sports
* Destinations
* Abstract
* Trendy
There was initially some confusion about the coding, but this was
worked out by themers through trial and error. The categories appeared
in the theme directory briefly and disappeared again.
As was the norm with Themes API Group posts, follow up from themers on
the subject of Theme Categories was never answered by a Googler, and
the whole concept seemed to drift into oblivion.
I'm still coding a category into my theme XMLs, and searching for the
above categories works using the URL:
http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=themes&cat=destinations
or similar.
Has the idea of author-nominated theme categories been abandoned
completely, or just never followed through?
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