Hi, The same problem happens to me. On Feb 17, 2:51 pm, as <souzajo...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I did sign in on sandbox (step 2) the URL was sandbox.orkut, but I > could not get into the New Developer Page. > > Still 404. > > Any help. > Thanks. > > > **The new developer page is located > > athttp://sandbox.orkut.com/Main#Developer. There is no link to it from the > > interface (there will be soon), so bookmark this URL or memorize it to have > > it handy. However, you can only access it *AFTER* logging into sandbox (step > > 2). If you try to go there directly without logging in first, you will get a > > 404 error as if the page didn't exist. > > On Feb 13, 1:06 pm, "Bruno Oliveira (\"btco\")" <bru...@google.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > The new Developer Page is up, and with that, the application development and > > submission flow is now considerably different (and, we hope, easier to > > understand). > > > * > > * > > > *New Application Development/Submission/Review Workflow* > > By btco, 2011-02-13 > > > *0. Before we start...* > > *Warning #0:* The new developer page is working but please bear with us as > > we polish some rough edges that still exist. Please read this guide > > thoroughly before using the new page. The workarounds and known issues are > > highlighted > > in red. > > > *Warning #1:* Much of the information here overrides what is currently > > written in other documentation posted in code.google.com/apis/orkut. If you > > see an inconsistency, please follow what we say here instead of what you see > > in the older documentation. > > > *1. Sandbox signup* > > **If this is your first time developing an application (or if you are using > > a new profile you just created and you never developed an application with > > it), the first thing you have to do is sign up for the orkut Developer > > Sandbox <http://sandbox.orkut.com/SandboxSignup.aspx>. If you've already > > done that some time in your life with this profile, you don't need to do > > this again. If you already had signed up for sandbox in the old > > development/submission/review workflow, you do not need to sign up again. > > It's the same sandbox, it's just a different process! > > > *[ Tip ]** Use a separate Developer Profile* > > If you have a personal profile on orkut, please use a separate profile for > > application development. This will make your life much easier and more > > organized! > > > *[ Tip ] If sandbox is ever offline...* > > Yes, sandbox is offline sometimes because it's very new code and sometimes > > it fails or becomes a little slow. If that's the case, please use Prod > > Sandbox as an alternative (prod.sandbox.orkut.com). You don't have to sign > > up for prod sandbox separately (your sandbox signup works for prod sandbox > > too). Prod sandbox is a sandbox environment that's closer to the production > > environment, since it runs the same binary and has similar flags. > > > *2. Sign into sandbox* > > **Sign into sandbox by going tohttp://sandbox.orkut.com. After signing in, > > notice if the URL stays as "sandbox.orkut.com". If it reverts back > > towww.orkut.com, something is wrong -- you probably didn't sign up for the > > sandbox! If you did sign up for sandbox and you are still getting thrown > > back intowww.orkut.com, it's a bug: please complain at the forum. > > > *3. Access the New Developer Page* > > **The new developer page is located > > athttp://sandbox.orkut.com/Main#Developer. There is no link to it from the > > interface (there will be soon), so bookmark this URL or memorize it to have > > it handy. However, you can only access it *AFTER* logging into sandbox (step > > 2). If you try to go there directly without logging in first, you will get a > > 404 error as if the page didn't exist. > > > If this is your first time developing an orkut app, please make sure to read > > at least the OpenSocial Tutorial for > > Orkut<http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/orkut/articles/tutorial/tutorial....>, > > but please bear in mind that the app testing/submission workflow written > > there is *out of date* (use this one instead). > > > *4. Add your application to your developer profile.* > > **To do this, just type the URL to its XML in the box that appears at the > > top of the page (the one that says "add an application by URL") and clicking > > the "add" button. After that, you have to reload the page in order for it to > > work. If you don't do that, your newly added app will not show up. Just to > > be clear, this step only adds the application to your developer profile so > > you can run it and test it, this does NOT cause the application to be > > published. After adding your application here, it will show in your list of > > applications and you can run it. > > > *5. Test and debug your app.* > > **Now it's time to test and debug until your app is clean, shiny and ready > > to hit the shelves. To run your application, simply click the View button > > under its entry in the Developer Page. Once the app is running, you will > > notice that the URL changes to something like > > > http://sandbox.orkut.com/Main#Application?appId=12345678912345 > > > The highlighed part above is your AppID, a number that identifies your > > application. If you ever have a complaint or doubt about your application, > > always mention this AppID, otherwise we won't be able to do anything for > > you. > > > *6. My changes aren't showing!* > > **If you modify your app and the modification is not showing: this is > > because we keep an internal cache of assets and XML. However, this can be a > > pain when developing, since you want to see the results of your > > modifications immediately. In this case, please append the "&bpc=1" > > parameter to your URL to force a cache bypass. When you do that, you should > > be able to see your changes immediately: > > > http://sandbox.orkut.com/Main#Application?appId=12345678912345&bpc=1 > > > *7. Polish your XML.* > > Make sure your XML is well formed and has all the necessary parameters. Your > > XML should look something like: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <Module> > > <ModulePrefs title="*Your App Title Here*" > > author="*Your name here (or your company's name)*" > > author_email="*youremailh...@domainhere.com*" > > description="*A description of your app here*" > > screenshot="*http://url/of/your/screenshot.jpg*"; > > thumbnail="*http://url/of/your/thumbnail.jpg*";> > > > <Require feature="opensocial-0.8" /> > > <Locale lang="en" country="us" /> > > </ModulePrefs> > > <Content type="html" preferred_width="900"> > > <![CDATA[ > > > <!--ALm6fM2Ja1zhd/onBrNuxUWETQAoxE1lyg3WP0pqtO1OfnRFc8e4yPgDuW0oC9l8w1gTqJR > > oZbx0oQThry4Uo5uBZ87rtmTdLrIpCx0CRuc9pkS3NemA/xDaL2WvlEIDP/wEJXOzNre8--> > > > *...your content goes here...* > > > ]]> > > </Content> > > </Module> > > > The funny-looking <!-- ALm6.... --> string is the Verification Token. You'll > > get it in the next step (verification), it's okay not to have it at first. > > > Naturally, the Locale element should be as appropriate for your application, > > my example uses US English. Please include all the locales of the users who > > might reasonably want to play your app. This is because of a current bug > > (Known Issue K04), which causes users whose locales are not compatible with > > the application's locale to experience weird bugs (they might see "app not > > whitelisted" while running the app, and will not be able to post newsfeeds). > > > Always include all this information: author name, e-mail, description, > > thumbnail, screenshot. If your XML is missing any of the required > > parameters, your application *will* fail review. > > > *8. Submitting your app.* > > **When you're done editing your application and you're ready to show it to > > the world, you have to Submit it. To do that, look up your application in > > the Developer Page and click the corresponding "Submit" button. You will > > then be shown a Verification Token that looks like <!-- Aafoiwejfaowijw..... > > --> (it's longer than that). You must now copy that token and paste into > > your application's XML. This is done to verify that you are indeed the owner > > of the application (we presume that if you can write an arbitrary string to > > it, then it must be because you own it). Please make sure to copy the whole > > token! It ends in "-->". > > > This verification token MUST go into the <Content> tag of your XML. You you > > put it anywhere else, the verification service won't find it. And do use * > > <![CDATA[*, otherwise there might be strange escaping problems that will > > prevent your application from being verified. Also, DO NOT split the token > > into multiple lines! Leave it all on the same line: > > > <Content> > > <![CDATA[ > > <!--ALm6fM2hd...........--> > > ...your content here... > > ]]> > > </Content> > > > After you've added this string to your XML, test that it's really being > > served *with* that string. Open a different browser and point it to your > > XML's URL, for example, and check that it's showing the XML *with* the > > verification token. If you see the plain XML without the verification token, > > please take action to correct your server's configuration! It is probably > > caching what it shouldn't. > > > After checking that the new XML with the verification token is indeed being > > served, you are ready to click the "Verify" button on the Developer Page, > > which appears right under the Verification Token. > > > After doing that, the page will display a Consumer Key and a Consumer > > Secret. Write down those values!!! Copy them and paste them to a place of > > your choice. *WARNING: These values will never be shown again and cannot be > > recovered, so do not lose them!* > > > *9. My app is now 'pending'. Now what?* > > If the previous step ended successfully, then your app must now be showing > > as 'pending', in orange, on the page. This means that your application was > > submitted and is awaiting orkut's review. Now you must wait until our team > > reviews your application (the piece of software on our side that does this > > is called AppReviewer). > > ... > > read more »
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