Variation Approval (Was: Theme Christmas Carol)

[Akyhne]

Hmm, how did that color variation get approved? I thought it was against the team's rules!

No personal offence, Ricky. It's a nice theme!

[Deaks]

Akyhne this is a massie difference to anything you have released as of late, note the new layout, a re-written index.template.php, different menu layout ... please take your drama elsewhere!

[Akyhne]

Yeah, I know all my themes are Curve variations, as most other themes are.

Sorry for hijacking the topic!

[Deaks]

Akyhne to quote mothers around the world "Please act your age not your shoe size" (Use UK shoe Size not European)

[Akyhne]

Hey! I just questioned the team's way of approving themes and their motives, then "someone in there" jumped on me.

So don't tell me to behave my age! When you talk to a kindergarten, you sometimes have to speak their language.

[Deaks]

As I have stated and as you can see for yourself this theme has had lots of changes that are visible, the coding is unlike the Curve theme, therefor its not a variant.  If you cannot accept that then please lodge a complaint, about the approval in the appropriate place and leave this topic for genuine comments on the theme and not attacks on the team for rejecting one of your themes.

[Akyhne]

As I have stated and as you can see for yourself this theme has had lots of changes that are visible

Aren't most of my themes very different? You told me most of my themes would not be approved, according to the "new rules"... that the team can't even specify!

... the coding is unlike the Curve theme, therefor its not a variant.

Whoops.. that theme contains one single file that has been altered, the index.template.php. Most of the changes, as you can see on my snapshot, is just the removal of the upper section toggle. Big deal!

The team seems to believe it's not a color variation, if the header looks different. I see the whole theme, especially the way posts , boardindex and messageindex appears.
The team also seems to believe themers have to change as much code as possible. You know what! I put an honor in editing as little as possible, to make my themes compatible with mods.

And what does it really all matter if people like a theme! Most of my themes are very popular, especially when you concider many of them are made for a specific audience.

[Deaks]

look at all the differences aswell!!!

[Akyhne]

Whooh! I believe that leaves out "Iceland", as it's a color variation then. I mainly just moved a big block in the file (see attachment).

I'll remove it ASAP! It *does* look to much like Curve, doesn't it?!

[Akyhne]

Take a look at the attached image. All that has been changed, are colors. And then he used the tbody.divider to make a rounded bottom of categories.
Is it a Curve variation? Sure it is! But it's a nice one, though. Approved!

[Akyhne]

I'll remove it ASAP! It *does* look to much like Curve, doesn't it?!

Ah, I forgot I removed it earlier yesterday from the theme site, along with a lot of my other themes.

[青山 素子]

 

Ah, the drama.

[IchBin™]

I thought you were leaving this place? What's keeping you? You talked about how this place does nothing but cause you headaches, why bring it upon yourself to induce more headaches? Instead of talking this out peacefully, you choose to start more drama.

The purpose of not allowing curve variants was to keep the themes that could be made with the color change script posted in the theme boards from being submitted to the site. You are choosing to blow the whole thing wayyyyy out of proportion based on a single customizers comment without seeking clarification from the Lead. I think we should just rename you to the drama llama.

And yes I'm locking this topic. Want to complain some more? Feel free to PM me or any of the other leads here if you need to cry on someones shoulder.