Theme Manager Suites by Philly0381
Thursday, October 22, 2009 by Philly0381 | Discussion: OS Customization
I owe a sincere apology to all the members of the community that have been downloading and attempting to use my TM Suites. If I could find a rock big enough to hide under I would. 
The reason for everyone's problem in applying the Suites is that I have been using the wrong links in the TM Suites file. Unfortunately it took all this time for my error to surface.
The links in the description section of the Suites download page will take you to the individual skins download page and you can manually download the skins. I was using the same link in the suite files which was incorrect. I am working with the folks who know what they are doing to correct this error.
I also need to apologize to Stardock, WinCustomize staff and to the skinners of the community for any problems that I may have caused because of using the wrong links.
In short, the reason for the Suites not loading and applying correctly have been because of my error and had nothing to do with Stardock or WinCustomize.
John Toth (aka Philly0381)
Reply #2 Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:58 PM
It would had been so, so much better if I had found the problem Tim.
Reply #3 Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:58 PM
Philly. Really. No apology is necessary! So what? You made a small mistake. You'll fix it. (
).
All's forgiven. Come home. 
We still love you!
Reply #4 Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:50 PM
Good news: https://forums.wincustomize.com/367259
Because the search was inconsistant for building suites many suite makers used the next logical thing . .the page URL.
The just-released beta of Theme Manager will look for the incorrect URL and apply the correct one.
For example, if you used https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=2582&libid=25 (which is the gallery page) it will try to grab from https://www.wincustomize.com/download.aspx?skinid=2582&libid=25.
This will not work if you used something like http://zubaz.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=42&libid=76
Thanks for taking the fall for this Philly . .glad we can help make it better. 
Reply #5 Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:24 PM
damn...if you'd waited an hour or so you wouldn't had to fall on your sword 
Reply #8 Monday, October 26, 2009 10:04 AM
No worries Philly. Thanks for taking the time to create the suites in the first place. Errors happen.
Reply #9 Monday, October 26, 2009 10:22 AM
See, Philly? No screaming or yelling, no wails nor gnashing of teeth.
"But wait: There's more"....Theme manager got a much needed capability.
Thanks for posting that info, Zu!
Reply #10 Monday, October 26, 2009 10:36 AM
Keep up the good work, Philly. Theme Manager would be great if it actually downloaded everything and applied it properly consistently.
Reply #11 Monday, October 26, 2009 11:32 AM
Let he who is without a glitch throw the first negative comment. I don't think you'll see that happen John. You are being way too hard on yourself. My friend, the positive you have created hear at WC more than out weighs any minor issue. Keep up the great themes.
Reply #12 Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:44 PM
Okay, an update to all this is that I have upgraded my Vista Home Premium 64 bit system to Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
The same problems are there with Theme Manager, but I'm hoping that Object Desktop 2010 will correct these and provide another update to Theme Manager. 
Reply #13 Friday, November 13, 2009 4:04 PM
Nice upgrade, indeed!
Thanks for the post, Philly. It's a real sign of maturity and responsibility to give a public apology like that. Don't let it get to you though, everyone makes mistakes!
Mike
Reply #14 Friday, November 13, 2009 4:22 PM
For what it's worth . . TM has been getting incremental updates internally and the community should benefit from those soon.
Reply #15 Friday, November 13, 2009 4:27 PM
Reply #17 Friday, November 13, 2009 5:59 PM
Zub givin' you spellin' lessons, John? 
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Reply #1 Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:55 PM
Oops!
Well I'm glad you found the error and are working to fix it. Don't feel too bad, John