All screenshots of Google Theme (iGoogle)
I believe that all of you already knew about iGoogle (formally known as “Google Personalized Home Page”) and its gorgeous themes. The interesting thing is that those theme can be changed dynamically based on either local time or weather.
There are six different themes as picture above in iGoogle. ( Actually, there are 7 themes available but “Winter scape” is a hidden theme which can’t be directly accessed. ) All of those themes are divided into 2 categories such as Weathe-based theme and Time-based theme. The weather-based theme is a theme which shows the different design based on local weather condition. For example, we will see raining theme if it’s raining in our location. The time-based theme does the same but based on local time. For example, we will see night-view theme at night.
Weather-base theme
- BusStop
Time-base theme
- Spring Scape
- Beach
- City Scape
- Sweet Dreams
- Tea House
- Seasonal Scape
The BusStop theme is based on local weather condition while all others are on time.
The reason why I write this post is that I wanna share something that I found on iGoogle last weekend. The story started when I was eagerly to know how many pictures included in each theme. I didn’t know how to find out for those images. The first flash I got is that Google Gadget are created based on XML file. So, I believed that I will get the path of those images when I got the link of XML file. Then, I googled a lit for that and I found the list of xml files as below.
XML file of Google Theme
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/springscape.xml
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/teahouse.xml
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/beach.xml
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/cityscape.xml
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/sweetdreams.xml
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/busstop.xml
- http://www.google.com/ig/skins/winterscape.xml
Images of Spring Scape
3.14 AM
6 AM
8 AM
10 AM
Noon
2 PM
4 PM
6 PM
8 PM
10 PM
Midnight
2 AM
4 AM
Images of Tea House theme
3.14 AM
6 AM
8 AM
10 AM
Noon
2 PM
4 PM
6 PM
8 PM
10 PM
Midnight
2 AM
4 AM
Images of Beach theme
3.14 AM
6 AM
10 AM
Noon
2 PM
4 PM
6 PM
8 PM
10 PM
Midnight
2 AM
4 AM
Images of City Scape
3.14 AM
6 AM
8 AM
10 AM
Noon
2 PM
4 PM
6 PM
8 PM
10 PM
Midnight
2 AM
4 AM
Images of Sweet Dreams theme
3.14 AM
6 AM
Images of Winter Scape
3.14 AM
6 AM
8 AM
10 AM
Noon
2 PM
4PM
6PM
8 PM
10PM
Midnight
2 AM
4 AM
Images of Bus stop theme
Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Hazy
Foggy
Snowy
Flurries
Icy
Windy
Rainy
Stromy
Thunder
Yeah. I’m done.. :) Those are the images from Google Theme.
The following code is cool trick that I got from this link. Go to XML file (that I already mentioned above). Find out the path of CSS file. Type the code with the path of CSS file that you wanna changed.
javascript:void(document.getElementById("ext_css").href="/ig/skins/winterscape/winterscape_3.14am.css");
What do you think? do you like it?? :)
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Hi Mike,
First time I visit your site (got the link from Melody’s shoutbox).
Thanks for the info on iGoogle themes. First time I heard of iGoogle. I’m rather new to blogging… I started only in the May of this year.
Can these themes be used on Blogger (Blogspot), which also belongs to the Google group? I’m looking for a nice background for my plain blog :)
Cheers!
Alvin
:) yap.
i love those themes..
i really excited when i look it and i found something change..
really thanks for finding all themes…
gr8!!!
(i.o.u)
>>Can these themes be used on Blogger (Blogspot), which also belongs to the Google group? I’m looking for a nice background for my plain blog
I think it’s not for blogger. AFAIK, those themes are especially created for iGoogle (also known as personalized homepage).
I have been to your blog. your blog looks nice.. very clean and elegant theme.
For me, I’m still happy with the default theme without making any customization … I think that it’s not really important to customize the theme. The most important thing (at least for me) is content.. if you are writing nice and valuable contents which are useful for everybody then people will come and visit to your blog.. :)
love your themes
Hey, just curious on how to get seasonal scape. And wondering whether google will make a theme for holidays (like for Halloween, Easter, Forth of July, Christmas ect..)
why can’t I find any winterscape theme on my igoogle? does it have been discontinued?
maybe.. no idea.. Based on my research, the XML file (CSS and images) for that theme is still there. The option for selecting this theme is not available in iGoogle..
Thanks for visiting my blog, btw.. ;)
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iGoogle’s themes are a great little way to spice up a homepage. making them dynamic? well, thats just the icing on the cake. What would be awesome is if they could make them all dynamic on multiple ranges like for weather, AND time,
would be neat
Hi jdawg, thanks for your comment..
>>What would be awesome is if they could make them all dynamic on multiple ranges like for weather, AND time,
Actually, the Google already exported the user preferences so the developer who create the Google Gadget should get the color preferences and should change the things in their gadget.. Have you checked-out Google Clock Gadget? The color of this gadget change based on the user preferences.
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Hi Michael,
Google has released new themes again.. Will you post all screenshots of those new themes?
Hi Nevis,
Yeah. I know that… I will post all screenshots of those new themes soon? As you know, it take some time to capture all screenshots… anyway, I will post them soon.. Please keep on watching my blog.. :)
I absolutely love spring scape because of it’s friendly country theme and how it changes every few hours.
Mike, are you the guy behind the iGoogle’s “Spring Scape” theme? First of all, it’s beautiful. Now, the problem: I (and many others) cannot change this theme to other themes. We are ‘stuck’ with it:( Any advice?
Sincerely,
Nat
Thanks so much!! I had changed my old reliable “beach” theme a few days ago and then decided I wanted to go back to it. But I couldn’t remember it’s name!! I paged through dozens of “new theme” choices on google and couldn’t see it.
I was so glad to find your page (typed “old google themes” into google) and see it there!
can you make a google theme every day with someones name like but when it is like a special day like christams or valentines day or easter you could do them but then after that day :) change it again to a name nad do it in alphabetical order :D:D:D :S if that is posible
Thanks
Rachael Doughty xxx:p
THANKS SO MUCH for all the pics of Spring Scape. I was just online now around 3:15 and for the first time I saw the monster giving the frog and the lady bug little monsters and I about cried i was so excited…. ha I have had this theme for 3 years now so I about melted when I saw something new. Have a great day.
I find it really irritating. I just chose a “dynamic” theme by chance. It opened a box that asked your location. I was goofing off and put “Zurich,” and now the stupid theme shows a midnight scene at noon, and there is no way to change it to my time zone.
Thanks for the Google teahouse s. shots- the pictures make me so happy : )
Thanks for sharing and for the efforts of uploading those pics,
now I can choose easier for the theme I want.
I’m still love the greenhouse though :)
hi i totally love the city scape theme, i was wondering if i could use it for google chrome though..
Hi
I totally love the Spring Scene.
The colours, graphics and actions are brilliant and have really cheered me up this Winter!
I think the way the scene changes based on time or weather is genius.
Are there many more out there on iGoogle or are these the only ones?
The themes are wonderfull…
I Like them so much!
But my favorite is “Spring Scape”, it’s so nice!!
I just wanted to visit and say that I have used your Spring theme since, well, Spring, and I just adore it. That tea house one tempts me now though. Any plans for an Autumn theme?
Wow! really nice! It’s like an another fun at Internet.
Absoutely fabulous!!
Love Spring Scape the frog and lady bug are adorable!! Always brightens my day!
Deb
Totally love it! thank you so much for posting spring scape! I’ve been online for 14+ hours and not seen them all :0)
T
I discovered there’s a whole different series of the little fox (Tea House) that goes on my homepage for Gmail – amazing! It all takes place in the ‘yard’ of the teahouse, and no lake, but the things the fox does are wonderful art!
I hope you put them all up – I love looking at all of them together; thanks for doing that.
Hi,
I love the Spring Scape Theme so much – I don’t want anu other Google theme. If you have created this then THANK YOU! It brightens up my day at work and I just love seeing the Ladybird and the Frog having their sandwiches at lunch and the camp fire at night. So sweet!
Thanks!
this themes dosn’t work
Hey Mike!
I was using your Spring Scape theme for a few years now… Do you have plans on updating it, or maybe create some more themes with these characters? I could just set up a new theme, but after so many years I’m kind of attached to these character, the frog and the ladybug (I’m sure I’m not the only one).
I’d love to see some update! Thanks! :)
Hi
They’ve changed the iGoogle layout and now the search bar cuts through the images
:(
what happened to the raccoon family? their thene was listed under the name “Fall Scape”. PLease reply to me email address. thank you very much
Hi everyone,
So sorry for late reply.. I’ve been so busy with my work lately and have been away from this blog.. but yes. I’m back now and trying to reply each of you.. Hope you will get my reply…
@paula I’m not sure about raccoon family.. There were only 7 themes when I posted this. Do you want to share me the link of raccoon family?
@chris huggett Yes. It doesn’t look good anymore.
@Chris Huggett There are a lot more now..
@Sexy.KOT69, @Francesca Sure. I will look at it this weekend..
@jetron Which theme are you talking about?
@Susanne, @Jaspenelle @Rachael Doughty Thanks. I didn’t create it. I’m capturing those images because my gf (my wife now) love them so much and want to see them all.. I used Javascript tricks to capture them all.. and share them with all of you here..
@Tyler, @fedmich @C. @Claire Brucker @Figtoria Your welcome! :)
@Deb C, @Lotte, @montreal florist, @Angelica @babydog Thanks! :)
@jel I don’t think you can use it as a browser theme.. Those are iGoogle Theme..
@Mimi @Nat :) You may want to contact with iGoogle team.. By the way, one of my friends works for that team.. Let me know if you want me to ask ..
I just looked at the iGoogle Theme..
I couldn’t find “Seasonal Scape” theme anymore.
Updated
City Scape
Beach
Tea House
Spring Scape
Winter Village
BusStop
Sweet Dreams
New Theme (I understand that those are not really new theme but I haven’t uploaded anything yet in my blog so I just considered them as new.. :) )
- JR
- Aja Tiger
- Winter Scape
- Taiwan Landscape
- Autumn
- Carbon Footprint
thank you
thank you. can I please close this scrreen now as my quetion was answered as to the best of your knowlege even though it still did not answer my question about what happened to the raccoon family that was titled “Fall Scape
Crikey – I first posted years back!
Nice to see you back :)
So, did you not design these?
Love them so much
cheers
@paula “Racoon Family” is not created by Google… That’s why I didn’t add it.
@Chris Yes.. I didn’t design them.. :) but Those theme look really cool..
NOOOOO!
These themes aren’t compatible with the new look iGoogle homepage that makes themes full screen!!!