This year’s Diwali theme
October 30th, 2008 | Published in Google Orkut
After a year of waiting, it's finally Diwali time again in India this week, and many of us on the orkut team could not be more excited. Every year we're more and more impressed by the creative ways that you use orkut to celebrate the holidays, like the 'I Love Diwali' community that's been keeping a running countdown to Diwali over the past year.
You've inspired us so much with your Diwali excitement that we've created an official Diwali theme for 2008. If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at this:
If you're using orkut in India and you'd like to add a few Diwali fireworks to your orkut profile, just click the "change theme" button next to your email address at the top of your home page and select "Fireworks!" from the Themes directory. If you see a friend's profile you like, click the "Get this theme" link on the top right corner of the page.
If you'd prefer the usual orkut look or any of the other fun themes available, just go to the Themes tab on the Edit Profile page to style your profile differently. A word of caution: official orkut themes are available only from the 'Orkut Themes' directory under your own 'Edit Profile' page. Scraps and messages that promise colorful themes with celebrities, etc. asking you to click certain links or copy-paste code into your browser window usually spell trouble. (In general, it is a bad idea to copy-paste code from unidentified sources into your browser window -- even if it promises to increase cell phone battery life or grant access to the fountain of youth.) So stay safe and keep orkut beautiful!
We hope you enjoy sporting the new theme in the weeks to come. Here's wishing you a fun time as you make new beginnings and celebrate the bonds of family and friendship during this festive time! And if you're using orkut in a cool and fun way to celebrate the holidays, send us an and let us know. We'd love to feature you on the blog.
Posted by Arun Kanagasabapathy and Nishant Redkar, Software Engineers
[UPDATE: So many of you have adopted the 'Fireworks theme' since we launched it on October 24th that we've decided to make this an ongoing tradition. us your ideas and sketches for what next year's Diwali theme should look like and you might see your design become an official orkut theme!]
You've inspired us so much with your Diwali excitement that we've created an official Diwali theme for 2008. If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at this:
If you're using orkut in India and you'd like to add a few Diwali fireworks to your orkut profile, just click the "change theme" button next to your email address at the top of your home page and select "Fireworks!" from the Themes directory. If you see a friend's profile you like, click the "Get this theme" link on the top right corner of the page.
If you'd prefer the usual orkut look or any of the other fun themes available, just go to the Themes tab on the Edit Profile page to style your profile differently. A word of caution: official orkut themes are available only from the 'Orkut Themes' directory under your own 'Edit Profile' page. Scraps and messages that promise colorful themes with celebrities, etc. asking you to click certain links or copy-paste code into your browser window usually spell trouble. (In general, it is a bad idea to copy-paste code from unidentified sources into your browser window -- even if it promises to increase cell phone battery life or grant access to the fountain of youth.) So stay safe and keep orkut beautiful!
We hope you enjoy sporting the new theme in the weeks to come. Here's wishing you a fun time as you make new beginnings and celebrate the bonds of family and friendship during this festive time! And if you're using orkut in a cool and fun way to celebrate the holidays, send us an and let us know. We'd love to feature you on the blog.
Posted by Arun Kanagasabapathy and Nishant Redkar, Software Engineers
[UPDATE: So many of you have adopted the 'Fireworks theme' since we launched it on October 24th that we've decided to make this an ongoing tradition. us your ideas and sketches for what next year's Diwali theme should look like and you might see your design become an official orkut theme!]