Sunday, September 19, 2010

Privacy Policy


We take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes what personal information we collect and how we use it. (This privacy policy is applicable to websites falling under the primary holder "The Theme Zone" at http://thethemezone.blogspot.com/, and encompasses The Theme Zone, The Theme Lab, Free BBT and Dylan's free Blackberry Themes, all under the ownership of The Theme Zone.)
Routine Information Collection

All web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes, and lets me know what pages and information are useful and helpful to visitors.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Where necessary, this site uses cookies to store information about a visitor's preferences and history in order to better serve the visitor and/or present the visitor with customized content.

Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.

Controlling Your Privacy

Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms.

Special Note About Google Advertising

Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google to display ads based on your visits to this site and other sites that use Google advertising services. Learn how to opt out of Google's cookie usage. As mentioned above, any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google's own privacy policies.

About Google advertising: What is the DoubleClick DART cookie? The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Contact Information

Concerns or questions about this privacy policy can be directed to thethemezone at gmail.com for further clarification.

Friday, October 2, 2009

How to install a BlackBerry Theme (OTA Method)

There are 2 ways to install BlackBerry themes:
Desktop Install
or
OTA Install

This is how you install a theme direct to your BlackBerry. Commonly refered to as the Over The Air method or simply OTA for short.


  1. Using your BlackBerry browser navigate to the webpage that has the "OTA" link to the theme you want to download (It is often easiest to first navigate to that page on your computer and then Email yourself the link to the page or to simply type the direct link into your BlackBerry web browser address bar)
  2. Click on the "OTA" link.
  3. You will be presented with a screen asking if your want to install the theme, select "Download".
  4. After it is done downloading and installing hit "ok".
  5. Now all that is left is to activate it by selecting Options and then Themes and then clicking on the title of the theme you downloaded.
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How to install a BlackBerry Theme (Desktop Method)

There are 2 ways to install BlackBerry themes:

Desktop Install (this method)
or
OTA Install

This is how you install a theme using your computer:




  1. Download the theme file (it is usually in a "zip" file).
  2. Unzip it (Simply double click on the zip file or right click it and select "extract here" or "extract to".
  3. Plug your BlackBerry into your computer and open BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
  4. On BlackBerry Desktop Manager select "Application Loader"
  5. Next select "Add/Remove Applications"
  6. Select "Browse..." and browse to where you unzipped the file to.
  7. Double click on the ".alx" file of the theme you want to install.
  8. Click "Next" you will be presented with a screen telling you what theme you are installing.
  9. Click "Finish".
  10. Wait for it to install and for your BlackBerry to Reboot (approximately 10 minutes).
  11. Now all that is left is to activate it by selecting Options and then Themes and then clicking on the title of the theme you downloaded.