[wp-forums] Can't rate themes

[Jackson Whelan]

On 12/20/11 10:45 AM, Otto wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Phenomenoodle | Taryn Wallis
> <taryn at phenomenoodle.com>  wrote:
>> I have the same issue as the OP and Jackson (also not trying to rate a
>> theme, just thought I'd check to see if it works for me) - the 'Your
>> rating' heading is there, but no stars underneath. Checked on Chrome and
>> Firefox on Windows 7. No corporate firewall, no ad-blocking plugins.
>>
>> I can see the star.gif that you linked to directly, Otto, but when I view
>> source on a theme page, the star divs aren't there, only the following:
>> <div class="right"><h4>Your Rating</h4>  </div>  <div id="related">  </div>
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________________
>>
>> *Taryn Wallis*
>> Phenomenoodle
> Okay, I checked. You, phenomenoodle, have never logged into the Themes
> directory.
>
> - Log out.
> - Go to http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/.
> - Use the login box at the top to log in.
> - Does it work now?
>
> To rate themes, you must have logged into the themes directory at
> least one time, ever. This makes the theme directory know that you're
> a real person, with real privileges and rights and capabilities. Above
> those petty plebian non-people who have never even logged in there at
> all. ;)
I don't think I've ever logged in to the Themes directory, so I tried 
the steps noted by Otto above.

Still unable to vote on Themes.

- Jackson