First, I have to credit and thank the creators of CHT 1.8.5. Hands down for the masters and thank you for making the HD2 much more enjoyable. Thanks to brent372 for the tip on Total Commander.
Inspirational support (does that exist? Yah, from today on it does) came from snowblindman2142, conantroutman and Paten from the today screen topic.
We are going to tweak this white background and the text:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Prior to editing I would advise you to copy all your manila files from your \window root and save it in a folder in which you do not edit your files. If you mess up or are fed up with your adapted manila files, you can alwas revert to the old ones.
Things we’re going to do:
Extract stuff
Edit stuff
Upload stuff
Programs we’ll need:
Image editing software
CFC GUI (to extract/convert manila files; can also do this with m9editor)
M9editor (to adapt XML-parameters)
Total Commander CE (to place manila files back into your \windows root of your HD2)
These programs are part of the Manila Kitchen http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=528548.
Total Commander CE is freeware and can be found at http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm
Extract stuff:
-Backing up files and make a work-file
So let’s say you make a backup file called D:\OML\ and D:\AML\ (original manila list and adapted manila list, respectively). Copy all the manila files from your device you can find . You don’t touch the OML-file EVER unless you want the old file. Instead we are going to use the AML-file in CFC GUI and m9editor. Make an additional folder D:\AML\PNG\ for the edited images.
-Load work list in CFC GUI
Start CFC GUI and click File > Select folder. Select D:\AML\
The program now displays a list of manila files on the left side and scroll down till you find 32820efc_manila. Select and then click on “Save as…” in the lower right corner. Now, save this as 32820efc_manila.png in the D:\AML\PNG\ folder.
Edit stuff:
-Edit your mail background
Basically you need the plain ‘white note’ with the two lines as a template for the upper box (name of the sender, date and subject), body text, and lower box (account name and mailcount). For simplicity’s sake, we just let the position of the text in these boxes in the same place. If you want to, you can change the positions using mode9, but this takes a higher level of extreme geeking.
In this case we use Photoshop CS2 and I use a simple three-bubble layout. I won’t go into much detail about designing your lay-out, just a way to keep the correct boundaries for the texts in those three areas.
Open D:\AML\PNG\32820efc_manila.png and you will see the white note. Let’s put up some horizontal guides:
1. make a new guide and tick horizontal and place them at, say, 2 cm
2 and 3. use the selector tool to move the guides over the lines
Now go frenzy on your design; mine is just dark blue for the top and bottom bubble and a light background for the body text in the middle big bubble.
Save your file with the same name (you can always get the old one from the back-up file) and go back to CFC GUI. Select again 32820efc_manila in the list on the left and now click on “Replace with…” Select your adapted file in the D:\AML\PNG\ folder and you’ll see the background has changed. Hoorah… Now click on “Pad”
Copy this new 32820efc_manila from your D:\AML\ folder to your SD-card of your HD2. Startup Total Commander and copy it to your \windows root folder. Restart your device and you should end up with this:
…but the black characters on a dark background are hard to read, so let’s change the font color.
-Edit your mail font color
To change these parameters we use m9editor. Open it and probably you’ll get an error. Just click “Ok” and when asked for work paths fill in D:\AML\
You’ll see it resembles CFC GUI, but in here you can also edit mode9 files. The parameters we have to change are in 3da9711b_manila so double click on it in the list.
You will see a tree opening in the upper panel. Now expand D:\AML\3da9711b_manila > movie > library manager > library and expand the fifth <character…>
Now take a look in the picture below what we have to change:
If you’re a bit of a programmer the Instance Names give away what object controls which text line so for instance <Property> Name=Instance Name Value=“SenderText” controls the parameters for the name of the sender (selected in picture above). We also have to repeat this for the other four lines (date, subject, account name and mail count)
So let’s change the RGB values for this one to make it more visible. Let’s change this in white and the RGB codes are 255,255,255 for white (look it up on the internet or in Photoshop).
Once you’ve clicked ok, you can move to the next line. When finished editing, save your manila file (you might need to remove your old manila file, since it’s read-only).
As mentioned earlier, copy the D:\AML\3da9711b_manila to your SD card and with Total Commander to your \windows root. Reboot device and your mail now should look like this:
Happy editing!
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UPDATE August 23rd, 2010
You can edit the landscape view by adapting 0656d327_manila the same way (Thanks to mickael91210!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7759297&postcount=38
Good Job!
For those people who don't have Photoshop, I use Gimp, which is free, to edit my image files. I'm no expert in creating any designs but for simple things it gets the job done for me.
This is a really nice tutoriall!! Well done sir
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Paten said:
Good Job!
For those people who don't have Photoshop, I use Gimp, which is free, to edit my image files. I'm no expert in creating any designs but for simple things it gets the job done for me.
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conantroutman said:
This is a really nice tutoriall!! Well done sir
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Thanks guys, now let's get Bob Ross'y on our HD2's
Aww.. Im Flattered =]
I'm Glad this thread has opened as I'm sure plenty of people will want to jazz up their mail tab!
Great Tutorial!
Cant wait to see what people come up with!
Don't forget to post your screens!
Thanks again for the mention Doodkapje
Wouldn't of had my awesome mailtab with out conantroutman & Paten, Thanks again lad's
Here's my mail tab to get you started ------>
Have fun Peeps!
snowblind2142 said:
I'm Glad this thread has opened as I'm sure plenty of people will want to jazz up their mail tab!
Great Tutorial!
Cant wait to see what people come up with!
Don't forget to post your screens!
Thanks again for the mention Doodkapje
Wouldn't of had my awesome mailtab with out conantroutman & Paten, Thanks again lad's
Here's my mail tab to get you started ------>
Have fun Peeps!
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You might want to swap that screenshot for a new one....... with Green Tab Names.... it will change all the tabs btw......
Doodkapje, I'll post the manila mode9 file for changing the tab titles in case you want to include that in your tutorial.....
Its just a case of opening up the file tree and changing the two colour values to whatever you want..
Thanks to poyensa and paten for that one
Can somebody add a delete button or option in the E-Mail Tab menu. That is my only mod I am hoping somebody will find a solution for at the moment.
Like deleting spam without having to open the inbox.
conantroutman said:
You might want to swap that screenshot for a new one....... with Green Tab Names.... it will change all the tabs btw......
Doodkapje, I'll post the manila mode9 file for changing the tab titles in case you want to include that in your tutorial.....
Its just a case of opening up the file tree and changing the two colour values to whatever you want..
Thanks to poyensa and paten for that one
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Superb! Awesome, thanks!
Conan, I cannot find the right object that easily. I can try to look into it in more detail later or, if you wish, make a post yourself with your tutorial and I'll put a link to it in the opening post
Aluminum mailtab
Now,... my new tab for today Brushed Aluminium
Download the manila here
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Superb! Awesome, thanks!
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Your welcome..........
Now Im off to make myself a funky new mail tab.......
Cheer mate! =]
conantroutman said:
You might want to swap that screenshot for a new one....... with Green Tab Names.... it will change all the tabs btw......
Doodkapje, I'll post the manila mode9 file for changing the tab titles in case you want to include that in your tutorial.....
Its just a case of opening up the file tree and changing the two colour values to whatever you want..
Thanks to poyensa and paten for that one
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Spot on! Just tested, all but a couple work..
People-Green!
Messages-Geen!
Mail-Green! <--looks soo cool mow
Internet-White (might be down to a cab I use that removes all the bits around the search bar and leaves just the search window)
Calender-Green!
Stocks-Green!
Photos&Videos-Green!
Music-Green untill the album art loads then goes white..
Twitter-Green!
Footprints-Green!
Settings-Green!
So nearly all of them
This is amazing. Prob the best TUT I have seen on this. I head read some others, but let's face it, not everyone knows how to give instructions.
Questions:
* Is there anything that has a list of all Manila files and what they do?
* Do you know of any other TUTS on Manila mods or Theme Creation? (I have a bunch of Theme Ideas i would love to try
* Any TUTs on editing task bars, soft bars, or quick links? How about Toggle switches
Once again, TY TY TY!
Medievil Mail......
@snowblind.....
I didnt notice that, but I tested all the colours I did and they all do that.....
Either those tabs are affected by a different manila file or I need to add "color" values in somewhere in the file Im using.......
If I figure it out I'll let you know........
conantroutman said:
Medievil Mail......
@snowblind.....
I didnt notice that, but I tested all the colours I did and they all do that.....
Either those tabs are affected by a different manila file or I need to add "color" values in somewhere in the file Im using.......
If I figure it out I'll let you know........
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Cheers buddy.
Quick question, the font on your medievil mail tab, is that local to the tab or is it all over the phone?
snowblind2142 said:
Cheers buddy.
Quick question, the font on your medievil mail tab, is that local to the tab or is it all over the phone?
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Its all over the phone Im afraid..........
However, from what I saw when I was changing the mode9 file there were things related to fonts. Im hoping that I might be able to assign certain fonts to certain tabs, Im not sure if it would be possible to restrict it to just one tab or if it would have to be on all (except music and internet) of them.......
I have no knowledge of programming at all so looking through those mode9 files means nothing to me, its easy enough to pick out where the colours / fonts / sizes are but I have no idea which part they relate to or where I would need to add in new values to change things.........
Thank you!
Thank you for the tut how to change the font colour. The skining was not my problem but the font colour.
Works fine!
Dic3ptor said:
Thank you for the tut how to change the font colour. The skining was not my problem but the font colour.
Works fine!
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that is really nice job
Thank you!
Thank you!
I hope it is not a problem that i post the cab here in this thread!?
conantroutman said:
Its all over the phone Im afraid..........
However, from what I saw when I was changing the mode9 file there were things related to fonts. Im hoping that I might be able to assign certain fonts to certain tabs, Im not sure if it would be possible to restrict it to just one tab or if it would have to be on all (except music and internet) of them.......
I have no knowledge of programming at all so looking through those mode9 files means nothing to me, its easy enough to pick out where the colours / fonts / sizes are but I have no idea which part they relate to or where I would need to add in new values to change things.........
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Shame, thought it might of been. Interesting about the mode9 files tho. Be interested in seeing what you find.
I'm just having a nosey at mode9 for the first time.. so much to figure out but hope to join you big boy's soon
Want to return the favor some day
Related
Theres one thing I have to say before I begin: Make good skins!
Theres nothing wrong on reusing stuf from others (with due credits and permission, if needed) but dont go for the easy mix, make some good graphics with cool transparencies and plently of bling.
Please dont make ugly skins (like I did) for example, the M2D skin thread is huge, but only some are thrully nice and different.
Each person has its own taste, but lets all make an effort to raise the bar.
The skin change can be as simple as editing the 2 main images: The main tab and the minimized tabs, you can do much, much more, but those 2 images are the main change to the visual effect.
The minimized tab is very simple, its just a PNG inside the Windows folder named CHome_listback.png (its hidden, so use Resco Explorer if needed).
The main tab is a png inside a DLL with other icons, for that you need to edit the DLL with a special program.
To edit the DLL (containg the main graphics and icons):
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- Download ans install the PE Explorer trial: http://www.heaventools.com/download.htm
- Copy bronzeres.dll from the Windows folder to your SD card then to your PC.
- Open the DLL in PE Explorer and click on View > Resources
- See all the files inside the RC Data folder and double-click the png number 3000 for portrait or 4000 for landscape.
- Import a new PNG into that new screen and save the dll when finished (backup yours first).
- Download, export an open MSigner and open your dll inside this software.
- Copy that dll into your SD Card and then into the Windows folder (use Resco explorer if it denies access).
- Reset and enjoy.
To change the layout of the plugin you need to edit the Titanium_*.cpr file on your Windows folder (like Titanium_240x320.cpr, or whatever your screen resolution is), its a "simple" XML inside, you can see it with Notepad.
See this link for a detailed explanation of it:
Titanium Walkthrough by drkfngthdragnlrd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3601164&postcount=2
You can download here a (bad) example of a simple skin.
More tools for developers:
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A Guide to Windows Mobile 6.5 by joel2009
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3626556
CPL/CPR online creator:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520857
Worked like a charm...
Great tutorial...
Many Thanks
Thanks, Iwas trying to look at the bronzeres.dll with reshacker and getting really confused. All I saw was a bunch of code. No images. I'll try this PE Explorer out. Anybody know if there is a chrome or grey theme already? Do we not need to sign the dll as in previous skinning like taskbar?
Hmmm... to be honest I dont remenber if I signed it, I dont think i did... :/
PNG Format
Hi TWolf,
thanks for the perfect instructions. Just tried myself. WAnt to change the 3000.png. But if I export it into Photoshop and create a new one with transparnency Titanium just shows background after having copied the new dll.
Do you know the specifications of the PNG?
Thanks
Januwar
there is also a tutorial for cpr files?
would be nice like the one for manila 2d, where people put lines and explanations...
Januwar said:
Hi TWolf,
thanks for the perfect instructions. Just tried myself. WAnt to change the 3000.png. But if I export it into Photoshop and create a new one with transparnency Titanium just shows background after having copied the new dll.
Do you know the specifications of the PNG?
Thanks
Januwar
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Hmmm.. I used simple 32 bits alpha transparent pngs from flash or paint shop pro... :/
KeRmiT80 said:
there is also a tutorial for cpr files?
would be nice like the one for manila 2d, where people put lines and explanations...
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The link on the first post of Titanium Walkthrough by drkfngthdragnlrd has some info on that.
when i replace the file and reboot it. I get a blank today screen and its set on windows default so i guess i'm doing something wrong. Same problem as januwar
Thats strange, could you test this?
Open your file on the signer and after its signed try to put it on the windows folder again...
I wasnt sure this step was really needed..
signed file works
thank you!!!
now just a question...how to add icons to "collapsed" tabs?
what i understood is that is possible to link to an external icon or use one in the bronzeres.dll...
...i'd like to know how
Thanks, added to the tutorial.
That depends of the plugin, if it uses icons that are inside this dll, then they can be changed too... If they use external pngs, thats even easier.
yes but only if the plugin already has the code to display an icon in the cpr right?
dont' know...it's the right place to ask for an example?
how to add an icon (not to change only) can you show the lines to add to the cpr for a generic tab? maybe it's possible to use the chome editor, i saw some registry entries related to icons in tabs editor...
something easy...newbie level please
its exacly the same procedure, just instead of being that icon number, its another one... :/
In some cases, if you edit the registry to a full path png file, it will use it.
no sorry maybe i didn't explain myself...
default plugins in titanium has only text when not selected, right?
now if i want (like i saw in some themes) to add an icon on the left to a non selected tab i think i have to edit the cpr and add some lines to create a link to a number in case of bronzeres or to an external png.
what i need is an example of these lines to add to cpr so i can replicate on my own for all my installed plugins.
i hope i've been more clear this time
ps :sorry for the dumb question as i told you i'm newbie, thank you for your help
Theres already a thread, as I said, to show ppl how tu use the cpr files... :/
You can see a example of what I did here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3788297&postcount=45
I added this to the condensed view of my resolution cpr:
Code:
<Image ID="[B]ICON[/B]" Left="0" Top="0" Width="36" Height="36" />
And this to the registry:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CHome\system\CondensedPage]
"[B]ICON[/B]"="\\[I]My Documents\\Themes\\Titanium System Panel\\sd.png[/I]
thank you
i've read the walkthrought but i couldn't find these...maybe i have to search in the whole thread
These nice people copied the first post text and did even gave credit to xda:
http://pocketpc-live.com/pocket-pc/how-to-create-titanium-skins.html
Send them a nice letter of thanks.
OK...color me stupid, but I don't see CHome_listback.png on my device...I read and followed:
"The minimized tab is very simple, its just a PNG inside the Windows folder named CHome_listback.png (its hidden, so use Resco Explorer if needed)."
from the first post, but it is not there. it sharts with CHome_send..... and then a list of CHome_ Win..... images, but no CHome_listback.png!!
Any suggestions or ideas as to why?
Thanks
Strange, maybe it could be a different build, to be sure, copy my png from the UGLY SKIN to your Windows folder.
syrguy1969 said:
OK...color me stupid, but I don't see CHome_listback.png on my device...I read and followed:
"The minimized tab is very simple, its just a PNG inside the Windows folder named CHome_listback.png (its hidden, so use Resco Explorer if needed)."
from the first post, but it is not there. it sharts with CHome_send..... and then a list of CHome_ Win..... images, but no CHome_listback.png!!
Any suggestions or ideas as to why?
Thanks
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Me too, I could'nt find CHome_listback.png at all with Total commander/or Resco - just the same list as above.
I'm using NRGZ rom on the Diamond
So, lately I've been dabbling in making my own themes. Well, I've hit a wall when it comes to text fields. I want to color text fields red like the rest of the highlights in my theme. I start with the basic png and use Gimp to colorize them to red and save again as png over writing the original. After I use MetaMorph to apply the theme the text fields come out like garbage. Btw, I was stumped on GoogleQuickSeachBox and hadn't moved on to other textfields.
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Modified:
Example of result (this is actually from MicroMod777's red glass theme but, it's the same result I'm getting):
Why is it resizing all wrong? I've had other areas of trouble doing this exact same thing when all I did was "colorize" them.
you probably need a patch9 png
britoso said:
you probably need a patch9 png
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Hmm, they are all the .9.png files. How do I handle them specially? Is there a certain format I'm supposed to save them as? Thanks for the help.
Actually I think you put me on the right path to figure it out myself. I found the draw9patch program in the SDK tools folder. I'm guessing you just drag and drop in your images and save them from that program. If it's this simple, then I'm happy and it works. If it doesn't work I'll be coming back for more help.
Unfortunately its not that simple.
After selecting the stretchable areas and saving the .9 file, it needs to be 'compiled'. Either add it to a project and build (eclipse), or use a standalone tool to just process the .9 (can't remember the tool name)
If ur on a windows machine and background transparency is not an issue for u then id suggest mspaint, it keeps .9 info intact and doesnt overwrite/delete it when u save the file after editing it.
britoso said:
Unfortunately its not that simple.
After selecting the stretchable areas and saving the .9 file, it needs to be 'compiled'. Either add it to a project and build (eclipse), or use a standalone tool to just process the .9 (can't remember the tool name)
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Thanks agian... Sucks to be me I guess. Now I have a lot more to learn. I found this guide though, it seem pretty thorough.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5206698
Daneshm90 said:
If ur on a windows machine and background transparency is not an issue for u then id suggest mspaint, it keeps .9 info intact and doesnt overwrite/delete it when u save the file after editing it.
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I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Not that I couldn't use paint with Virtualbox though. I'm going to try and figure out the right way to do it though.
Ok, this is driving me nuts. I figured out how to get Eclipse set up and I created a project. Now, according the the instructions I add the .9.png files to the res/drawable-hdpi file. Then I go to my project, right click and select Android tools. Then I'm supposed to export unsigned android package. Well, I get an error saying the apk doesn't exist and it does it even if I'm using a sample that comes with the sdk. What am I not doing?
InsightGoalie said:
Why is it resizing all wrong? I've had other areas of trouble doing this exact same thing when all I did was "colorize" them.
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Easiest way to get around it is to make the new image in the larger size with the appropriate width (not the squeezed version)
(|) - Original
(||||||||||||||||||) - modded one.
That works
2ndly where do i find that modded keyboard you have on there?
mythamp said:
Easiest way to get around it is to make the new image in the larger size with the appropriate width (not the squeezed version)
(|) - Original
(||||||||||||||||||) - modded one.
That works
2ndly where do i find that modded keyboard you have on there?
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Yeah, I guess I could just expand the image. That seems kind of like cheating though. And now I think I have it figured out. I even got Eclipse to run hello world.
That modded keyboard is actually not modded at all. That keyboard is the stock swype. Its in beta and you might find it somewhere on here if you look. You can send a pm for more details.
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Ok, this is driving me nuts. I figured out how to get Eclipse set up and I created a project. Now, according the the instructions I add the .9.png files to the res/drawable-hdpi file. Then I go to my project, right click and select Android tools. Then I'm supposed to export unsigned android package. Well, I get an error saying the apk doesn't exist and it does it even if I'm using a sample that comes with the sdk. What am I not doing?
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Does the code build without errors? Check the errors tab.
No .apk means that it could not create it because of an error.
britoso said:
Does the code build without errors? Check the errors tab.
No .apk means that it could not create it because of an error.
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Ok, new day, new problems. Well, I found out my problem above was a build path error. That is apparently tricked into solving itself by adding and then removing a library. Now, I added the text fields to the res/drawable-hdpi folder. I have two errors for each one, and an error for the icon.png file it placed in there (it's the hello world test) looking at the error it says:
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'icon' with value '@drawable/icon').
No marked region found along edge. - Found along top edge.
No marked region found along edge. - Found along top edge.
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So, I'm assuming this means I haven't placed a guide in the draw9patch program along the bottom and top of the image to stretch horizontally. So, I go back to to draw9patch, move my text field into it and try to draw a guide on the bottom of the image and this happens:
FML, I can't draw anything along the bottom. I checked, the bottom clearly has room and the top has a few pixels of transparency for room as well. I even renamed it without the .9 before I dropped it into draw9patch. It looks like in the preview area it's stretching just fine vertically though, those guides most be intact and also why I'm not getting an error for them eclipse.
Of course the problem is something as simple as being zoomed in too far. Now I got the draw9patch program running fine. I was even able to compile one without a problem. Ok, now I'm going to retry to make that GoogleQuickSearchBox and see if it all worked out for me.
Were you able to fix that search field in the browser setting? I haven't been able to fix it. If so, what is the name of the .png fixed and how did you do it? Thanks
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Were you able to fix that search field in the browser setting? I haven't been able to fix it. If so, what is the name of the .png fixed and how did you do it? Thanks
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I haven't got to that one yet. Your browser searchfield is what got me into this mess . Since, I'm doing it for my personal theme I was copying textfields from your theme when I ran across that issue. I started working on another theme for my fiancee after I figured it all out. I'll let you know if/when I find it.
post the original file and the color you need and I'll take a crack at it. (first with mspaint of course )
I've always been confused by .9s. The rest of theming has become pretty easy, especially with MetaMorph. I don't know if MS Paint would be of use in this case.... looks like you'd want to be able to do to transparency on this image, but if you can make it look good without, then good for you. I'm surprised to hear that Paint keeps the info intact. Who knew Paint was good for anything more than entertaining 5-year-olds?
About that Swype... if someone wants to PM me about the stock-themed, non-expiring version, that would be great. The official beta apk has expired, and I lost the un-official one when I put my sdcard in the wash. Managed to find one that works, but it's an ugly themed one, and I can't find the images from the stock version.
About the theme in general.... sounds like you're going very in-depth with it... I'd like to see more of it! is there a thread for it anywhere, or screenshots?
InsightGoalie said:
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Not that I couldn't use paint with Virtualbox though. I'm going to try and figure out the right way to do it though.
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I have the same setup and do all my work with GIMP. However you do need to recompile any 9patch images into a project to get them to work properly. I use eclipse in Ubuntu to accomplish this.
On a related note, I plan to release a big pack of xcf template files from my black matte morph that can be used for theming the entire framework. That will hopefully help more of the Ubuntu users out there. I see a lot of Photoshop files on here but no love for GIMP ever. I'd like to change that.
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I've always been confused by .9s. The rest of theming has become pretty easy, especially with MetaMorph. I don't know if MS Paint would be of use in this case.... looks like you'd want to be able to do to transparency on this image, but if you can make it look good without, then good for you. I'm surprised to hear that Paint keeps the info intact. Who knew Paint was good for anything more than entertaining 5-year-olds?
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It's pretty easy once you have it figured out. It took me a day of frustration but, I got it working now.
About that Swype... if someone wants to PM me about the stock-themed, non-expiring version, that would be great. The official beta apk has expired, and I lost the un-official one when I put my sdcard in the wash. Managed to find one that works, but it's an ugly themed one, and I can't find the images from the stock version.
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PM will be sent when I'm done typing this post.
About the theme in general.... sounds like you're going very in-depth with it... I'd like to see more of it! is there a thread for it anywhere, or screenshots?
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Well, it was just for personal use. I really love the concept of a couple themes out there but liked bits and pieces of them. So, I've taken bits and pieces of different themes and sort of put them together the way I wanted. Because, I sort of kanged it all together I hadn't planned on releasing the theme to everyone as a lot of it isn't my work. I suppose if MicroMod and Manup gave me permission I could. I took a lot of their pieces (status bar, widgets) but, a lot I've made myself (notifications, textfields, check marks).
The thought behind the theme is that I really like when people leave stock icons. When you start to theme icons, then your apps from the market that aren't theme stick out like sore thumbs and I don't like it. However, I like the dark status bar, widgets, etc... Recently I decided red goes best with black and want various check marks, text fields, highlights, etc... to be red. I attached a screenshot of it before I started changing it to red highlights. I also made a pink version for my fiancee because she likes those sorts of things. I kind of want to release that one though because I don't really see too many girly themes out there.
sn0wmis3r said:
I have the same setup and do all my work with GIMP. However you do need to recompile any 9patch images into a project to get them to work properly. I use eclipse in Ubuntu to accomplish this.
On a related note, I plan to release a big pack of xcf template files from my black matte morph that can be used for theming the entire framework. That will hopefully help more of the Ubuntu users out there. I see a lot of Photoshop files on here but no love for GIMP ever. I'd like to change that.
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I have used the Gimp and Eclipse without issue. It's pretty simple (but time consuming) once you figure it out.
xcf templates and Gimp files? You have me lost on that. How could something be done different? I guess I'll have to pay attention.
First, the disclaimer...........
There shouldnt be any serious consequences to this.......however....
If something does go wrong you can restore your CHTS baseline/old layout and all will be well ........
As always you do this at your own risk...............
I strongly advise that you have a reliable baseline and save your current layout before messing about with anything............
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If your not familiar with CHTS then have a look here
Credits
"Black n Blue" contains Negawolf's Black Sun CHT toggle set.
"Black n Blue", "WhiteOut" and "Pirulen" contain music player controls by Rawrscary.
If you guys object to me including your work in these layouts then let me know and it will be removed ASAP.
Thankyous
(in no particular order )
m0bmentality, degake, Dunc001, antoniomistretta, poyensa, kurt willems, snowlind42, bonito77 and miller710, BHSInteceptor, ezzie, awassenaar
For help, advice and encouragement.
Pakure, for his veryhelpful feedback regarding these layouts.
And of course Co0kiemonster, mike2nl, micheldiamond and everyone else behind the CHT Suite.
There are two ways to add this layout to your device......
CAB install MUST BE INSTALLED TO SD CARD
This will create a folder called "wallpapers" at the root of your SD card.
If you already have a folder with that name the walls will be added there.
When you change layout the walls will automatically change (hopefully )....
"Drag n Drop Method"
1 - Extract the zip file and place the folder inside on your SD card in the folder " _CHTScheduler".
2 - Create a folder at the root of your SD card called "wallpapers" and place the orange street walls in that folder
3 - Switch to the layout via CHTSwitchGui.........
IMPORTANT
For users with Non-English ROMS
Please note: The cab will only work on a WWE ROM due to the installation path....
If you would like to install on a non english ROM then please follow the "drag n drop" instructions above
or let me know the language you need it for and I will try to create one for your language........
Please Note - Previous modifications to your email/sms widgets will persist after installing this layout. You will also need to skin the taskbar/softkeybar via CHTWall.....
With that out of the way I present to you the first of my layouts for CHTScheduler.......Orange Street........
This is of course just a slimmed down CHTS version of the Orange Street theme by M0bmentality and myself,
the thread for the full theme can be found here
Download The Cab
Download The Zip
Download Much Better CHT Toggle Switches
Same rules as above.......
Fixed LS Clock......
Added Black and White M9 files for email tab......
Download The Cab
Download The Zip
Download Email/SMS Widget Skin
Download Mail Text Colour M9's
Some blue (and black)
Can provide a cab to change the RSS feed text to blue but it will persist after switching layouts so I just left it out.......
Download Cab
Download Zip
Got Wood?
Thanks to santod040 for the very nice wallpaper
Download Zip
No cab for this one, couldnt get it working. Seemed to crash sense.
Zip works fine though, copy the folder inside to "Storage Card\_CHTScheduler" as usual, use the walls if you want.
Enjoy.
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This one was made for personal use more than anything
but I figured someone might get some use out of it..........
Might be useful as a blank canvas, just fill in the white with
your choice of colour and throw the files back onto your device.......
voila CHT in whatever colour you like....
I missed GTX so I decided to go all white........
**Important**
If you want the white RSS Reader then use the cab in the zip file. You MUST uninstall the previous cht rss reader you have. This is a must or sense will throw a tantrum........
Download Zip + Walls + White Rss reader
NIN fans will recognise this...........
Usual rules apply........
Download Zip and walls
Nasty Line In Your Flip Clock??
You need these........ (You can thank Degake )
Boot Screens Etc.........
Thanks to MadrauM and his awesome boot package I was inspired to make one of my own.
Figured I'd just post it here instead of spamming up the forum with another thread. If anyone has any requests for boot screens etc I'll try and find time to make them for you.
Thanks also to samsamuel for his tutorial on splash screens
First splash (where the RGD info shows)
Boot Animation
Welcomehead
To Install
The first splash has to be flashed to the device; follow these steps
1 - Unzip handdrawnsplash.bmp.rar to a folder on your desktop
2 - Connect you phone via activesync
3 - Run the CustomRuu that was in the zip
4 - Follow the on screen instructions
Dont worry no data wil be deleted from your device
The boot animation should be placed in your windows folder on device memory.
Rename to either "animated" or "LEO_animated"
(depends on device, check your windows folder to see which one you already have there)
The welcomehead is the same.
May need to be named either "welcomehead192" or "well"
For Future Layouts........
Great man, simply great. Hope post2 is reserved for a blue one.
Grtz
Bonito77 said:
Great man, simply great. Hope post2 is reserved for a blue one.
Grtz
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It is now.....
Thankyou Bonito
thanks conan, just trying now. was waiting...
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thanks conan, just trying now. was waiting...
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Your welcome....
Hope it works as well as my tests
Didnt want to keep you waiting any longer.....
yes, looks great, good email (blue) coloured widget, but an orange one would have been even nicer,
.......noticed that all previous quicklinks are gone, no overlapping from my original layout
.......the white wallpaper in tabs makes the text in mails, messages and calender unreadable (i havent changed the colour/ font of text yet)
.......yes, you mapped the cht soft keys perfect with the first one for home, instead of the middle default one
......all in all, a great step forward for chts layouts...success!!
now going for icons to match...i know, i can catch some from your original thread....but is there a way, we can also save icons to layouts, because you need to keep changing them back and forth to match with layouts, may be will see jmwd icon manager...remember seeing some option to save something...will post back
have a "wallpapers" folder already on sd card, but a new one was created with your walls
got a blue circular analog clock...not the square orange one from your screenshots (solved: orange one is the main clock)
didnot yet get the lockscreen...mmm, do i need to soft reset?.(solved: sorry, my bad........disabled cht lockscreen )..
on 3.14wwe(india), radio 2.15, cht 2.0beta+ chtstate 108f, chte and chts 2.10
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yes, looks great, good email (blue) coloured widget, but an orange one would have been even nicer,
.......noticed that all previous quicklinks are gone, no overlapping from my original layout
.......the white wallpaper in tabs makes the text in mails, messages and calender unreadable (i havent changed the colour/ font of text yet)
.......yes, you mapped the cht soft keys perfect with the first one for home, instead of the middle default one
......all in all, a great step forward for chts layouts...success!!
now going for icons to match...i know, i can catch some from your original thread....but is there a way, we can also save icons to layouts, because you need to keep changing them back and forth to match with layouts, may be will see jmwd icon manager...remember seeing some option to save something...will post back
have a "wallpapers" folder already on sd card, but a new one was created with your walls
got a blue circular analog clock...not the square orange one from your screenshots
didnot yet get the lockscreen...mmm, do i need to soft reset?.(solved: sorry, my bad........disabled cht lockscreen )..
on 3.14wwe(india), radio 2.15, cht 2.0beta+ chtstate 108f, chte and chts 2.10
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ahhh ok, looks like I forgot a few things.....
blue clock and mail/sms widget is a leftover from another layout of mine because I didnt skin it for this one.... will post a fix for that in a short while...
the square analog clock is the standard sense analogue not the cht widget.
unreadable text because of the white wallpaper is because I keep my text black all the time......
About the wallpaper folder, im not sure why that happened, it didnt in my test. Will investigate the cab.....
Thankyou very much for the feedback, very helpful.....
will post files to get rid of the nasty clock and blue widgets soon.....
There is currently no way to save icons through CHTS but JWMD icon chsanger has the options to save an icon theme and switch between them quickly...
Thanks again
Thanks my friend
Bravo troutman for opening this long overdue thread for CHTS layouts. Let's hope many more themers start using the CHTS folder option as it will make life way easier for lazy ****s like me
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Thanks my friend
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Your welcome
Fix folder added to first post......
Copy the manila files to your windows folder and restart sense.....
Sorry folks
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Bravo troutman for opening this long overdue thread for CHTS layouts. Let's hope many more themers start using the CHTS folder option as it will make life way easier for lazy ****s like me
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Thanks Dunc, someone had to do it lol
CHTS really is so much easier (when done right)
If anyone can confirm whether that fix folder has done the job than that would be great
sorry, but using the fix folder has not made any changes..:
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sorry, but using the fix folder has not made any changes..:
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hmmmm that's not good
I dont understand why that's happening because my widgets are not appearing like that.
do they go back to normal when you uninstall the cab??
or change to another layout?
conantroutman said:
hmmmm that's not good
I dont understand why that's happening because my widgets are not appearing like that.
do they go back to normal when you uninstall the cab??
or change to another layout?
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uninstall?..do i need to uninstall?...i just put the files from fix folder to windows folder...should they be in windows or manila?reapplied my baseline and imported back my quicklinks using chte...back to original baseline layout and profile...i have not unistalled your layout...am i missing something?...back in my baseline layout, they are back to normal (not yours)....nor do i have any alternate layouts under widgets
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uninstall?..do i need to uninstall?...i just put the files from fix folder to windows folder...should they be in windows or manila?reapplied my baseline and imported back my quicklinks using chte...back to original baseline layout and profile...i have not unistalled your layout...am i missing something?
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no you dont need to, I was just curious if uninstalling my cab would change your widgets back to normal.
If you baseline is ok then thats the important thing.
The weird thing is that ive been through the cab and those files dont seem to be in there.....
im very confused.
would you be able to post a screnshot of the messed up widgets?
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no you dont need to, I was just curious if uninstalling my cab would change your widgets back to normal.
If you baseline is ok then thats the important thing.
The weird thing is that ive been through the cab and those files dont seem to be in there.....
im very confused.
would you be able to post a screnshot of the messed up widgets?
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ok, i re- applied your layout, while enabling the setting in chts to keep quicklinks not assigned in your layout from my baseline/layout
ok, thanks for everything...hope you get the fix.....bye now its 3am ..zzzzzzzzzzz!
posting the screenshots..
landscape looks good..the wallpaper in landscape obviously is not from your pack
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ok, i re- applied your layout, while enabling the setting in chts to keep quicklinks not assigned in your layout from my baseline/layout
ok, thanks for everything...hope you get the fix.....bye now its 3am ..zzzzzzzzzzz!
posting the screenshots..
landscape looks good..the wallpaper in landscape obviously is not from your pack
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ok, that makes more sense, that email/sms is not mine, must be leftovers of a previous layout you have had before.
thankyou for that pakure, I can sleep easy now
Updated the cab and zip file;
Fixed the standalone analogue clock
Fixed HD Mini lock screen
Please uninstall - soft reset - install updated cab folder.
New layout coming soon........ with less bugs this time.... (hopefully)
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WALLs Concept
With the development of CHT 2.0 and CHT-Scheduler we have been able to install and save themes as easy as changing wallpapers. However, often the limitation it seems is these themes are set to three panels to fit the background image. Now, with Dunc001's SK-i theme/concept this limitation no longer applies and we can truly theme fully for CHT 2.0. My idea is to begin this idea; start with SK-i and see what happens. I guess this is a theme, but I am hoping for more of a concept - and a hope that others will follow suit! Hope you enjoy!
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Before Installing Anything (Prerequisites)
WALLs is based on SK-i. So it goes without saying that you MUST have SK-i installed first. Find SK-i HERE. My cabs are simple and mainly skins (with some altered registry values.) They are not widgets/stand alone applications. So some simple things before installing any of my work:
1- Install SK-i as seen HERE - this is a must. Without this, my cabs will do nothing!
2- BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! You can remove my cabs, and the original files are given, however best to back up. I would:
a- Using CHT-S do full Sense backup (always a good idea before installing other stuff...)
b- Using [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567080]JMWD[/url] do a theme backup
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Announcements
1- First WALLs are up! (Feb 17 2011)
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To do
1- Music / Media Wall
2- Lockscreen
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WALLs Index
Post 1 - Concepts, Prerequisites, Announcements and To do List
Post 2 - WALLs version 1
Post 3 - Editing WALLs to fit your style
Post 4 - Reserved for future WALLs
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Massive Thanks
Dunc and his background widgets! Rat for his amazing clock. To all the random artists and their icons. And to Anke-Art for his squeaky chalk font. And of course Co0kie and Michel Diamond for CHT and CHTS.
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The WALLs
Welcome to WALLs...enjoy!
Before Installing Walls
1- Download the WALLs_v1.zip at the end of the post. This contains everything (available in cab, individual files and even original cabs if uninstalling does not work.)
2- Install "WALLs_Platform_v1.cab" which installs: sidebar icons, freelink dock, softkeys, toggles, page indicators and notification bubbles
3- FYI each cab will a) change the SK-i background widget to a suitable Wall name, b) exchange the appropriate manila file and c) change the registry so the widget's width is 256 and height is 512.
4- Note: Walls are numbered left to right
5- Note: I intentionally left the bottom part (the "wood floor") clear as I tend to swype there with my thumb. But it is ripe for editing!
6- Wallpaper is included in the zip
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WALL 1: Programs
Idea: Shelf outlay for your regular use
Installation:
1- Install WALL1_Programs_v1.cab. Long hold on Wall 1 and add "Programs Wall."
2- Add desired "Free Links"
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WALL 2: Friends
Idea: Picture frames for most called contacts with specific programs
Installation:
1- Install WALL2_Friends_v1.cab. Long hold on Wall 2 and add "Friends Wall."
2- Add desired friends via contacts in "Free Links"
3- Twitter application - exhchange icon using JWMD
4- New All People Addon Link(under Miscellaneous) - as installed with SK-i
5- Facebook application - exhchange desired program's icon using JWMD
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WALLs 3 and 5: SMS and Email
Idea:The paintings are Mark Rothko. Easily exchanagable. Notice, though, that the email/sms qtc file has been enlarged (simply using more space to give it a framed look) if you change it!
Install: WALL3_5_SMS_Email_v1.cab
Installation:
1- Install WALL3_5_SMS_Email_v1.cab. On Wall 3 add SMS (text) widget and Wall 5 add Email widget. Note: You must have the modified mode9 email modification installed from SK-i (this makes the email image on the home page separate from the tab page) for this cab to work.
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WALL 4:
Idea: The main page. Clock, artwork, quick links. Fits what I like. Also very easy to put in a picture of your choosing (art, friends, family, etc.)
Installation:
1- Install WALL4_Home_v1.cab. Long hold on panel 4 and add "Home Wall."
2- Add Sidebar Icons (to quickly jump to different Walls)
3- Install: rat_2665's Regulator Clock and add to Home Wall
4- Add Toggle Switches (Post-It template is in the zip.)
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WALL 6:
Idea: A simple highlight for looking at weather. The window uses the original weather widget and the screen uses B&L_Group Weather Widget v.3 by MoonNah.
Installation:
1- Install WALL6_Weather_v1.cab. Long hold on Wall 6 and add "Weather Wall."
2- Add Co0kieMonster's original weather widget or Dunc's weather widget[/url.]
3- Add [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854778"]B&L_Group Weather Widget v.3 by MoonNah with or without Dunc's modification.
4- Using JWMD, exchange WALLs_Weather_icon.png (from the WALLs Icon folder) for your desired weather program (I use Mwunderground) or internet tab (see [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632095"this tutorial)[/url].
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WALL 7:
Idea: A new look on your calendar and tasks with quick links included.
Installation:
1- Install WALL7_Agenda_v1.cab. Long hold on Wall 7 and add "Agenda Wall". Add in you Calendar and Tasks widgets.
2- The word "Calendar" is actually an icon for the calendar program! Add it via "Add Free Link" under Miscellaneous
3- The word "Tasks" is also a program icon! Using JWMD, exchange your tasks prgoram icon for WALLs_Tasks.png in the WALLs Icons folder.
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Extra Walls:
If you are keeping count, I have only used 5 of the 8 total background widgets available. The remaining 3 (2 from Dunc - manila files 72D50B6D_manila and 303E6A92_manila and 1 from Poyensa) I hope to use in the future.
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Extra Icons:
In the WALLs Icon Folder are extra icons to have fun with. Enjoy!
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Have an idea for a wall? Post it!
Way to go James - now THAT'S what I'm talking about
BLUE SK-i was always meant to be more of a concept than a theme, something for others to springboard off and use whatever bits they liked. So BIG thumbs up from me, and keep it going!
BTW, does it all switch OK with CHTS? I haven't had a chance to check, and I guess you'd have to find out how to switch the reg values for the backgrounds as well?
nice one man!
I have that red and black rothko on my wall, guess it makes sense that I should have it on my phone too
Only works with CHT 2.0 or will this work with 1.8.5?
Dunc001 said:
Way to go James - now THAT'S what I'm talking about
BLUE SK-i was always meant to be more of a concept than a theme, something for others to springboard off and use whatever bits they liked. So BIG thumbs up from me, and keep it going!
BTW, does it all switch OK with CHTS? I haven't had a chance to check, and I guess you'd have to find out how to switch the reg values for the backgrounds as well?
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thanks, dunc! a big prop to you - much respect putting all this initially together. man that must have been a lot of work!
so for saving - all the registry values save (at least with full sense)! however, the only problem so far is your sidebar icons and calendar link do not save (i also get an error message saying not all widgets are approved by CHTS team - though not sure if is related as i installed a bunch of widget clocks that don't function really!) but minimal stuff in my opinion. overall very smooth to go back and forth...again, nice work!
conantroutman said:
nice one man!
I have that red and black rothko on my wall, guess it makes sense that I should have it on my phone too
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thanks, man. i love rothko. also is a cheat as you can pull/twist/move rothko and it always seems to look okay. ha!
Jimmmycrackcorn said:
Only works with CHT 2.0 or will this work with 1.8.5?
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yep, only 2.0 (as this really is a widget based theme.)
Damn Gina!
this is really cool.
great work.
ericv99 said:
Damn Gina!
this is really cool.
great work.
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thank you. hope you enjoy!
Does CHTS tell you which Widgets have problems? I know the XML for MIUI clock was wrong - I corrected it and now I have no issues with saving the theme. For switch link icons I have an idea...
Sent from my kibutz by messenger yak
Dunc001 said:
Does CHTS tell you which Widgets have problems? I know the XML for MIUI clock was wrong - I corrected it and now I have no issues with saving the theme. For switch link icons I have an idea...
Sent from my kibutz by messenger yak
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hmm. i'll start uninstalling widgets and playing around and see here that get's us. have you switched themes with your widgets with all the images transferring? overall i am just glad the registry changes go with....opens up some doors...
I haven't tried switching the backgrounds yet, but the xml's are correct so they should switch qtc's OK, just as long as the reg entries are picked up as well. Does it switch the whole of HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila then? If so then all the relevant reg entries should be picked up. I think for the page switch link png's all I need to do is create a widget CHTS xml for them and list them in there, and then CHTS will pick them up thinking they are part of a widget?
um........................there really isn't a proper font for being stunned speechless....this is wonderful!
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I haven't tried switching the backgrounds yet, but the xml's are correct so they should switch qtc's OK, just as long as the reg entries are picked up as well. Does it switch the whole of HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila then? If so then all the relevant reg entries should be picked up. I think for the page switch link png's all I need to do is create a widget CHTS xml for them and list them in there, and then CHTS will pick them up thinking they are part of a widget?
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the bg qtc ans reg entries switch. not sure about the entire hkcu\software\htc\manila (would make sense, but i haven't edited anything else there. maybe i should change a color reg entry and see what happens.)
the chts xml would be nice; would make it all 100% (as best i see it) switchable.
cheers.
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um........................there really isn't a proper font for being stunned speechless....this is wonderful!
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wow. quite a compliment. thanks!
First of all, my CONGATULATIONS James
It was about time you "released" your own theme
ou´ve showed us in a very nice way how to take further advantage of CHT and Dunc´s enormous effort and achievement with BLUE SK-i
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Way to go James - now THAT'S what I'm talking about
BLUE SK-i was always meant to be more of a concept than a theme, something for others to springboard off and use whatever bits they liked. So BIG thumbs up from me, and keep it going!
BTW, does it all switch OK with CHTS? I haven't had a chance to check, and I guess you'd have to find out how to switch the reg values for the backgrounds as well?
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That´s the way I see SK-i, as a base for a lot more to come. There are really quite som very good improvements and additional options. I´m sure they will become "standard" in the near future...
Regarding CHTS switching, there are indeed things that will switch, but others (not included in xmls) wont. At least for now, but I can assure you, that as soon as FulThemSwitch is availabe - will be probably within this week - I´ll be basing my next experiments on SK-i, especially since now James has finished this beatiful and different skin for it
jsmccabe78 said:
thanks, dunc! a big prop to you - much respect putting all this initially together. man that must have been a lot of work!
so for saving - all the registry values save (at least with full sense)! however, the only problem so far is your sidebar icons and calendar link do not save (i also get an error message saying not all widgets are approved by CHTS team - though not sure if is related as i installed a bunch of widget clocks that don't function really!) but minimal stuff in my opinion. overall very smooth to go back and forth...again, nice work!....
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I´ll be checking the reg entries and the associated files to see how it would be best to find a way to include it for switching. I also have some other ideas on how to achieve this
Dunc001 said:
I haven't tried switching the backgrounds yet, but the xml's are correct so they should switch qtc's OK, just as long as the reg entries are picked up as well. Does it switch the whole of HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila then? If so then all the relevant reg entries should be picked up. I think for the page switch link png's all I need to do is create a widget CHTS xml for them and list them in there, and then CHTS will pick them up thinking they are part of a widget?
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Yes, you could either create a separate xml, or include the png´s in the already existing one. The main issue will be to have a "standard" xml that will work with all kinds of themes. my test xmls are doing that at the moment, but if "new" files are added to the system, these also need to be included
jsmccabe78 said:
the bg qtc ans reg entries switch. not sure about the entire hkcu\software\htc\manila (would make sense, but i haven't edited anything else there. maybe i should change a color reg entry and see what happens.)
the chts xml would be nice; would make it all 100% (as best i see it) switchable.
cheers.
wow. quite a compliment. thanks!
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Switching some Reg entries is still a bit difficult, unless done with a workaround. But if you include parts of this required entries within the mode9 files, then switching will be no problem...
BHS Interceptor said:
First of all, my CONGATULATIONS James
It was about time you "released" your own theme
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thanks, mate. very kind!
BHS Interceptor said:
I´ll be checking the reg entries and the associated files to see how it would be best to find a way to include it for switching. I also have some other ideas on how to achieve this ...Switching some Reg entries is still a bit difficult, unless done with a workaround. But if you include parts of this required entries within the mode9 files, then switching will be no problem...
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thing is with a full sense backup the reg entries are saved (or at least i can switch from WALLs to SK-i and the registry changes too.) how would you incorporate different reg entries into mode9? (or am i off base?) but most all of what you are doing is beyond me, so i'll go with whatever you say! again thanks for the support.
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thanks, mate. very kind!
thing is with a full sense backup the reg entries are saved (or at least i can switch from WALLs to SK-i and the registry changes too.) how would you incorporate different reg entries into mode9? (or am i off base?) but most all of what you are doing is beyond me, so i'll go with whatever you say! again thanks for the support.
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You´re very welcome and very deserved my friend
OK, full sense backup is one thing, and the individual themes another, but in any case, some of the regs are saved and switched.... Regarding switching, SwitchGui does exactly that, it "drops" whatever is in the _CHTS Folder into windows and thus replaces the files there with the ones in _CHTS Folder.
Now, if you have SK-i in one folder AND exactly the same files in the other _CHTS folder, it will do a 100% nice and clean switch. But as long as all these files are not included in the xml, CHTS will not be able to save all the files and thus if you switch to another _CHT Theme/profile with "less" files, the missing files will remain from the previously switched theme/profile. And precisly here is the biggest problem for a "standard" Theme.xml. Over 3.000 Manila files, 4000 other image (bmp, png, gif) files plus dll´s, etc. to decide from which to include...
Atm I´m checking on also beeing able to save and switch all necessary reg entries and changes from a theme or widget so these can be switched too
Muchas gracias for the inspiration
Hola James, I always like coming back to your thread and this theme of yours.
It´s inspiring to see what you did, and watching it over and over again gives me more Ideas on how to "mode" me a different and very personal theme of my own...
Looking at your book shelves again, I realized that by modding the prog icons, or whatever icon I would place on the shelf, to look like an actual "book cover", or making my own office room with modded images for links, etc... I really do thank you very much, because you´ve made me see and be aware of further posibilities behind and beyond Duncs SK-i Theme. Now it seems that imagination is the only limit. Way to go James
As a very famous character in a movie said more then once: "I´ll be back"
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Hola James, I always like coming back to your thread and this theme of yours.
It´s inspiring to see what you did, and watching it over and over again gives me more Ideas on how to "mode" me a different and very personal theme of my own...
Looking at your book shelves again, I realized that by modding the prog icons, or whatever icon I would place on the shelf, to look like an actual "book cover", or making my own office room with modded images for links, etc... I really do thank you very much, because you´ve made me see and be aware of further posibilities behind and beyond Duncs SK-i Theme. Now it seems that imagination is the only limit. Way to go James
As a very famous character in a movie said more then once: "I´ll be back"
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thanks, ber. what an unexpected and kind thing to read...really quite nice...
i too thought about replacing books on the shelves (and had blank icons for bookends) - inspired from my daughter playing with stickers, i guess! but it became too much too much and i had to step back, i guess. hope to revisit it when i have more time.
cheers.
Gday can anyone help me with a SMS notification icon on the slider of the lock screen.
I had to a hard reset my phone and cant find the one I had ,or even remember where it was from.
it looked like a little HD2 with a bubble and would pop up on the lock screen when you got a SMS.
any help would be fantastic,I have searched every where for days and can not find it.
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Gday can anyone help me with a SMS notification icon on the slider of the lock screen.
I had to a hard reset my phone and cant find the one I had ,or even remember where it was from.
it looked like a little HD2 with a bubble and would pop up on the lock screen when you got a SMS.
any help would be fantastic,I have searched every where for days and can not find it.
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This lockscreen seems to be a CHT lockscreen, as such theE-mail, SMS, missed called are named:
CHT_slider_email.png
CHT_slider_messages.png
CHT_slider_missedcalls.png
I have posted here the original files from CHT Tab Mod
Thanx steve 0007,so do I just need to find the icon I want and rename it to CHT_slider_messages.png,and then stick it a folder somewhere?
thanx for you help mate
sms count
its not the icon I was looking for,but at least now I know how to change them all.
thank you very much for your help steve
one more thing....do you know what the little blue circle is called that has the number of sms's...might try and change that too
Hi
You mean the blue Bubble on your screen?
Try this file: 7fc6de76_manila
I have test it and it worked for me. Here i attached mine.
thanx
Dic3ptor said:
You mean the blue Bubble on your screen?
Try this file: 7fc6de76_manila
I have test it and it worked for me. Here i attached mine.
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yes thats the "bubble" I want to change...looks like I need to work out how to edit the file now.
photoshop I can do,cfc-gui I need to work out still.
I had a look at your post on using it....still not sure how to edit yet.
thanx again
gup_ said:
yes thats the "bubble" I want to change...looks like I need to work out how to edit the file now.
photoshop I can do,cfc-gui I need to work out still.
I had a look at your post on using it....still not sure how to edit yet.
thanx again
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true that..there needs to be a good solid tutorial on cfcgui.
there is an quick old one that bignadad posted on ppcgeeks in the tp2 forum that you could look up. I'm not at my desktop at the moment so I apologize not pointing you to the link.
hope you get it worked out.
cheers.
ericv99 said:
true that..there needs to be a good solid tutorial on cfcgui.
there is an quick old one that bignadad posted on ppcgeeks in the tp2 forum that you could look up. I'm not at my desktop at the moment so I apologize not pointing you to the link.
hope you get it worked out.
cheers.
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Well its actually quite easy I will give it a try to explain what you want to do
At first it is important to create 2 folders on your desktop. One should be named "Manila" and the other one "Images" ( its not really neccessary to use these exact names, but in my opinion it lets you keep the oversight )
You want to put the manila files you want to work with into the manila folder.
There are 2 tasks that I use cfcgui for.
1. Extracting Images from manila files.
2. Replacing the existing images inside the manila files with the one I created.
I will start with number 1.
You put the manila file into the "Manila" folder and then start cfcgui. Then you go to file->select folder and choose the "Manila" folder. That defines from where the program will get the manila files.
After you selected the folder your manila file(s) will be displayed on the left side of the screen. If you want to take the image out of a certain manila then just select the manila file in the list and click Save As in the lower right corner. And then select the place where you want to save the png. I wouldnt recommend saving it in the "Images" folder .
Thats all to extracting pics from manilas
Now for 2.
Lets say you have created an image that you want to put inside a manila file. Of course you first have to make sure, that the dimensions of your image are the same as the original .
You have to put this image into the "Images" folder and start cfcgui. You have to select the "Manila" folder again through file->select folder. After that choose the manila file you want the image to be placed in, in the list on the left. Then in the lower right corner click Replace with.. and choose the image file in your "Images" folder.After you pressed ok you are already done Now you can close cfcgui and you have the modified manila file in the "Manila" folder. It still has the old name, but the image will be changed
Thats basically what cfcgui works like.
There is something else, that might be of use though, too.
If you want to have like 5 different images stored into the same manila file, then instead of making the steps in 2. five times you can simply put all the image files into the "Images" folder and your 1 manila file into the "Manila" folder. Then you start cfcgui and select the "Manila" folder again .
Now you wanna click Tools->Import from PNGs. Then you select the "Images" Folder and the program does the rest for you
This will put all the png files you put into the "Images" folder into the manila file. So it basically does all the steps in 2. as often as there are pngs in your "Images" folder.
You will then have 5 manila files in your "Manila" folder. Which each have the name of the png file and no longer of the manila itself. So you just have to rename them to the right manila name and you are done.
Thats basically all I use cfcgui for and all I know about it
Hope that helped some of you
ericv99 said:
true that..there needs to be a good solid tutorial on cfcgui.
there is an quick old one that bignadad posted on ppcgeeks in the tp2 forum that you could look up. I'm not at my desktop at the moment so I apologize not pointing you to the link.
hope you get it worked out.
cheers.
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Gday mate,I did have a look at that post and have got to the png stage with it in photoshop.
for some reason the cfcgui interface is not showing up on my screen properly?
I cant get to the buttons on the bottom right of the screen.
but I guess it cant be too easy...that would be no fun
Nordpolcamper said:
Well its actually quite easy I will give it a try to explain what you want to do
Hope that helped some of you
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yep,that helped
thanx Nordpolcamper
ok I have made and replaced my "bubble" png in to cfcugi.
now to get it on to my phone do I just "export to device" ?
nope...that didnt change it...maybe export changes as CFC/QTC's?
gup_ said:
yep,that helped
thanx Nordpolcamper
ok I have made and replaced my "bubble" png in to cfcugi.
now to get it on to my phone do I just "export to device" ?
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Mhm I dont try to directly expoort it to my device because I was told, that it is much safer just trnasferring it manually so that not accidently other files are beeing changed. I would recommend you just take the manila file out of the "Manila" folder and put it somewhere you remember on your phone and then use total commander or resco etc to copy it into windows. if you did everything right then you are asked to replace an existing file and you are done
success
it worked!!
I used total commander to replace the file and there it is!!
I know it does not look like much,but now I know how to do it I can make something better.
thank you to everyone for your help
...can you point me in the direction of the top taskbar files?
gup_ said:
it worked!!
I used total commander to replace the file and there it is!!
I know it does not look like much,but now I know how to do it I can make something better.
thank you to everyone for your help
...can you point me in the direction of the top taskbar files?
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doesnt look bad
ähm...well....the taskbar isnt nearly as easy as what we did right here. There is no simple editing of files and you are done. YOu have to put up .dll files and so much other stuff. If you search the forum you will surely find someone who can explain that to you, but I would recommend you first master one craft and then go to the next
But of course, just try and see how far you get
lol...yes i think you might be right there!
im happy with my M6silver i have now,its just the sent,sending sms and mms icons dont work ...but that can wait till tomorrow lol
and thanx for your black sms widget,I like that one
lol..... I just found your blue "honeycomb" sms widget....that one looks better on my blue phone, and already pretty much has the same bubble.
missed call icon
getting there bit by bit.....
now I just need to find the name of the missed call icon on the home screen in minila
thats so awesome thank you.
I was under the impression thats you had to have the device hooked into the desktop. so cfcgui would send the newly created manila file into the windows folder. so now, as long as your aware what manila file is what graphic your good. its finding which is which thats the pain.
ok so I ask you what exactly "mode9" and "qtc" is and what do they do?
one other thing what is all this patching, trim, padding and cfc compress?
anything we should be greatly concerned about?
thanks again for taking the time to explain this.
btw your new clock widget is really nice.
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getting there bit by bit.....
now I just need to find the name of the missed call icon on the home screen in minila
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The name of the file you are searching for is : CHT_slider_missedcalls
It follows the same rules as the messages and mail images. So it should be 128x128
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thats so awesome thank you.
I was under the impression thats you had to have the device hooked into the desktop. so cfcgui would send the newly created manila file into the windows folder. so now, as long as your aware what manila file is what graphic your good. its finding which is which thats the pain.
ok so I ask you what exactly "mode9" and "qtc" is and what do they do?
one other thing what is all this patching, trim, padding and cfc compress?
anything we should be greatly concerned about?
thanks again for taking the time to explain this.
btw your new clock widget is really nice.
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Yes, I thought so too at the beginning, but to me it feels much more easy to do it on the pc alone That also lets you have Backups of your manila files
I dont really know what the patching, trim, padding and cfc compress commands do. But I was told, that for the things we do. And that is extracting and replacing this is not needed. I am doing this now for quite a time and I have never come across an issue with those. So just ignore them
Well there are basically 3 different manila files: Mode9, Lua and QTC.
QTC manila files are the image manila files, that we can use to replace images inside the manila or extract images. They more or less give you the visual layout.
The Mode9 Manila mostly handles Font colors, the arrangement of components, font sizes etc. For my Pulse Clock Widget I of course had to make a mode9 file, too. That defines, where the text appears and what color, size and font are beeing used. But if you want some more detailed insight, then just visit poyensas thread. He is the master of the mode9 files
The Lua manila files are only needed for widgets. They define how the widget should work with the device. For example whether it is resizable, pinnable, where it should get information from and if it has layouts. This one basically is the mechanics of the widget.
So just keep in mind.
Mode9 = Creating visible/invisible Components
Lua = defining the mechanics of the Widget and working with the components from the mode9 file
QTC = the easiest to work with and used to put images into a widget or something similar.
Hope that didnt make it more complicated. And of course my explanation here isnt far as good and accurate then what others can explain to you. But I think it covers the basics
Thanks for your praise I updated the cab, so you should check back
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The name of the file you are searching for is : CHT_slider_missedcalls
It follows the same rules as the messages and mail images. So it should be 128x128
Yes, I thought so too at the beginning, but to me it feels much more easy to do it on the pc alone That also lets you have Backups of your manila files
I dont really know what the patching, trim, padding and cfc compress commands do. But I was told, that for the things we do. And that is extracting and replacing this is not needed. I am doing this now for quite a time and I have never come across an issue with those. So just ignore them
Well there are basically 3 different manila files: Mode9, Lua and QTC.
QTC manila files are the image manila files, that we can use to replace images inside the manila or extract images. They more or less give you the visual layout.
The Mode9 Manila mostly handles Font colors, the arrangement of components, font sizes etc. For my Pulse Clock Widget I of course had to make a mode9 file, too. That defines, where the text appears and what color, size and font are beeing used. But if you want some more detailed insight, then just visit poyensas thread. He is the master of the mode9 files
The Lua manila files are only needed for widgets. They define how the widget should work with the device. For example whether it is resizable, pinnable, where it should get information from and if it has layouts. This one basically is the mechanics of the widget.
So just keep in mind.
Mode9 = Creating visible/invisible Components
Lua = defining the mechanics of the Widget and working with the components from the mode9 file
QTC = the easiest to work with and used to put images into a widget or something similar.
Hope that didnt make it more complicated. And of course my explanation here isnt far as good and accurate then what others can explain to you. But I think it covers the basics
Thanks for your praise I updated the cab, so you should check back
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ok that makes sense.
now i need to get busy learning photoshop...those damn drop shadows and inner glows kill me.
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The name of the file you are searching for is : CHT_slider_missedcalls
It follows the same rules as the messages and mail images. So it should be 128x128
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I changed that one,but this one is on the home screen,it was "tabsimgleandnotificationicons" or 7bedfda0_manila.
it also has the calendar icon on it.
I could get to like this editing stuff