Overview of all designs
UCCW WIDGETS
- Personal Home V1: Blue version: => Click Here
- Personal Home V2: DARK and LIGHT version: => Click Here
- Personal Home V2: EXTENDED DARK version (Portrait Mode - Full Screen): => Click Here
- Racing Fast (2 widgets): => Click Here
- Blue Power (Portrait Mode - Full Screen - 3 Widgets): => Click Here
- Clean Gray: => Click Here
- Clean Black: => Click Here
- Xantix: => Click Here
- Red ICD: => Click Here
- Dark Interface: => Click Here
- Organize widget: => Click Here
- Minimal Blue: => Click Here
- Blue Vision: => Click Here
- Red Vision: => Click Here
- Blue Vision Inverse: => Click Here
ICON SETS
- Dark Icons - Set 01: => Click Here
- Dark Icons - Set 02: => Click Here
- Dark Icons - Set 03: => Click Here
- Shining Blue: => Click Here
- Shining Blue (Extra Icons): => Click Here
- Miniwhite for "Clean Gray" widget: => Click Here
- Moonblue Orb: => Click Here
- Metallic Silver: => Click Here
- Dark Red Orb: => Click Here
- 2 Color (Pink) Orb: => Click Here
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Personal Home V1: Blue version
I made the tech style for myself, and the other for public release
And yes, as you see, i miss a icon for today, but it seems that icon is not included in my folder... I will put it later on in that folder...
Normally you should have the icons...
Here are the screens:
My style (tech):
{
"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"
}
And the blue style:
Possible to modify
- Text: Welcome your name
- Text: Favourite links (FACEBOOK, GMAIL, GALLERY)
- Text: Calls
- Text: Messages
- Text: Clock
- Text: Date
- Text: Battery Status
- Picture: place your own picture
- Of course all the other text like (min, max temperature, location, wind) => Size and color
Hotspots included
- Facebook: link to facebook app
- Gmail: link to gmail app
- Gallery: link to quickpick
- Calls; link to your phonecalls
- Messages: link to SMS pro
- Alarm clock icon: link to alarm
- Date: link to calendar
- Google search: link to google search
- Of course you can change your hotspots...
How to install?
- Download the uzip file
- Get apex pro
- Set your apex launcher to 7x4
- Open uccw app
- Import the file you downloaded (uzip)
- Now you can edit the file and make any changes you want, also make sure your hotspots are on, see settings uccw
- Save it
- Go to your homescreen (make sure you have enough room to place your widget)
- Add a new widget
- Choose Uccw widget 4x3
- Choose your file
- If neccessary, resize the widget (bigger, so it fit your screen)
- now you are ready to use it
Note: i used the icons of vClouds, but you can use your own weather icons...
I hope you enjoy it! All comments are welcome
Ps: any thanks would be appreciated
Dowload: Click Here
Personal Home V2: DARK and LIGHT version
Dark version
Light
Description
It comes with 11 hotspots, 7 static text, all customizable...
At this moment, its only a english version, but later on i will also make it in dutch... (for people, who want that, please contact me)...
Also, there is one thing that not worked as well, you see 3 icons (bluetooth, wifi, gps), but seems there are problems with the task variables...
Possible to modify
- Text: Favourite links (FACEBOOK, GMAIL, GALLERY)
- Text: Menu (MESSAGES, CALLS, WEB)
- Picture: Place your own picture
- Battery bar: Choose your own battery bar
- Of course all the other text like (min, max temperature, location, wind, weather conditions, hour, min, date, number of calls, number of messages, battery level) => Size and color
Hotspots included
- Facebook: link to facebook app
- Gmail: link to gmail app
- Gallery: link to quickpick
- Files: link to solid explorer
- Phone settings: link to your phone settings
- Messages: link to SMS pro
- Calls: link to your phonecalls
- Web: link to the stock browser
- Date: link to calendar
- Alarm clock icon: link to alarm
- Google search: link to google search
- Of course you can change your hotspots...
Hotspots included
I used the icons of vClouds, but you can use your own weather icons...
How to install?
- Download the uzip file
- Get apex pro
- Set your apex launcher to 7x4
- Open uccw app
- Import the file you downloaded (uzip)
- Now you can edit the file and make any changes you want, also make sure your hotspots are on, see settings uccw
- Save it
- Go to your homescreen (make sure you have enough room to place your widget)
- Add a new widget
- Choose Uccw widget 4x3
- Choose your file
- If neccessary, resize the widget (bigger, so it fit your screen)
- now you are ready to use it
Please, any thanks would be appreciated, i spend a lot of time on it... and i give it away for free (for such a design as this i should normal ask money, on the store, but i don't... lucky you
So, I would appreciate it when you click on the thanks button...
Ps: i'm not so long a member on this forum (since august), but i have more thanks (on my meter) than i post messages, lool
Greetings, and i hope you will enjoy it
Download the Dark Version
Download the Light Version
Ps: All suggestions for a new widget are welcome... (when V3 will come out)... (but that would not be so fast, V2 was public released a day after V1)...
Personal Home V2: EXTENDED DARK version (Portrait Mode - Full Screen)
Okay, guys, i got several questions for making a widget that can be used in full screen in portrait mode...
Well, good news, i finished the extended version. This is only available for the dark style...
Description
This is not 1 widget but multiple widgets together! So this would nicely form one looking widget:
It includes 4 widgets:
- One for the top: here is the menu
- One for the weather and side menu + shortcuts
- One for the battery status, search, alarm
- One for the bottom: leather + copyright
So, you can choose if you want to install them all
If you install them all... you will have 9 static text, 16 hotspots, and 17 variables, all customizable...
Possible to modify
- Text: Favourite links (CALLS, MESSAGES, GMAIL)
- Text: SideMenu (CAMERA, GALLERY, AUDIO, FILES)
- Picture: Place your own picture
- Text: My Galaxy SII
- Text: Designed by Ryoen
- Of course all the other text
Hotspots included
- Call: link to your phonecalls
- Messages: link to Go SMS Pro
- Gmail: link to your gmail
- Camera: link to camera
- Audio: link to poweramp
- Files: link to Solid explorer
- Date: link to your calendar
- Twitter icon: link to Friendcaster
- Facebook icon: link to Facebook
- Google icon: link to Google+
- XDA icon: link to xda app
- Drive icon: link to google drive
- Dropbox icon: link to dropbox
- Alarm clock icon: link to alarm
- Google search: link to google search
- Of course you can change your hotspots...
Weather icons
I used the icons of vClouds, but you can use your own weather icons...
How to install?
- Download the uzip file
- Get apex pro
- Set your apex launcher to 7x4
- Open uccw app
- Import the files you downloaded (uzip)
- Now you can edit the files and make any changes you want, also make sure your hotspots are on, see settings uccw
- Save it
- Go to your homescreen (make sure you have enough room to place your widget)
- Add a new widget
- Choose Uccw widget 4x1 (for the top), 4x3 (for the middle), 4x1 (for the bottom), 4x1 (for the bottom2)
- Choose your file
- If neccessary, resize the widget (bigger, so it fit your screen) (middle)
- now you are ready to use it
Note:
Please, any thanks would be appreciated, i spend a lot of time to making this for you guys...
You can simple click on the thanks button...
Greetings, and i hope you will enjoy it
Download the Dark Version Extended - Top
Download the Dark Version Extended - Middle
Download the Dark Version Extended - Bottom
Download the Dark Version Extended - Bottom2
Download Dark Version Extended - Middle (Blue)
Download Dark Version Extended - Bottom (Blue)
Racing Fast (2 widgets)
Last theme i finished for 2012 for public release is racing cars...
Description
There are 2 widgets: 1 on the top, and the main with the car. If you you put them together, they will fit nicely
- Racing Fast Top
- Racing Fast Middle
So, you can choose if you want to install them all
If you install them all... you will have 6 static text, 11 hotspots, and 9 variables, all customizable...
Possible to modify
- Text: Favourite links (CAMERA, GALLERY, SEARCH)
- Text: percent of battery
- Text: CALLS
- Text: MESSAGES
- Of course all the other text
Hotspots included
- Camera: link to Camera
- Gallery: link to Quickpick
- Search: link to Google Search
- Date: link to calendar
- Time: link to alarm clock
- Calls: link to your phonecalls
- Messages: link to Go SMS Pro
- Facebook icon: link to Facebook
- Twitter icon: link to Friendcaster
- Gmail: link to your gmail
- XDA icon: link to xda app
- Of course you can change your hotspots...
Weather icons
I used the icons of vClouds, but you can use your own weather icons...
How to install?
- Download the uzip files
- Get apex pro
- Set your apex launcher to 7x4
- Open uccw app
- Import the file you downloaded (uzip)
- Now you can edit the files and make any changes you want, also make sure your hotspots are on, see settings uccw
- Save it
- Go to your homescreen (make sure you have enough room to place your widget)
- Add a new widget
- Choose Uccw widget 4x1 (for the top), 4x3 (for the main part)
- Choose your file
- If neccessary, resize the widget (bigger, so it fit your screen)
- now you are ready to use it
Note:
Please, any thanks would be appreciated, i spend a lot of time to making this for you guys...
You can simple click on the thanks button...
Greetings, and i hope you will enjoy it
Download Racing Fast - Top
Download Racing Fast - Middle
Blue Power (Portrait Mode - Full Screen - 3 Widgets)
I can pronounce that i would release "Blue Power" public...
Description
This is not 1 widget but multiple widgets together! So this would nicely form one looking widget:
It includes 3 widgets:
- One for the top (top)
- One for the weather (middle)
- One for the for your favourite shortcuts (bottom)
So, you can choose if you want to install them all, or separated
If you install them all... you will have 11 static text, 13 hotspots, and 18 variables, all customizable...
Possible to modify
- Text: Your name in the top
- Image on the top, you can place your own image or logo
- Text: Time
- Text: New messages
- Text: Calls
- Text: Weather conditions in
- Text: Weather now
- Text: Google search
- Text: Gmail
- Text: Gallery
- Text: Documents
- Text: My social shortcuts
- Icons: place your own icons
- Of course all the other text
Hotspots included
- Time: link to alarm clock
- Date: link to calendar
- Calls: link to your phonecalls
- New Messages: link to Go SMS Pro
- Google Search: link to google search
- Gmail: link to your gmail
- Gallery: link to Quickpick
- Documents: link to solid explorer
- Icons: link to twitter, facebook, google+, xda, youtube
- Of course you can change your hotspots...
Weather icons
I used the icons of vClouds, but you can use your own weather icons...
How to install?
- Download the uzip file
- Get apex pro
- Set your apex launcher to 7x4
- Open uccw app
- Import the files you downloaded (uzip)
- Now you can edit the files and make any changes you want, also make sure your hotspots are on, see settings uccw
- Save it
- Go to your homescreen (make sure you have enough room to place your widget)
- Add a new widget
- Choose Uccw widget 4x1 (for the top), 4x3 (for the weather, middle), 4x2 (for your favourite links, bottom)
- Choose your file
- If neccessary, resize the widget (bigger, so it fit your screen) (middle)
- now you are ready to use it
Note:
Please, any thanks would be appreciated, i spend a lot of time to making this for you guys...
You can simple click on the thanks button...
Greetings, and i hope you will enjoy it
Download the Blue Power - Top
Download the Blue Power - Middle
Download the Blue Power - Bottom
Hey,
I made my own personal homescreen, all made of UCCW of course
I changed my own theme "Blue Power" and made several changes.
I used my top header, but changed a little of colours.
The middle and bottom, i restyled them completly... Yeah, it looks better now
Also i have more than 25 hotspots in my homescreen. (If i wish, i could make more in the left bottom where my phone is standing, but i didn't )
Also i translated everything in my own language...
This how it looks now on my phone
Wow. Lot of great works there
Gesendet von meinem LT26i mit Tapatalk 2
Great work indeed.
Sent from the Bacon Pope's Galaxy Note 2
chitose_ndy said:
Wow. Lot of great works there
Gesendet von meinem LT26i mit Tapatalk 2
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cwhitney24 said:
Great work indeed.
Sent from the Bacon Pope's Galaxy Note 2
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Thanks, the one i'm currently having is not (yet) public release... But soon i will
Dark Icons
I'm starting to make a set of dark icons:
A preview
And this would be the second set of dark icons:
Also i'm working on those icons...
I downloaded Personal Home Blue, but all I get is a white box. Do I need a specific widget size?
cmhampton said:
I downloaded Personal Home Blue, but all I get is a white box. Do I need a specific widget size?
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The best way is to have Apex pro, because i do all my test with Apex pro...
Its a 4x3 widget... So when you downloaded that uzip file, upload it to your phone... When you have uploaded, open UCCW and import / that widget... (if you want you can save it also).
After importing you will see the widget in UCCW...
Then go to you homescreen, and add an UCCW widget... You can choose from all the installed widgets...
After that, you can resize them... (with apex pro, you can overlap widgets).
Hmmm...dude...i love your work....
can i request you make different colour on Personal Home??? i would like you to make Personal Home Red....
ryoen said:
I'm starting to make a set of dark icons:
A preview
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i love these icons. great work! cant wait to see the finished product.
Pusak Gaoq said:
Hmmm...dude...i love your work....
can i request you make different colour on Personal Home??? i would like you to make Personal Home Red....
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This is the background:
In attachment you will find the file:
Just upload that to your phone, open uccw and change the background image
ryoen said:
The best way is to have Apex pro, because i do all my test with Apex pro...
Its a 4x3 widget... So when you downloaded that uzip file, upload it to your phone... When you have uploaded, open UCCW and import / that widget... (if you want you can save it also).
After importing you will see the widget in UCCW...
Then go to you homescreen, and add an UCCW widget... You can choose from all the installed widgets...
After that, you can resize them... (with apex pro, you can overlap widgets).
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Odd, they don't even appear in my skin list. Oh well. They do look nice though, good work.
cmhampton said:
Odd, they don't even appear in my skin list. Oh well. They do look nice though, good work.
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Did you import them in uccw?
wow this is amazing stuff dude, love it
Related
Here's my first attempt at releasing a theme for Marsware WeatherPanel (http://www.marsware.net/WeatherPanel/main.htm). It is based off of storyr's PhatFinger III theme but modified to make it look as close as possible to the HTC Diamond's weather application. Tapping on the centre of the screen will bring up the detailed weather report as well as control buttons to gain access to Setup, Update, Radar Images, 6-Day Forecast, and Charts. Tapping on the centre again will return to the simple Diamond weather screen.
{
"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"
}
Checkout my Diamond WeatherPanel theme in action on you-tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Jx_brSqfY
PLEASE read the FAQ at the bottom of this post before adding new questions to this thread
Release History:
NEWS (26 Mar 2009):
Psyki is working on VGA versions of my weatherpanel animations. For those interested check out post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3528549&postcount=1280 and stay tuned!
NEW (29 Jan 2009):
For those that use my Touchflo2D theme for ThrottleLauncher you may want to download the attached mod to my weatherpanel layout that integrates more with the overall look and feel of ThrottleLauncher as shown below. Mostly the mod is spacing changes as well as header and footer changes:
To install just unzip the attached file into the WeatherPanel\Themes\Manila folder, over-writing the default ones from the base theme.
Attention Omnia Users: There's a really slick looking Diamond mod of my theme over at http://www.actualitemobile.com/forum/index.php/topic,1327.msg104305.html#msg104305
Jan 22, 2009
- Completed WQVGA/Omnia layouts.
- Deleted ThrottleLauncher layouts. ThrottleLauncher 0.9.6 is now fully compatable with WeatherPanel so there is no longer a need to maintain TL-friendly layouts.
- Adjusted animated icons for Fog, Smoke, Dusty, and Haze (new animations and repositioned to be more in line with the rest of the animations)
- Fixed ALERT messages in VGA layout.
Installation Instructions:
First of all, make sure you've installed Marsware WeatherPanel 2009 ([ http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=7357
1. Download the "Diamond WeatherPanel Theme" file from one of the following links:
VGA Devices:
http://depositfiles.com/files/7iu1fker6
QVGA Devices:
http://depositfiles.com/files/2wt3sc5xd
WQVGA Devices (i.e. Omnia):
http://depositfiles.com/files/wt4jfvcs5
2. Extract the zip file and place in the root of your device's storage card. You should now have a "WeatherPanel" folder on your storage card.
3. Download the "WP fonts.zip" file attached to this post and unzip and place the two font files in the Windows\fonts folder of your device
4. For QVGA and WQVGA Devices you need to download an animated icon set (sorry VGA users...there are no LARGE animations in VGA):
For single play animations:
http://depositfiles.com/files/1kqhp54u9
For looping animations:
http://depositfiles.com/files/8qy325kct
Yes...these are the full icons...there are no longer any TRIAL icon sets...so enjoy! ...though I'd still appreciate donations if you enjoy my work! Donation link can be found below.
Unzip the icons place them into your WeatherPanel\Manila WP Icons\LARGE folder on your storage card.
5. In WeatherPanel options;
a) set Theme="Manila"
b) set Layout="Manila.wpl", "Manila-1line.wpl", or "Manila-5day.wpl"
c) select "Update Time"
d) clear "Don't Display Arrows"
e) set Icon Set to "Manila WP Icons"
6. Go to weatherpanel to setup your city and perform an "Update" to download the latest forecast.
Enjoy!
I enjoyed putting the theme together and am very happy with the outcome. I hope you'll enjoy it as well. If you like my work and would care to make a donation towards my effort you can visit the following URL:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...ode=USD&lc=CA&bn=PP-DonationsBF&charset=UTF-8
WeatherPanel FAQ
1. Cannot add cities. Cannot update weather forecast. Cannot see hourly graphs. Cannot see moon phases?
You're not running the latest version of Marsware WeatherPanel. You need to download the latest version of Marsware WeatherPanel with "Moon Phase" fix. You can get it at http://pixel.dnsalias.net/weatherpanel/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=184&sid=0f5cebfcfc66ca3d8674eb259626d0f0
2. No temperature displayed on main screen?
Try the following tip posted by mlalahoi. Go to Settings>System>Regional Settings and make sure you have one of the English language regions selected.
3. How to set up Radar images
See post #95 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2416705&postcount=95
4. How to change the language of the weather forecast
See post 576 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2528918&postcount=576
5. My city name is too large to fit in the space provided
By default when you add a city, Weatherpanel appends the country/state/province to the name...so remove this and chances are it will fit in the space provided. If there still isn't enough space you can manually edit the layout files and reduce the font size used for #CITY#. Alternatively...move.
6. The theme is too tall/short to fit on my screen!
If the default layouts do not fit your particular setup then you will need to adjust the height to fit your unique setup. To adjust the height of the main screen, edit the appropriate Manila wpl file and simply change the value of the ;HEIGHT variable.
7. How can I get these animations to work with HTC Manila TF3D/Manila2D/HTC Home/SPB Weather (or any other weather application)
See post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5181452&postcount=1320 for details on how to get this working with Manila2D.
8. WeatherPanel beeps when I click on icons
The only way to stop this is go to Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications and uncheck "Events (warnings,system events)"
9. Large icons do not display
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2656411&postcount=905
Other WeatherPanel Quesions
Try searching the actual WeatherPanel forum at http://pixel.dnsalias.net/weatherpanel/index.php?sid=fa3180ce65859f6fd41f18742405e37c, chances are your question is answered in that forum.
Damn! I was making one too but yours looks better!!!
I'm going to have to try yours now
The "Weather" Heading up top is part of UL right?
Could you upload that for me please?
Also what HUGE icons are you using? I do have the Diamond HUGE icons if you want them...
I was working with my theme all night just to find this!
Thanks.
mario23 said:
Damn! I was making one too but yours looks better!!!
I'm going to have to try yours now
The "Weather" Heading up top is part of UL right?
Could you upload that for me please?
Also what HUGE icons are you using? I do have the Diamond HUGE icons if you want them...
I was working with my theme all night just to find this!
Thanks.
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The "Weather" heading is actually a XIAMultiTheme header. So the XIAMultiTheme header plus WeatherPanel make up one page of UL.
Here are screenshots of my UL setup. You can download all the custom themes at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2326335&postcount=28
Check out this video of this setup on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdsGjtHCtUI
Page 1:
- XIAMultiTheme header of the date
- PhoneAlarm
Page 2:
- rlToday header "Calendar" and calendar
- SPB Diary
Page 3:
- XIAMultiTheme header "Weather"
- WeatherPanel
Page 4:
- XIAMultiTheme header "Music" plus all the music control. Based off of the great work from chriscsh at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396910
Page 5:
- XIAMuliTheme header "Contacts" plus contacts stuff. Again...based off of chrisch's fantastic work. Once cNetx updates their Face Contact application I will purchase it and put it in this location in place of the XIAMulitTheme stuff
Page 6:
- XIAMulitTheme header "Programs"
- SPB PocketPlus
- BatteryStatus
I've also put together a custom MobileShell theme (based off of Greatball's "Diamond" theme) that only includes the program launcher (all other tabs deleted). See photos.
I see you mentioned Face Contacts....
Have you heard that an update is coming?
I have that program but wanted it to be bigger.
mario23 said:
I see you mentioned Face Contacts....
Have you heard that an update is coming?
I have that program but wanted it to be bigger.
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The developer indicated (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378145&page=12) that an update will be coming in June (which is almost over!). Hopefully the new features he mentions will include one to make the contact photos bigger!
Outstanding Rumball!! I would definitely like to have my tilt look like this....
Rumball said:
The developer indicated (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378145&page=12) that an update will be coming in June (which is almost over!). Hopefully the new features he mentions will include one to make the contact photos bigger!
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That would be perfect!
I'm playing with the MultiTheme Header deal now.
Trying to figure it out.
I had made some nice Diamond Header images but couldn't figure out how to integrate them into UL.
Hmmm... This is so embarrasing. I cant figure out the system with the cat at rapidshare. It looks like they all have a cat attached to them... Hmm?
Some of them are dogs
the cats are the ones that seem bigger than the rest usually
Man I copied the latest version of XIAMultiTheme to my ppc but when I try to initiate the configuration, it doesn't seem to recognize the program. I couldn't find any more specific instructions on how to run this so I'm stuck for now.
EDIT
Found the nightly build which works so trying to figure out how to create the image theme...
Can someone upload to this site please?
Rumball said:
Here's my first attempt at releasing a WeatherPanel theme. I tried to make it look as close as possible to the HTC Diamond's weather application. Tapping on the centre of the screen will bring up the detailed weather report as well as control buttons to gain access to Setup, Update, Radar Images, 6-Day Forecast, and Charts. Tapping on the centre again will return to the simple Diamond weather screen.
NOTE: In the screenshots WeatherPanel is running inside UltimateLauncher where the Diamond header and navigation bar are (i.e. they are not part of my WeatherPanel theme)
http://rapidshare.com/files/123804728/Diamond_WP.zip.html
At this point there are no animations but since WeatherPanel does support animated PNGs (MNG) I may look into trying to replicate the Diamond weather animations once I get some more free time (in the mean time...if someone can point me to a link that shows what each of the diamond weather animations look like that would be a great start for me!)
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@Rumball,
This looks awesome!! Is it VGA or QVGA?
this is prolly a stupid question, but where do i pace the theme for it to work? which folder in weatherpanel? cuz i see that all the images are together and not in a folder like most themes that can bbe placed in the themes folder, i want to use it with throttlelauncher
mike21pr said:
this is prolly a stupid question, but where do i pace the theme for it to work? which folder in weatherpanel? cuz i see that all the images are together and not in a folder like most themes that can bbe placed in the themes folder, i want to use it with throttlelauncher
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To install:
1. Copy "Manila Icon" folder into your WeatherPanel\Icons folder on PPC
2. Copy "MyManila WP" folder into your WeatherPanel\Themes folder on PPC
3. Copy fonts into Windows\fonts folder of PPC
4. If you want the diamond background, use the included Diamond.tsk today theme
5. In WeatherPanel options;
a) set Theme="MyManila WP",Layout="MyManila WP.wpl", Icon Set="Manila Icon"
b) select "Update Time"
c) clear "Don't Display Arrows"
Enjoy!
Finally figured it out.
Skin file was titled wrong
dude, this skin is AMAZING.. thank you so much.
i'd also like to know, if anyone knows, how to see the images and use the radar.
thanks you.
Rumball said:
The "Weather" heading is actually a XIAMultiTheme header. So the XIAMultiTheme header plus WeatherPanel make up one page of UL.
This weekend I'll try and post my setup files. In the mean time here are screenshots of my UL setup.
Page 1:
- XIAMultiTheme header of the date
- PhoneAlarm
Page 2:
- rlToday header "Calendar" and calendar
- SPB Diary
Page 3:
- XIAMultiTheme header "Weather"
- WeatherPanel
Page 4:
- XIAMultiTheme header "Music" plus all the music control. Based off of the great work from chriscsh at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396910
Page 5:
- XIAMuliTheme header "Contacts" plus contacts stuff. Again...based off of chrisch's fantastic work. Once cNetx updates their Face Contact application I will purchase it and put it in this location in place of the XIAMulitTheme stuff
Page 6:
- XIAMulitTheme header "Programs"
- SPB PocketPlus
- BatteryStatus
I've also put together a custom MobileShell theme (based off of Greatball's "Diamond" theme) that only includes the program launcher (all other tabs deleted). See photos.
Anyway...back to WeatherPanel. I obtained my icons from one of the posts here on XDA Developers...can't remember which. What I would REALLY love to find are samples of the animations so that I can update this WeatherPanel theme to include all the cool animations. I have the PNG files that make up the animations (again...from one of the posts here on XDA)...I just don't know what the animations are supposed to look like!
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can you further explain page 1? the indicators are phone alarm, right? what theme are you using? also, is the clock part of XIAMultitheme, phonealarm, or something else? thanks.
This is a nice layout, but I guess this is customised for black backgrounds because it looks very blurry against a light/white background.
I hope you can make a version for light backgrounds. Other than that it looks great
Joecd04475 said:
can you further explain page 1? the indicators are phone alarm, right? what theme are you using? also, is the clock part of XIAMultitheme, phonealarm, or something else? thanks.
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On page 1 only the heading (the date) is performed by XIAMultiTheme...the rest (including the analog clock) is performed using a theme I put together for the new PhoneAlarm 2.0. You can find a copy of the PhoneAlarm skin at http://www.pocketmax.net/smf/index.php?topic=6263.0
clarifaction please..?
Knumb said:
Outstanding Rumball!! I would definitely like to have my tilt look like this....
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Is this indeed what the tilt looks like with 6.1 Professional Diamond and the updated weather panel theme??.. it is HTC Diamond Post title and all...
just a lil confused.. Thanks!
ac
Here is my HomeScreen PlusPlus theme! (VGA/WVGA/QVGA/WQVGA/Portrait/Landscape versions too!)
Screenshots from Floyd v2.4-VGA-Full-Portrait version:
Screenshots from Floyd v2.4-VGA-Landscape versions:
Screenshots from Floyd v2.5-HD2 version:
Special thanks to: Ikarus, Atze001, BennTech, vijay555, cofffee, daryelv and [email protected]! (4PDA.ru)
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Features:
- VGA sized beautiful graphics
- 7 types of clocks (change with Floyd's toggle button)
- 4 types of icons (change with Floyd's toggle button)
- 4 types of buttons (change with Floyd's toggle button)
- Almost every icons/labels have ontap and/or onhold function
- Working with my favorite programs:
TodayAgenda
Inesoft Phone 4 (theme toggles pairing with Inesoft's call history and speed-dialer programs. I think these are the best )
MVBklight (with this you can configure the theme's backlight setting toggle button very easy)
Exmsoft Pocket Alarm v2.1 (I like this alarm prog, with 5 setting time, all days of week etc..)
- Need to be installed: Mortscript
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Installation:
For good working theme install the apps below to Device!!!
1. Install latest HomeScreen PlusPlus UI v1.06
2. Install MortScript
3. Install HomeScreen PlusPlus Theme: Floyd
4. Setup HomeScreen PlusPlus UI to Theme
5. If your Windows Mobile not contain Windows Live Messenger, than you need to install it for working WLM button.
6. Install TodayAgenda
7. Install MVBklight (not need to HD2 release)
8. Install Exmsoft Pocket Alarm v2.1 (not need to HD2 release)
9. Install Inesoft Phone 4 or 5
After that you installed everything succesfully, than goto Homescreen++ options menu (Floyd Theme / Battery Button / Options) and click on everything what you want to use: CPUSpeed, Show Mobile Operator, Show more indicators, Powerdrain, Temperature, Enable taskmanager, Count Call Times, Count SMS, Count Data traffic, Traylaunch etc.
After you installed v2.4 you got Full-Portrait version as default, just choose your favorite version. After that you can switch on/off the desired rows in Floyd theme (Battery button / Show Rows)
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Attentions:
- Before you use backlight toggle button (maybe only on Eten devices), first you need to run MVBklcfg only one, and after that will working theme's button.
- If you have a working installed MVBklight, but Floyd's backlight setting toggle not working (Eten's devices working with "BacklightLevel" "0-255", but e.g. HTC devices working with "Backlight" "0-10"), you can do two things:
1: In \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus\Floyd.xml you need to rename the "HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\BacklightLevel" entry to "HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\Backlight" or "HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\Brightness" with a text editor and save.
2: In \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus\Floyd\Smarttools\ try to rename Bklight_cycle*.mscr to Bklight_cycle.mscr
(Or you can configure the Bklight_cycle.mscr on your own wish with 0-10 or 0-255 scales.)
After these changes, Reload Theme and try again.
- If you tap button, clock or icon change button, you need to wait the end of the process (theme reloaded, CPU uses falled down), Its about 7-8 sec. on my device.
- Background Themes (tsk) or wallpapers are not included in Floyd, because my intention was the best variable HS++ theme. You can use your favorite tsks to the different clocks, just onhold on CPU usage toggle button and change your tsk.
- Toggle buttons paired with Inesoft Phone 4, If you use older v3 version, than you need to edit \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus\Floyd\Smarttools\Inesoft Favorite.mscr and Inesoft History.mscr to correct exe way. It's very easy I think.
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History:
v1.0 - first release
v1.1 - text color fix (in v1.0 the text color was always white, but e.g. at white background tsk it was not good. In v1.1 the text color = background theme's text color)
v1.2 - graphical corrections and appeared the Base version
v1.3 - compatible version with new BS: Homescreen PlusPlus UI v1.06
v1.4 - (Use with HS++ Build 0332-0333) ontap/onhold background fixed, fontweight bug fixed, use HS++ new animations 30 (Clock) and 31 (Notification and TodayAgenda rows)
v1.5 - (Use with HS++ Build 0334 or above) Animations: Cube to Clock and Plage Flip to the other rows. The two Notification rows are similar with 3 page. So no need to use two Notification rows for all functions (e.g.: if you want more free today screen). + Little bugfix
v1.6 - In notification pages change the font type, fix the counter position and counter text color always white, swap email button for favorites (or contact in Base version), + some button mods, add hide top and/or bottom bar (softkey bar) option (click on GSM signal button). Switchable Clock background to white clock types at white background themes (with icon style button).
v1.7 - Working GSM signal strength indicators and battery level icons.
v1.8 - bugfixed battery level icons under 30%, big update: 4 notification rows, 4 beautiful button types, 2 beautiful lamp icon types (in full versions), addin more arrow icons, PSShutXP with 4 skins, ShantzTodayChanger integration (cycle change the tsks from "My Documents" folder (change speed: 2 tsk / 1 minute, but you can configure the speed easy)). With Button, Icon and Clock changer buttons you can set 4x4x5 = 80! different variations in one theme!
v1.9 - First compatible version with localized Windows (not only english)! + Improved install method. +Missed Call button correction in Base versions.
v2.0 - Corrected Impact font install on localized Windows, Full versions compatibility with new name of Inseoft Address Book (Inesoft Phone from Beta6), if you signed in to MSN server you see it on the MSN notification button, Invisible feature: improved (more fingerfriendly) notification row leafing (left-right arrows), corrected appeared memory window (click 3rd button in first row)
v2.1 - Working PowerDrain,CPUSpeed,Temperature indicators and Incoming/Outgoing Calltimes/SMS and GPRS Data transfer counters. For fully variability, you can able to choose the new function rows in separate rows and/or under the Mobile Operator/Clock rows. Eten release contain the working calltimes/GPRS counters only.
v2.2 - Unit of PowerDrain, Temperature and CPUSpeed are switchable with a click and hold on these buttons. Two new clock types. Fingerfriendly bottom menu (just in "Full" versions) with 5 page: TodayAgenda - Alarm,Memory,Backlight - 28 (4x7) .png launcher icons (VGA: 96x96 pixels, QVGA: 48x48) with .lnk links - Quick handwrite notes - BSWeather with two City.
v2.3 - Changed "Full" versions only: beautiful leafable today calendar plugin integrated with month view, reduced Pocket Alarm field and Backlight icon went to launcher icons tab.
v2.4 - Only two Cab released: QVGA and VGA which are contains all of previous versions in portrait and landscape too! Small graphics changes in portrait versions too. Important! After you changed the screen orientation from portrait to landscape or landscape to portrait, first of all just click on CPU usage (%) button and wait 7-8 secs. This will set the correct xml and notestoday + todaycalendar settings to the new orientation!
v2.5 - Made for WVGA devices. Tested only on HTC HD2. Not use Pocket Alarm, because builtin alarm of WM6.5.5 absolutely fingerfriendly. Not use SantzTodayChanger, but use WaPaC. Not Use MVBklight because HD2 set the backlight automatically. And fix the 30 days August bug in builtin TodayCalendar plugin. Furthermore redesigned of TodayAgenda, TodayCalendar, Icons (28 to 44 icons!), NotesToday and Weather tabs to 216 pixels height to 316 pixels for WVGA.
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Downloads:
HS++ Theme Floyd v2.4 - QVGA.cab
HS++ Theme Floyd v2.4 - VGA.cab
HS++ Theme Floyd v2.5 - HD2.cab
My Floyd v2.5 icons and complete Quickicons dir with links
Launcher Icons (VGA and QVGA).zip
Weather Icons (VGA and QVGA).zip
Wallpapers (VGA).zip
Wallpapers (WVGA).zip
For more info see post: #3!
Sorry to ask but where to get the file MortScript to install?
continue of first post:
QVGA named versions works properly on all 240 pixels wide screens (QVGA, WQVGA) in portrait and landscape mode.
Contain 5 themes: Base-Portrait, Base-Landscape, Full-Portrait, Full-Landscape, Full-Landscape-WQVGA, Full-Eten-Portrait, Full-Eten-Landscape
VGA named versions works properly on all 480 pixels wide screens (VGA, WVGA) in portrait and landscape mode.
Contain 9 themes: Base-Portrait, Base-Landscape, Full-Portrait, Full-Landscape, Full-Landscape-WVGA, Full-Eten-Portrait, Full-Eten-Landscape, Full-DualSIM-Portrait, Full-DualSIM-Landscape
Full versions working with HS++ UI, Mortscript, TodayAgenda, Inesoft Phone, Exmsoft Pocket Alarm, MalVal MVBKlight,
Base versions need only HomeScreen PlusPlus UI and Mortscript.
Tsk Themes: Athena Project 3, Carbon, Diamond, Expea2, Prot'n, Silverado, Violet Beam
Just unzip tsks into your PDA's My Documents folder and after that onhold on CPU usage toggle button in Floyd and change your background theme.
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Known issues:
1. Unfortunately the top/bottom bar hide application not works properly with all of the WM6.1 ROMs. The problem is the \Windows\Shell32.exe file. I read a forum (#79) where many users changed the shell32.exe to the right version and after that hide bars worked good, but I tried too and the result was a hardreset...
VJToggleTodayIIAlpha is integrated in Floyd, but not works with all of the ROM's. So if it isn't work, try nuenobar too! nueNoBar v1.3 works with older and nuoNoBar v2.0 works with newer WM6.1 ROMs usually!
2. BSWeather sometimes not works, but there is a solution: just copy mikehappy's BSWeather.mscr and unpack and overwrite View attachment BSWeather.exe.zip to Homescreen PlusPlus\Floyd folder with same name and enjoy weather tab again!
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Tips and Tricks:
1. If you have an other working email account, not activesync outlook and you like to see it immediately when tap on email button:
You need to edit the \Program Files\HomeScreen PlusPlus\Floyd.xml file with a texteditor:
find and overwrite
Code:
ontap="InboxMail">
text to:
Code:
ontap="StartApp" path="\Windows\tmail.exe ::-service "[B]Your Email Account Name[/B]" -open"inbox"">
Copy and Paste this row and type your email account name case sensitively! Make this change on all of two ontap="InboxMail"> texts. After these changes save the xml file, reload Floyd theme and Voila
2. If you use full version, than in TodayAgenda settings have to set the plugin height to 216 (in case of VGA device) or 108 (QVGA).
After set the height, softreset your PDA and the vertical scrollbar on the right side missed
3. To setup BSWeather Cities after install, you need to edit Floyd\BSWeather.xml and set your favorite city with Name, Code and Units (english/metric). Search your City code in http://aspnetresources.com/tools/locid.aspx. I.e. code of Budapest: HUXX0002.
To update weather data: Click on big picture in center or click on "Last Update:" row.
To change between two city: click on City Name, or more fingerfriendly solution: if you are on City (1/2) click on little weather icons to City (2/2) and click on weather icon in bottom menu bar to City (1/2) again.
4. I uploaded 5 types of my favorites weather icon set. I resized them to Floyd theme VGA and QVGA too, only need overwrite the contain of Program Files\Homescreen PlusPlus\Floyd\Weather dir and reload theme.
5. For quick settings of the launcher .png icons and .lnk links, you can changes icon1-icon28.png and icon1-icon28.lnk in Floyd\Quickicons directory. Not need to use the slow solution with menu.
6. If you wrote in notestoday, save your notes before you go an other tab, anyway this will be automatically deleted if autosave (optional setting) is not worked yet.
7. If you changed the screen orientation from portrait to landscape or landscape to portrait, first of all just click on CPU usage (%) button and wait 7-8 secs. This will set the correct xml and notestoday + todaycalendar settings!
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Very nice work, the blue theme is awesome!
Awesome theme...wish it were for QVGA though
looks great. I wish there was QVGA as well. Well done
Is it possible to do up a QVGA version as well? Many Thanks.
cybertech said:
Is it possible to do up a QVGA version as well? Many Thanks.
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Well, I will do it in QVGA version too. 2 days about!
Will wait for the release. Thks.
Raulka said:
Well, I will do it in QVGA version too. 2 days about!
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cant wait this looks fantasic
Never mind.i posted in the wrong section. Great theme nonetheless.
I was supported by the great theme.
funy said:
cant wait this looks fantasic
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QVGA version ready to use! First post updated.
Wallpaper???
Does this come with a wallpaper as well? I have installed and it is fantastic but I can't fiond the wallpaper (blue theme).
Thanks
yshaikh01 said:
Does this come with a wallpaper as well? I have installed and it is fantastic but I can't fiond the wallpaper (blue theme).
Thanks
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The blue theme is one of my favorite and very good to NeonBlue clock. Floyd theme not included background themes (tsk) or wallpapers. Floyd is transparent and you can use your favorite background to your favorite clock type.. My intention was the best variable BS theme, and that's why Floyd not contain's backgrounds.
If you like the blue background, you can find it, but maybe it's only VGA (in Protn Todayscreen.rar):
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12890&highlight=proton
The most useful theme I use so far Raulka. Congrats.
Niet said:
The most useful theme I use so far Raulka. Congrats.
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Thanks Dude! It was lot of work..
First, thanks Raulka ... really produced the QVGA version in two days as promised.
Btw, I noticed that the QVGA version only come with the blue clock, and do not
have those HTC Diamond lookalike clock (as shown in your posted pictures)?
cybertech said:
First, thanks Raulka ... really produced the QVGA version in two days as promised.
Btw, I noticed that the QVGA version only come with the blue clock, and do not
have those HTC Diamond lookalike clock (as shown in your posted pictures)?
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Hi cybertech!
QVGA version is full, contains all type of clocks. Maybe you not installed Mortscript, or not pressed clock change button
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, or not wait enough time after pressed the button (7-8 sec).
I updated first post with v1.1
Great got it thanks for the effort.
New major version of Mobile Shell Manager and new thread for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689087
Please post any further questions, comments, whatever on the new thread and consider this one closed
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 4.08
For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x
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Featuring:
- New Finger Friendly Menu and Submenus
- Widgets Handling (Preview, Activation, Deactivation)
- Additional Lifestyle Panels (sliding background common to all such panels)
- Additional Professional Panels (fixed customizable background in every panel)
- Multi Language Support
- Contents Copy from one panel to another
- Panel Layout Backup
- Panels PageCount customization
- SpbWeather Panel Icon set Customization
- Mobile Shell Weather Panel Icon set Customization
- Bottom MenuBar customization
- Bottom MenuBar Backup (if you wish to save it before trying new ones)
- Quick links to standard Mobile Shell Panels
... and of course the countless widgets already in my libraries!
The version number will change only when there are updates to the Manager. All the other updates (as in new widgets libraries) will have only an update date without version number.
Also, every time a new Widgets Library will be released or an existing one will be updated, a new XML Definition File will be released too, so be sure to always have the latest one installed.
ChangeLog:
(19 May 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Themed Widgets Collection: Neon Silhouettes. The collection includes: Analog Clock, Digital Clock, Status, Battery, 7 Links
This release is a co-production by Jotha+Vostradamus
New Stuff Preview:
(14 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.08:
- Optimized activation and deactivation scripts: no more waiting for list reload after activating/deactivating a widget!
- New functions set: create/edit/delete changing pic widget.
The changing pic is a special widget to which users can assign a “pictures set” and it will automatically change picture at set intervals: daily, weekly, monthly… user’s choice as well as at what time the change will take place (please note that Mobile Shell will be automatically restarted for the picture change to take effect, so it’s advisable to choose an update time when the phone is likely not in use).
Users can create as many changing pictures widgets as they want, assigning them to different pictures sets and sizes to enhance screen customization possibilities.
Once created, changing picture widgets will be available as skins for a “current date” object, much like the backing panels.
Pictures sets will be released like widgets libraries, plus users can easily create their own ones following the tutorial written by Jotha (attached to this post, just scroll to the bottom)
Changing Pics Pic Sets:
- Animals (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Portrait, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
- Cars (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
- Nature (courtesy of Jotha, includes Small and Medium Square, Small and Medium Landscape layouts)
(The images in the abovementioned Pic Sets are taken from the web and should be public domain, should anyone know differently pls report it in the thread and the related pics will be removed)
(10 May 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New widgets library containing:
New Digital Clocks set: Clean Simple (available in white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yello) - (made on request)
New Analog Clocks set: Neon x Mskip WP7 Theme (available in white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
New Status set: Neon x Mskip WP7 Theme (available in white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
New Stuff Preview:
(06 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.07:
- BugFix: Invisible Large Menubar was not working correctly on qvga devices, now it's fixed
Widgets Libraries:
New very small "bonus" Widgets Library containing a small version of the Alien Vs Predator battery widget... made on request, and quickly released as an apology for the stupid bug on the qvga menubar lol
(05 May 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.06:
- Added menubar: Invisible Large Buttons – (made on request)
- Professional Home wallpaper can now be changed like the additional ProPanels (need to change its menubar at least once first, to enable the wallpaper customization)
- Added function to mass-import in one go ALL the widgets libraries stored inside a single folder - (made on request)
- Added function to customize the wallpaper on standard MS Panels (Time, Agenda, Weather, Contacts etc) Every panel can have its own background (portrait + landscape, like ProPanels).
(29 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery skins: Moon (large and small) - designed by Jotha
- New Status skin: Girls
- New Battery skin: Girls
- New Themed Widgets Collection: Alien vs. Predator (made on request)
- Widgets Set definition file for "Alien vs. Predator" (to activate/deactivate the whole set of widgets in one go)
New Stuff preview:
(26 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New contact skin size: tiny real (made on request)
- New Themed Widgets Collection: FIFA 2010 (result of a cooperation with everprecious forum user Jotha) - For the happiness of Soccer Lovers
- Widgets Sets definition files for "FIFA 2010" and "FIFA 2010 without panels" (to activate/deactivate all FIFA widgets in one go)
New Stuff preview:
(21 Apr 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Link skin: "Odd Small Hub": it's just the normal icon link, but correctly alignable with the small hubs - (made on request)
- New Borderless Picture Frame size: "smallest", to fit 3 hubs in a row, can be used together with the old and already available "large invisible link" - (made on request)
- New Status Icons skin: Bubble Large - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Reflection (large and small), available in White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow - (made partially on request)
(19 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.05:
- Added Widget-sets functions to:
1) Save widget set: saves the current activated widget list
2) Activate widget set: read a widget list file and activates all its widgets at once
3) Deactivate widget set: read a widget list file and deactivates all its widgets at once
- BugFix: sometimes some spb weather widgets showed up in the change list menu even after deactivation, this should be now fixed
- Modified activate and deactivate script so that “personal” registry subkeys can be used for user-made widgets
Widgets Libraries:
- Updated widgets library 20100415 to fix an issue with Bubble Status Icons
(15 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.04:
- Added function to inject any XML in qa_layouts.dat (can be useful as a tool for mods other than mine)
- Small BugFix: added missing confirmation message in the MS Panels Shortcuts creation function
- Added function to change the weather icons in MS Weather Panels. PLEASE NOTICE: this will ALSO change the weather icons used by default mobile shell weather widgets. Icon sets currently available: Spil and Stickers
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Status Icons skin: XWing - designed by Hans Heigenhauser
- new Status Icons skin: Bubble - counter only - (made on request)
- new Weather skin: HTCMoxy - (made on request)
- new Weather skin: Big Transparent (white and black) for skinnable weather widgets - only for Mobile Shell Weather
- new huge invisible link (2 of them to cover the whole screen) - (made on request)
- new borderless picture frame size: tiny (for small hubs) - (made on request)
- new small hub sized invisible link
- new small hub links collection (all the previously available hub links available in small size too)
New Stuff preview:
(02 Apr 2010)
Mobile Shell Manager 4.03:
- Changed “MS Panels” folder icon and Standard Panels Shortcut Icons
- Changed ProPanel creation script so that Pro Panels will have different icons from Lifestyle Panels
- Menubar in Main Professional panel now changeable like in all other panels
- Added Panel Backup function: every panel can be backed up (home lifestyle, home pro, additional panels) and restored singularly. The function makes a backup of the CONTENT of the panel, background and menubar will NOT be saved (of course they can still be changed after restoring a backup).
- small BugFix: panel removal function now correctly removes panel link in tools\ms panels
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Status icons: Thin Invisible (invisible with no incoming items, visibile text and red signal box with one or more incoming items. No counter shown) - (made on request)
- New Hub Links: Media, Music, Pictures, Video (available in white/cyan and black/cyan)
(31 Mar 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Digital Clocks set: Dogs (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
- New Links skins: JH Metal circle and JH Metal Square - (designed by H. Heigenhauser)
- New Backing Panels: JH Metal (available in 4 sizes) - (designed by H. Heigenhauser)
- New Status icons: Thin 2 (made on request)
- New Contacts skin: invisible (available in 4 sizes) - now you can use a picture frame even with a group picture as contacts! Just place invisible contacts over it!
- New Contacts skin: special icon - to be used assigning a default action and placing it over a normal contact picture (see example)
New Special MSkip Widgets Library containing:
- a selection of MSkip widgets prior to his WP7 themes (the selection includes analog clocks, digital clocks, weather, backing panels, picture frames) - (made on request)
New Stuff preview:
--- Older history in included doc ---
What is Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager?
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager is a serie of scripts to handle all my mods and widgets, keeping them comfortably on the storage card and “activating” them inside Mobile Shell only when you need them.
Please note that the widgets will use device memory ONLY when activated, otherwise they’ll be simply stored on the memory card.
This new way of managing my widgets is better than the previous one for several reasons:
- No more countless entries in the “uninstall programs” window
- Comfortable interface to activate/deactivate any widget, any time
- Possibility to activate widgets on single basis: for example you can activate just the red digital clock Cats if you want it, you don’t have to install the whole color package including the colors you don’t need….
- Optimized usage of device memory (see previous point)
PLEASE NOTE:
If you have any of my widgets version 2.xx, please do the following before installing the Widget Manager:
- Uninstall all my 2.xx widgets
- Uninstall my Tools package too if you have it
- Delete the registry key “HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\Spb.WidgetsZioGian”
How to install:
For the first install, you will need to download:
- Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
- Vostradamus Base Widgets Library (qvga or vga according to your device)
- (suggested but not required) Preview Images Library
- (suggested but not required) Additional Widgets Libraries, as many as you want
- Vostradamus XML Definition file
Now, how to proceed:
- Install Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager NOT ON DEVICE MEMORY. Just choose to install it on memory card or any additional memory your device has (that's because the Widgets Manager itself is not large, but the Widgets Libraries will be)
- Extract all the widgets library you downloaded anywhere on your device (but keep them all in the same folder)
- Extract the XML definition file in Widgets Manager folder
- Run Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
- Choose the "XML update" option from inside "Libraries" menu
- Wait for it to be done
- Choose the "Import Library Folder" option from inside "Libraries" menu
- Select the folder where you stored all the downloaded widgets libraries previously extracted
- Wait for it to be done (it may take a while, according to the number of libraries and their contents)
- Done! Now you can activate all the widgets you want (using the appropriate option)
(Of course I tested the software before releasing it, yet it's still possible that I could have missed some (minor?) bugs here and there, please bear with me and, in case you notice something odd, report it in this thread)
Any future widgets release will only include:
- Widgets Library Package with only the new additions
- Updated XML Definition File
so there will be no need to redownload everything all the times.
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Widgets Creation Tutorial
Hans Heigenhauser (Jotha on Xda) kindly prepared a detailed tutorial which will guide you through the steps needed to create a new Widget Skin to be used with Mobile Shell Manager.
The guide is about a Status Widget skin, but the steps are basically the same for the other widgets too
You can find the guide attached to this post (scroll to the bottom)
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Small guide for "Flash Junkies"
- Before flashing, make a backup copy of the "widgets" folder (it's inside Mobile SHell Manager main folder)
- After flashing (and reinstalling mobile shell of course) do the following
-- Reinstall Mobile Shell Manager
-- Reupdate the XML Definition file
-- Restore the backed up Widgets folder inside Mobile Shell Manager
Done, all the widgets libraries you had before flashing are back there in their place
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Special Thanks to the donors:
- V. Carletti
- A. Stephen
- M. T. Hernandez
- SG Technical Consulting
- Mike (powercat1)
- Alienking70
- C. Morrison
- E. Fayolle
- La Baula Supportings
- C. Tran (twice!)
- J. Koutsouris
- Margez (real name removed on request)
- C.R. Moya
- S. Leding
- K. Oakeshott
- U. Passerini
- H. Dreesen
- M. Hankel
- H. E. Husmann
- W. Jackson
- H. Heigenhauser
- R. Haltmeier
- P. Chavez (twice!)
- A. Tomilov
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Credits:
Credits for the image viewer (EzViewer) used for the widgets previews go to Nishimura Masataka (http://masataka.sakura.ne.jp/)
Credits for the Ferrari and TAG HEUER Carrera clocks go to WhiskeyBro
Many thanks to jgjackson for his detailed post about additional panels which I used as a source of inspiration and starting guideline for the add/remove panel feature
Credits for the SPIL Weather icons go to Stephen Peterkin
Credits for the Diamond Weather icons go to BeyondInfinity
Many thanks to Hans Heigenhauser (jotha on XDA) for his widgets included in this package and his cooperation in creating cool stuff
Credits for the Stickers Weather icons go to KorToIk (http://kortoik.deviantart.com/)
Credits for the Stardock Weather icons go to http://www.stardock.com See its homepage for usage permission.
Many thanks to Gunther Willems (http://users.skynet.be/gunther.willems) for giving me the idea of using rar to automatically import my xml into qa_layouts.dat and letting me use his script for reference
Credits for the "line" format of the birthdays widget goes to matthewhypolite, I just modified it to be a skin
of the already existing widget instead of a widget on its own, and added the different colors.
Credits for the idea of the "compact" calendar/tasks layout goes once again to matthewhypolite, I just recreated the same layout implementing it as a skin of the already existing widget and added the different colors.
Credits for the Invisible Links go to jgjackson, I added them to my package to fulfill a user's request to have them in a single widget cab.
Installation instructions included in a doc file inside the zip.
great work
gotz said:
great work
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Thanks!!
Since when I first installed Mobile Shell 3 I wondered why the guys at Spb didn't give us the chance to change the font color... there are a lot of great backgrounds out there, but we need different font colors in order to use the light colored ones, otherwise all the texts would be unreadable.
I was hoping for them to release a patch for this with MS3.5, but they didn't so I thought "Oh well, I'll stop being lazy and I'll do it myself"
Glad to see that I'm being useful for someone else too
Released Ver 1.51, see first post for updates
Enjoy!
Looks fine .....
Does it works for VGA ?
abumhmmd1 said:
Looks fine .....
Does it works for VGA ?
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Some of the mods could, surely not all of them, and they're not tested/ready for vga yet.
I plan to prepare a vga/wvga package too sooner or later, but I can't exactly say when yet (hopefully it won't take me too long though)
(W)VGA Finally!
Released version 1.52, this time for (W)VGA too!!!
Check first post for changes.
(W)VGA version has to be tested, I converted my mods for (w)vga devices, but not having one at hand I can't test it.
Anyone willing to try it pls report in this thread if it's working correctly.
Enjoy!
great job Man !!!
thanks
darkyannick said:
great job Man !!!
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Thanks!
Vga version tested and working
Reg Entries
I have imported registry entries before and use either Dot Fred or Total Commander, but how does one apply the .reg entries in the zip file? Thanks for the help!
hidden_dragon said:
I have imported registry entries before and use either Dot Fred or Total Commander, but how does one apply the .reg entries in the zip file? Thanks for the help!
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Of course you have to extract them from the zip before applying them
You can use whatever import method you're most used to... personally, I like to use CeRegEditor, it's a nice free software that allows you to work on your device registry remotely from your pc while it's connected through activesync (or mobile device center on Vista).
If you want to give it a try, here's the link: http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ but any other method can be ok too
Just curious: you said you've used Total Commander... how do you import .reg files with it? I love total commander, but I really couldn't find how to do it, if not editing the registry manually, but that's kind of uncomfortable for large edits
Vostradamus said:
Of course you have to extract them from the zip before applying them
You can use whatever import method you're most used to... personally, I like to use CeRegEditor, it's a nice free software that allows you to work on your device registry remotely from your pc while it's connected through activesync (or mobile device center on Vista).
If you want to give it a try, here's the link: http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ but any other method can be ok too
Just curious: you said you've used Total Commander... how do you import .reg files with it? I love total commander, but I really couldn't find how to do it, if not editing the registry manually, but that's kind of uncomfortable for large edits
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Thanks for this...the software helped. But to import using Total Commander, you simply copy the file(s) into the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. I think I figured out why this didn't work using TC or Dot Fred -- the reg files were written for a PC which is why they weren't recognized (at least that was the message I got when I used the software you recommended above).
hidden_dragon said:
Thanks for this...the software helped. But to import using Total Commander, you simply copy the file(s) into the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. I think I figured out why this didn't work using TC or Dot Fred -- the reg files were written for a PC which is why they weren't recognized (at least that was the message I got when I used the software you recommended above).
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Uhm, that may be the case, dunno for sure 'cause I always use CeRegEditor and ignoring that message (I got it too) everything works fine every time
Colored fonts!
Thank you...this is great having colored icons to match the appropriate light or dark-colored wallpaper!!!
hidden_dragon said:
Thank you...this is great having colored icons to match the appropriate light or dark-colored wallpaper!!!
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you're welcome!
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
Released version 2.0
See first post for download and details
Enjoy!!
hsmcd said:
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
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I just released version 2.00, the installation procedure is a bit different (should be faster and easier). Take a look at it and try to follow the included instructions
If you still have problems/doubts feel free to ask
hsmcd said:
This is really a good idea!
but i am a bit confused
i have used winzip 12.i add both files qa_layouts.dat and WidgetsZioGian.xml add to zip file, later i renamed to qa_layouts.dat and added to device.
i run the registry.i soft reseted, no difference is shown. There is no information on how to change color of text and other
Please kindly help me out
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To change skin colors, simply edit your current layout, then go into the Time widget (for example), then choose change skin...you should have a much larger selection.
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager 5.07
For Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.x
{
"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"
}
Featuring:
- Widgets Handling (Preview, Activation, Deactivation)
- Additional Lifestyle Panels (sliding background common to all such panels)
- Additional Professional Panels (fixed customizable background in every panel)
- Mobile Shell Panels Background customization
- Multi Language Support
- Contents Copy from one panel to another
- Panel Layout Backup
- Panels PageCount customization
- SpbWeather Panel Icon set Customization
- Mobile Shell Weather Panel Icon set Customization
- Bottom MenuBar customization
- Bottom MenuBar Backup (if you wish to save it before trying new ones)
- Quick links to standard Mobile Shell Panels
- Countless widgets (and growing!)
Click for Preview Images
Layout Examples Images (larger than picasa)
ChangeLog:
(08 Jul 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new Battery widgets skin: Glass Wide - (made on request)
(09 May 2011)
Special Library: "Naong Special" (for vga and wvga only).
It includes the widgets from Naong's Mobile Sense theme and also his Mobile Sense Menubar (made into a 1 button advanced menubar)
All credits for the graphics go to Naong, of course.
Credits also included in the library itself.
The library does not contain preview images for the widgets, so don't worry if they do not show up in the "Preview Widget" menu of MsM: they will be there in the "Activate Widget" menu.
(21 Feb 2011)
Advanced Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing new "Curve Pink" adv menubar - (made on request)
(16 Feb 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new Status widgets skin: Labels Pink - (made on request)
(14 Feb 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new color for the Big Box Rounded Link skin: Pink, both normal and empty link - (made on request)
- new color for the Hearts Link skin: Pink - (made on request)
(31 Jan 2011)
Widgets Libraries:
New tiny little Widgets Library containing:
- new Weather skin: Location (only shows the set Location for MS weather widget, available in black and white text) - (made on request)
(29 Sep 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Link skin: DateLike (same graphics as the standard current date widget) - (made on request)
- New Colors for "Neon" Status Widget: Gold and Orange (made on request)
- New Colors for "Modern Combo" digital clock: Gold and Orange (made on request)
- New Colors for "Small Box Original" link skin: Gold and Orange (made on request)
- New Status Widget: Invisible 2 (same graphics as standard status widget, but visible only with incoming items. No counter) - (made on request)
- New additional versions for the "Glass" digital clocks, keeping the leading 0 on 1digit hours (made on request)
(05 Aug 2010) ---> Last update before my holidays
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- new Digital Clock set: HTCFont Large (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
- new Links set: Blocky (White, Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow) - (made on request)
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Curved Black" advanced menubar - (made on request)
(30 Jul 2010)
MsM 5.07:
- Extended Advanced Menubar usage to 240x240 and 320x320 devices. All currently available advanced menubars converted to work on these devices too
IMPORTANT: installing version 5.07 alone is not enough to make menubars work on square screen devices, you also need to download and import either the latest menubar library or the updated full library
- Optimized menubar change script
- BugFix: sometimes while activating a menubar the available menubars could show up in the wrong order. Fixed
- BugFix: sometimes when activating the last widget of a category it could remain in the list even after activation. Fixed.
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Libraries containing all the current advanced menubars updated to work on square screen devices
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Status Widgets Set: Pro (same graphics as the Professional one, number box with different colors: Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow) - (made on request)
- New Status Widgets: Empty (completely invisible status widgets, available in 2 sizes) - (made on request)
- New Status Widget: Plain (made on request)
- New Battery Widget: Plain Vertical (made on request)
- New Digital Clock Skin: Date Numbers (only shows the month/day numbers, no time) - (made on request)
- New Current Date Skin: Day Name (only shows the day name, no number or month) - (made partially on request)
(26 Jul 2010)
Widgets Libraries:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Link Skin: Glass Circle, also empty (made on request)
- New Link Skin: Glass Hexagon, also empty (made on request)
- New Backing Panel: Glass Large (made on request)
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Curve" advanced menubar (made partially on request)
(19 Jul 2010)
MsM 5.06:
- Support for Advanced Menubars with MS icons
- BugFix: activating/deactivating the last widget of a category was making the last-but-one disappear from the list for no reason. Fixed.
- Added function for automatic scheduled change of Lifestyle Home wallpaper. It can be scheduled daily, weekly or monthly and it chooses a new random jpg wallpaper from a user-chosen folder.
Best (and easiest to find on the net) sizes for wallpapers are:
----- Desktop Wallpaper size if you have a widescreen device (WVGA – WQVGA)
----- Widescreen Desktop Wallpaper size if you have a non-widescreen device (VGA – QVGA)
Menubar Libraries:
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Spb Style" advanced menubar (same graphics of the standard spb one, but with 1 to 4 customizable links with spb icons)
- "Icon Buttons" advanced menubar (1 to 4 customizable glass buttons with spb icons)
(14 Jul 2010)
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- Black & White Hub Links skin set (Agenda, Apps, Games, Grandkids, Home, Internet, Media, Music, People, People2, Pictures, Settings, Video, Weather, Work) - (made on request)
- New Empty Link skin set: Neon Empty Big (White, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Yellow, Magenta) - designed by Jotha, sized to accomodate a "small" sized contact widget
- New Special Combined Widget: Neon Silhouette Combo (battery, analog clock, weather) - designed by Jotha
Menubar Library:
New Menubar Library containing:
- new manubar: No Text 3 Buttons (links to launcher, agenda, contacts) - (made on request)
(07 Jul 2010)
MsM 5.05:
- Enabled spb task manager during MsM installation
- Panel Wallpaper functions now remember the last selected folder
- Raised max selectable pagecount to 9
- Extended “Change Pagecount” function to Lifestyle Home and Professional Home screens
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery Skin: Status Pro 5% (looks like the "status pro" one, works better on devices with a 10% steps battery driver) - (made on request)
- New Status Skins: Glass Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow (made on request)
- New Analog Clock Skin: Doc3000 gtx (thanks to Doc3000 for this clock) - (made on request)
- New Weather Skin: Neon Silhouette 2 - designed by Jotha
- New Contact Skin: Extra Small - fits nicely on empty glass and neon links - designed by Jotha
- New Battery Skin: Glass 2 (made on request)
(30 Jun 2010)
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Battery: White/Gray Dots (made on request)
- New Battery: Status Pro (made on request)
- New Link skin: Special Audio (to be used for the profile widget) - (made on request)
- New Panels: Time (2 sizes) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Reflection Medium (white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock set: Date Only (white, black, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clock skin: Glass Date Line
- New Current Date skin: Glass Square
- New Panel2: Glass Big Square (2 sizes)
- New: Full Libraries now contain everything (widgets, menubars, advanced menubars, ms weather icon sets, spb weather icon sets). Only things left out are the pic-sets (this is to avoid too large files to download)
(23 Jun 2010)
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Digital Clock: TimePanel (lookalike of the one in the Time panel) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clocks set: Neon 7 Segments Medium (white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Digital Clocks set: Neon 7 Segments Small (white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
- New Hub Link skin: Grandkids - (made on request)
- New Status Widget skin: Dark Transparency with Red on incoming items - (made on request)
- New Battery: Neon Silhouette 2 (designed by Jotha)
- New Themed Widgets Set: Glass. The set includes:
--- Analog clock
--- Digital clock (2 sizes)
--- Battery
--- Status
--- Link
--- Empty Link
--- 2 Backing panels
(18 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.04:
- Added Task Manager to the panels list for the SPB Panel Wallpaper function
- Inject Any XML function now remembers the last used folder
- Added Lifestyle Home, Professional Home and all user-defined panels to the possible options for Advanced Menubars
- When selecting one of the above panels as a function for the menubar, MsM will ask if it needs to work in “Link” or “Carousel” mode. Difference is:
----- Link mode: opens like tapping on a shortcut. The panel can be closed with windows mobile “x” button. Do not use Search, Facebook and Twitter widgets on a panel you plan to reach this way ‘cause they would act weird
----- Carousel mode: opens like reaching the panel via carousel. The panel can’t be “closed”, if you wish to leave it you need to tap on another link or to use the carousel. Search, Facebook and Twitter widgets works normally on a panel reached this way.
Menubars Library:
New Menubar Library containing:
- "Invisible 2" menubar
- "Invisible Large 2" menubar
These are the same as the invisible and invisible large ones, but the invisible button links to the launcher instead of the carousel.
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "ButtonsNumber" menubar. Thin, clean look for a menubar with up to 8 buttons!
(11 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.03:
- Update for MS 3.5.5 compatibility
Widgets Library:
New Widgets Library containing:
- New Hub Link Skin: People2 - (made on request)
- New Weather Skin: Neon Silhouette - (designed by Jotha)
- New Link Skin Set: Neon Silhouette 2 (new colors/silhouettes) - (designed by Jotha)
- Fix for QVGA "line" birthday widget where the contact text in case of no picture available was misplaced
Menubars Library
New Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "NeonButtons" menubar
(08 Jun 2010)
Additional Languages:
Uploaded Dutch language file for version 5.02. Translations provided by Jaco van Dieren
(07 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.02:
- Added Advanced Menubars handling. Advanced Menubars are menubars with a variable number of customizable buttons (1 to 4 plus side buttons).
- Fixed a small issue which could sometimes prevent the correct creation of a subfolder during installation.
Menubars Library:
New (first) Advanced Menubar Library containing:
- "Simple" menubar
- "Star Wars" menubar
(03 Jun 2010)
Menubars Library:
New Menubar Library containing:
- new "Shelf" menubar
- new "Neon" menubar
(01 Jun 2010)
MsM 5.01b
Looks like I forgot a file while building version 5.01, here's the fixed version sorry for the inconvenience
(31 May 2010)
MsM 5.01:
- Added Full Backup/Restore function to backup the whole current mobile shell configuration: activated widgets, additional panels, menubars, custom backgrounds, custom widgets added through the manager and so on. Due to the wholeness of the backedup data, Backups created with this function will be restorable only on the same Mobile Shell version.
- Import Library function now remembers the last used folder
- Create Shortcuts – MS Panels function now also creates a shortcut to Mobile Shell Task Manager. This is required for the “thin 2” menubar to work
- Small fix on credits visualization
Menubars Library:
New Menubar library containing:
- "Thin 2" menubar - Same looks as the "Thin" one, different links. Requires running "Create Shortcuts - MS Panels" function in MsM first to enable the task manager. - (made on request)
- "Side Buttons Original" - Side buttons (carousel and menu) with the looks of the original ones, nothing in between them. Whole screen height available for widgets. - (made on request)
(26 May 2010)
- MsM 5.00 released
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If you like my work and think it's useful, please consider donating even a small amount, it will help keeping me (and my cat) motivated. I spend a lot of time on this stuff, and every sign of appreciation, no matter how big or small, is more than welcome
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Download links:
*MediaFire*
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
if you have issues with the above link, try the following mirror:
*4Shared*
Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager
Other stuff attached to this post:
- Widgets Creation Tutorial (by Jotha)
- Working with Changing Pics (by Jotha)
- Default PRO backgrounds (should you ever need them again after changing them)
FAQs: yeah, they live!
If you have a doubt or a question, please try reading the FAQs in the second post before posting: a lot of common questions and doubts have been answered in there already, so it will be easier for you all to look for your answers and you won't have to wait for someone's reply
Special Thanks to the donors:
- Mike (powercat1) - (Twice!)
- R. Rojas
- A. Szadura
- O. A. Gomez Reyes
- C. Ciobanu
- L. Brunori
- A. Ottaviani
- M. Carlson
- M. Zimmerman
- B. Permuy
- Nickmo20
- K. Hockin
- C. Boerma
- dansia47
- poppscc
- D. Livanos
- W.T. Millea Jr
- Sulster (twice!)
- G. Blevins
- C. Tran (three times!)
- F. O. Önder
- V. Carletti
- A. Stephen
- M. T. Hernandez
- SG Technical Consulting
- Alienking70
- C. Morrison
- E. Fayolle
- La Baula Supportings
- J. Koutsouris
- Margez (real name removed on request)
- C.R. Moya
- S. Leding
- K. Oakeshott
- U. Passerini
- H. Dreesen
- M. Hankel
- H. E. Husmann
- W. Jackson
- H. Heigenhauser
- R. Haltmeier
- P. Chavez (twice!)
- A. Tomilov
Credits:
I placed the credits inside MsM itself, please bear with me if I don't write them in here too... trying to keep this post shorter than The Lord of the Rings
FAQ for Vostradamus MSM 5.0
Vostradamus asked me to compile some answers to frequently asked questions about his Mobile Shell Manager. Reading them carefully will help you avoiding unnecessary problems and help us avoiding unnecessary answers on unnecessary support questions. This is a compilation of questions posted to all versions of MSM (also from the original Thread). The answers however are always adapted to the latest version of MSM.
If you find it useful, please hit the "Thanks"-Button on the bottom of the FAQ. Thank you.
Installation:
- Will it work with my device?
MSM at the moment works only on Mobile Shell for Windows Mobile. It is not planned to port it on another platform.
It works
Perfectly with:
QVGA (320x240 Pixels)
WQVGA (400x240 Pixels)
VGA (640x480 Pixels)
WVGA (800x480 Pixels)
With Restrictions with:
Square 240x240 Pixels (Standard-Menubars do not work, Advanced menubars and all the rest work)
Square 320x320 Pixels (Standard-Menubars and maybe Weather Icon Set Change do not work, Advanced menubars and all the rest work)
Unknown with:
HVGA (480x320 Pixels) (We have no means of testing that. Could work like the square 320x320 Devices, but we can not guarantee that)
- What do I need for the first install
You have to download the Manager Installation File at first. It’s called “Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager x.xx.zip”, where x.xx is the version number. If you unzip it, you have the cab-file for installation.
Then you need at least one of the following things:
If you want to use Vostradamus widgets you need a widget library. If you are using MSM 5.0 for the first time, you should download the complete package, named “MSM Full widgets library (xxx).wzg”, where xxx stand for your screen resolution. It is large, but it has the advantage of having ALWAYS all released widgets in it. If you are not sure which resolution you need, look some questions further. You can also go into the “Incremental libraries”-folder of your resolution and download only the base-library and/or an update-file of your choice. Which widgets are in which update-library can be seen on the widgets preview page. It is reachable via the first post of this thread.
If you want to use the MSM to change the Menubar of Mobile Shell, you have to download a Menubar library. They are in the “MenuBars libraries”-folder. Here there is also a base-library and eventual updates. In this case there is no difference between the resolutions. One size fits all . Again you can see on the preview page (reachable via the first post of this thread) which Menubars are in which library.
If you want to use “ChangingPics”, you have to download one or more “Pic-Sets-Libraries”, again from the folder of your resolution. Because of the size, every Pic-Set is a different file. See the preview-page (reachable via the first post of this thread) for contents. If you don’t know what “ChangingPics” are, see the Chapter “Usage”.
- There are widgets for VGA and QVGA. Which do I need?
That depends on the resolution of your Phone:
1. Non-Square-Screens:
QVGA / WQVGA is for every phone with a screen width (in portrait mode) of 240 Pixels. Also Phones with a screen width of 320 (HVGA 480x320) could work with that resolution with some restrictions. (see first Topic in this chapter).
VGA/WVGA is for phones with a screen width (in portrait mode) of 480 Pixels.
2. Square Screens:
Phones with a square screen with a size of 240 or 320 Pixels should use the QVGA-Versions.
- Where do I store that?
Regarding the size if the libraries, which can reach more than 50MB, you should put them somewhere on the storage card. You will only need them during installation, so just remember where they are. After the installation you can delete them from the card. It would be wise to keep them somewhere on the PC though, to avoid having to download them again when you change phones for instance.
- How do I make the first install?
At first you have to install the Mobile Shell Manager itself. This is done by starting the cab-file with your preferred File Manager.
Please ONLY INSTALL THE MANAGER ON THE STORAGE CARD. The Widget and Pic-Set libraries will be installed into the manager-folder and can be huge! Your phone would run out of memory probably already during installation if you install it into phone memory. There is no need to install it into phone-memory, because only activated widgets will be copied into the Mobile-Shell folder in Phone Memory by the Manager itself.
After Installation, start the Manager via the Program Icon.
Before doing anything, please read the section about navigating in MSM further down in these FAQ.
The next thing to do is to import all the downloaded Libraries. Choose the first Menu-Item “Libraries” and pick “OK”. Now either choose “Import Library” or “Import Library Folder”. If you have more libraries to import and they are all stored in one folder, the second option does them all at once.
If you have only one library (an update for instance), use the first option. Depending of the size of the library this may take a while. (On a fast HTC HD2, the base widget library takes about 8 minutes).
Now you are set to activate the widgets/menu-bars/pic-sets you want to use.
- What is activation of widgets for and how do I activate widgets?
Activation of widgets makes them finally available in Mobile shell. It copies the graphics to the Mobile Shell folder on your phone, makes the necessary registry entries and injects the necessary definition-files into the appropriate files of Mobile Shell.
Activating widgets: Choose the Menu-Item “Widgets”. There choose “Activate”. In the following list choose what type of widget you want to use in Mobile Shell and press “OK”. If there are more widget groups for the same widget type (like Links1, 2, 3…) look on the preview page (reachable via the first post of this thread). Here the folder of each widget is described. Now choose the widget you want to activate. It takes some seconds and the activation is finished.
- Can I just activate all of the widgets in one step?
No, and that’s by design, because you wouldn’t want to (at least not with the devices available now). As you have seen downloading the widgets, even the compressed base widget-collection is more than 75 MB. Uncompressed in MS it would be even more, but this time not on the storage card, but in valuable Device-Memory, which would most certainly render your device unusable. Furthermore the skin list in MS would become ridiculous long, filled with skins you will not use. So look for the ones you probably use and only activate them. If you have found your optimal set, use the option “Save Widget-Set” to save that state. After a reinstall you can use “Restore Widget Set” to activate all of them at once.
- How do I update to a newer Manager Version?
If you have any widgets version 2.xx, please do the following before installing the Widget Manager:
- Uninstall all 2.xx widgets
- Uninstall Tools package too if you have it
- Delete the registry key “HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\Spb.WidgetsZioGian”
If you have already installed any version of Mobile Shell Manager, download the new cab and install it. All of your settings will be preserved.
- I need to free memory. How do I get rid of widgets?
If you want to deactivate a widget, be sure that you do not use it anymore on any page or panel of Mobile Shell. Then, in MSM, choose “Widgets” and “Deactivate Widget”. From the list, choose the widget you want to deactivate and click “OK”.
Usage:
- How do I navigate in the Manager?
The Mobile Shell Manager is based on MortScript, a script language for Windows Mobile. Though being rather powerful, it has some restrictions. The most sincere for our purpose, is that we cannot intercept and react on the close “X” of Windows Mobile.
Therefore you MUST NEVER leave the Manager via the Close-X of Windows, but ALWAYS via the “Exit” Menu-Item in the Manager.
So always navigate back to the Start-Screen of the Manager, choose “Exit” and click “OK”. Then the Shell will be automatically restarted (if necessary) and all is well.
If you have accidentally closed the shell via the “X” look at the trouble-shooting section.
- How do I get those widgets on the screen?
As those “widgets” are in reality tweaked skins for widgets that already exist in Mobile Shell, you choose them via the “change Skin”-Option in Mobile Shell. So if you want a Vostradamus weather widget, just insert a weather widget via the normal Mobile Shell procedure. Then choose “Change Skin” and choose the Vostradamus widget you want. Of course it is only in the list when activated before (see “Installation”-Chapter further up the FAQ). A specialty are “Panels” and “Changing Pics”. As those do not exist in Mobile Shell, but are “tweaked” Date-Widgets, you find them as skins under the Date-Widget.
- What are “Changing Pics” for, and how do I use them?
“Changing Pics” is a “script enhanced widget” that changes a picture on the screen periodically. It uses a so called Pic-Set that can be provided by the user. Every info you need concerning Pic-Sets, you find in my Tutorial that is provided for download on the first post of this thread.
- What are Widget Sets and how do I use them?
Widget sets are groups of widgets that can be activated/deactivated en bloc. We have already provided some “widget sets” in the libraries, choosen after a common “Theme”, like “Neon”, “Transparency”, “Girls” and so on. Additionally the user can define all of the widgets he has currently activated as a “widget set” and thus reinstall that set very quickly. That comes handy, when you want to experiment a bit, but be able to get back to your standard widgets later.
Please be advised that this function does not save the widgets position, not even if they are really used on the screen somewhere. It’s just a list of the activated widgets. The commands for handling the widget sets are in the “Widget”-Menu.
- What are Panels and how do I use them?
Panels are additional “Pages” for Mobile Shell, adding space to put widgets there. MS and therefore also MSM have 2 types of Pages: Lifestyle and Professional.
The main difference between them is the handling of background pictures: All lifestyle panels share the same background picture. If you have 5 lifestyle pages aside, this picture is scrolled horizontally with the pages. Each professional panel has its own BG-Picture. Another difference is that from a Pro-Panel you can scroll down to the normal Lifestyle-Screen of MS (though not back “up”). From an additional Lifestyle-Panel you have to use the carousel or a link to go back.
To reach a user-defined Panel you can use the links that the manager provides under the “Extras”-Folder in Mobile shell. Here you find a group called MS-Panels in which they can be found.
Everything concerning Panels can be managed under the corresponding Menu-Item.
- MSkip has that second Fav-Contacts Page, why not MSM?
The aforementioned panels are a more than adequate replacement for that.
Just add a panel with 1,3,5 pages and call it "contacts" or whatever. Place a link to it on your screen and you are done.
You can even place an invisible link to it over the existing link to the "normal" favorites, replacing it completely.
If you use professional panels, you can even swipe back to Start with a "Down"-swipe.
- How can I change the background of the Standard Pro Panel?
The MS Standard Pro Panel initially does not show up in the list of Pro Panels if you want to change the background for those. After you used the function "Change Menu Bar" at least once, the Standard Pro Panel is available to change its background. So even if you want to keep your menubar as it is, but want to change the Standard Pro Panels BG do the following: Use the Function "Change Menu Bar" (even if you select the standard menu bar) and proceed to the Function "Change Pro Background".
- What problems can arise when using a "Full Backup"
The Full-Backup-Function does backup everything that is created AND managed by Mobile Shell. The most prominent things that are NOT backuped are assigned ringtones and contact pictures. They are part of pocket-outlook and thus not accessible for us. Also not backuped is the MSM-directory on the storage card (in fact the full backup is also placed in that directory). But that should not be a problem, because the card is not affected by a phone reinstall and it can easily be backuped by simple file-copy to your PC.
Possible Problems with and after restoring a full Backup:
- If between backup and restore you changed contacts that are used in Mobile Shell (in a widget or the favorites) they will dissapear. This is especially the case if you have made a new activesync connection because of flashing the phone or changing your PC. Then all contacts are gone from Mobile Shell.
- The same is true for links when you reinstalled the programs to a different place than before.
- If you have updated your Mobile Shell to a new version, a backup that was created before cannot be restored. (MSM can be changed of course).
- What are those "Invisible" widgets for?
Invisible widgets (available as links and contacts atm) are a means to create a link to a program or contact using another picture or icon than the provided one.
Imagine you want to use another sms-program than the one from Mobile Shell. Then you place an invisible link to your program over the status widget for SMS. A touch on the status then starts your program without showing its icon.
Another example: Create a panel with a background-picture of a family meeting. Then place invisible contacts of the different family members over the faces of the respective persons on the pic. Thus you can create a "different" contacts favorites page.
You can also place links you do not want to show everyone (maybe the link that unlocks a hidden and locked partition of your memory card, or a link to a textfile that stores some codes and passwords) invisibly on the screen or disguised as a link to something totally different.
Troubleshooting:
- I have updated Mobile Shell to a new version or reinstalled Mobile Shell. Now Vostradamus widgets do not work anymore. What can I do?
Mobile Shell does ovcerwrite its XML-Files during installation, thus destroying the modifications MSM has made to them. So every change MSM has made to the Mobile Shell must be made again. Use the “Restore XML-Function” in the Libraries-Item of the Manager. Then all of your widgets will work as previously.
Unfortunately a reinstall/update also deletes all information about additional panels you created, and for them there is no restore method . So you must recreate them.
- I have accidentaly installed another Add-On to Mobile Shell (Mskip, Sense, …) after MSM. Now it does not work anymore. What can I do?
Almost every other Add-On to Mobile Shell simply replaces essential MS-Files with their own, thus destroying the modifications MSM has made to them. So every change MSM has made to the Mobile Shell must be made again. The first step back to normality is using the “Restore XML-Function” in the Libraries-Item of the Manager. Then at least the widgets should work again. Then you have to restore the menu-bar if you had a modified one. The next step would be to delete all “Changing Pics”-Widgets if you use some of them and to recreate them. Then they should work again. The worst would be that additional panels would most probably be beyond repair. So you’d have to recreate them. I have experienced that after recreation with the same name a single panel was exactly like I left it before deletion. But that is not guaranteed , it could have been coincidence.
What I would do in this case is restore the xml, save the widgets-set, uninstall the manager and the shell and begin from scratch. But this time install the other Add-On (if you really, really need it) before the MSM. Please be advised that the same thing will happen if you uninstall that other add-on, as it most probably will replace the files of the shell with the original ones, thus also destroying the Vostradamus-Add-Ons.
- I have closed the manager via Close-X. Now nothing works anymore. What can I do?
For reasons mentioned before, leaving the manager via the Close-X of windows leaves the scripts in an unstable condition. You can either open the task manager and switch back to the Manager-Task (if still there), or you perform a soft-reset of the phone. Then all should be well again.
- I can't use any buttons in the picture preview
As the picture preview is an external program it has limited functionality in MSM. You can only view one widget (turn and zoom it) and close it again. This is because there is always only one preview pic in each widget folder, therefore the "forward" and "back" buttons do not find additional pics in that folder.
- I activated widgets, they show up in the change skin list, but when I use them, nothing happens
This can have 2 reasons:
1. You have downloaded and used the widgets library for the wrong screen resolution (QVGA/VGA). Please refer to the first section of this FAQ for the needed resolution and redownload this. Then deactivate all activated widgets, uninstall MSM, delete the Vostradamus directory on your storage card under "Programs". reinstall MSM, import the right library and activate the widgets.
2. There has been a problem with the import of the XML file. This seems to happen sometimes with certain phone-types/ROMs. You can easily repair this. Just use "Restore XML" under "Libraries" in the MSM.
About Additional Widgets:
- Can I create my own widgets and use them inside MSM?
You can create your own widgets if you have some graphics skills and basic knowledge of XML/ini-files. As an example we have provided a tutorial for creating status widgets and using them with the MSM. You can download it on the first post of this thread. If you master that one, the transfer to other widget types should not be so hard.
- Why are there no real “New” Widgets that add additional functionality in this Add-On?
Unfortunately Spb-Softwarehouse, the maker of Mobile Shell, has not provided a Software Development Kit or any definition of the interface to Mobile Shell widgets. Thus it is impossible for external developers to create really “new” stuff.
- Can I have status widgets that are invisible when there is a "0"
Unfortunately not. The status widget consists of a graphical part and a numerical part. The graphical part differentiates between "nothing there" and "something there", therefore that one can be made invisible when there is no entry. But the numerical part is either shown always or never. So you can't hide a "0" and show everthing else.
The only way to come near that wish would be a status widget without any numbers. You could only see whether there are entries then, not how many. You also can't choose the color of the numerical part, it's always white. Only God and SPB know why.
Other:
- Can I use MSM with other Add-Ons to Mobile Shell
Yes you should not run into troubles. But you have to consider the following. Contrary to MSM, most other Add-Ons work “destructive”, i.e. replace MS-Files with their own, thus also killing the modifications the Mobile Shell Manager makes. So, if you MUST use another package also, install that one FIRST, and THEN the MSM. Also, do not uninstall the other Add-On after installing the MSM.
There is no 100% guarantee, as we cannot guarantee that other Add-Ons play to the rules and do not change additional things and so cause trouble with MSM. So make a backup before you use MSM to change panels, backgrounds and menu-bars if you have another package installed also.
- How do I donate and why should I do that?
If you like Vostradamus’ work and think it's useful, please consider donating even a small amount, it will help keeping him (and his cat) motivated. He spends a lot of time on this stuff, and every sign of appreciation, no matter how big or small, is more than welcome .
If you worked some time with Mobile Shell alone, you will admit that his Add-Ons make the whole thing worthwhile. So give yourself a kick and send a buck for a can of cat-food and a beer.
- My question is not answered here, what can I do next
If you cannot find an answer to your problem here, and there is also none in the rest of the thread, feel free to ask here on the thread.
But PLEASE do not ask questions that are already answered 25 times on the thread or have nothing to do with the Mobile Shell Manager. You'll help us keeping the thread in a a reasonable length. Nobody wants to read through 150 pages where everything is explained 20 times.
Thank you.
Again: If you find this FAQ useful, please hit the "Thanks"-Button on the bottom of this post. Thank you.
Changelog:
08.10.2010
Added Section "About Additional Widgets"
Added Chapter "Invisible Status widgets" in "Additional widgets"
30.07.2010
Added Chapter "Will it work on my device" in "Installation"
Updated Chapter "Which Widget -Resolution do I need?" in "Installation"
Removed "Task-Manager does not work" because it no longer applies
25.07.2010
Added Chapter "My widgets don't show up" in Troubleshooting
17.06.2010
Added Chapter "Task-Manager Button in advanced menubars" in Troubleshooting
10.06.2010
Added Chapter "Additional Contacts Pages" in Usage
Added Chapter "After Updating/Reinstalling Mobile Shell" in Troubleshooting
01.06.2010:
Added Chapter "Invisible widgets" in "Usage"
Added Chapter "Picture Preview" in "Troubleshooting"
31.05.2010:
Added Chapter "Full Backup" in "Usage"
28.05.2010:
Edit "MSM and other Add-Ons" in "Other"
25.05.2010:
Posted original version
Possible Layout Examples
A few examples of different layouts that can be created with the only use of MsM
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Dear Vostradamus!
Thanks a lot for your work Greatly enjoying your widgets! Well done
schremer said:
Dear Vostradamus!
Thanks a lot for your work Greatly enjoying your widgets! Well done
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Thanks, and you're welcome!
Vostradamus Spb Mobile Shell Manager 5
Really a great idea to start a new thread.
dansia47 said:
Really a great idea to start a new thread.
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lol yep, the other one was starting to get a lil too big
Thanks for this new version! And also for these clear FAQ!
EDIT: i'm testing right now shell manager and i want to tell you: great great job!
One more question: Installing several widgets can increase usage of memory? (i mean ram memory...)
You're welcome on my behalf (FAQ)
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Installing several widgets can increase usage of memory? (i mean ram memory...)
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The more widgets you ACTIVATE, the more Device Memory is used. When you actually put them on the screen, then RAM is used.
jotha said:
You're welcome on my behalf (FAQ)
The more widgets you ACTIVATE, the more Device Memory is used. When you actually put them on the screen, then RAM is used.
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Ok thanks for the info! And for the FAQ, again!
This will be my first attempt spruce up Mobile Shell. Thank you for your work Vostradamus (scritches to your cat) and for your instructions Jotha. Assuming all goes according to plan, I will happily donate. Thanks!!
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This will be my first attempt spruce up Mobile Shell. Thank you for your work Vostradamus (scritches to your cat) and for your instructions Jotha. Assuming all goes according to plan, I will happily donate. Thanks!!
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Good luck and have fun
Should you need any further info, don't hesitate to ask
("meowww" from my cat) lol
Vostradamus said:
Good luck and have fun
Should you need any further info, don't hesitate to ask
("meowww" from my cat) lol
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I do have a quick, newbie, question (sorry, very sorry) but should I "minimize" SPB Mobile Shell before I install your app? You know, unactivate widgets on that, etc? Seems like if it is running under MSM *and* it has widgets/photos/etc going, might take more memory...
sulster said:
I do have a quick, newbie, question (sorry, very sorry) but should I "minimize" SPB Mobile Shell before I install your app? You know, unactivate widgets on that, etc? Seems like if it is running under MSM *and* it has widgets/photos/etc going, might take more memory...
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nope, it should not be needed you can install it right away even with mobile shell up and running
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nope, it should not be needed you can install it right away even with mobile shell up and running
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Okay, when I go to Import the Widget library, it tells me corrupted or not recognized. I downloaded from both sites and installed the Base Widget file. Am I totally missing something? I started to read the thread on the previous release, but that was SO long!
I have the .wzg files installed into a /Vostradamus folder on my Storage Card. It recognizes the files, but won't import them.
Thanks!!
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Okay, when I go to Import the Widget library, it tells me corrupted or not recognized. I downloaded from both sites and installed the Base Widget file. Am I totally missing something? I started to read the thread on the previous release, but that was SO long!
I have the .wzg files installed into a /Vostradamus folder on my Storage Card. It recognizes the files, but won't import them.
Thanks!!
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uhm... maybe something went wrong during download... try redownloading the wzg file.
Fantastic!
Vostradamus,
I have been away for a few days and only now checked your original thread and found this one. What can I say? As usual, this is all fantastic. A new thread was a terrific idea and some of the new functionality is incredible.
I love the combined/multi-functional widgets. It's a terrific idea and the ones you've done live up to your already very high standards.
Jotha - Thank you so much for all of your work in documenting all of this. I have a working document that I was hoping to get to Vostradamus to post. Your incredible work has made my document obsolete before I even sent it. The added touch of being able to see the widgets in Picasa is also an incredible time saver.
You two are very talented and two of the nicest people I have ever met in a forum. Thank you so much for all you do for the rest of us who don't have the same skill set as you do. I, for one, sincerely appreciate both of you!
Cheers,
Mike (powercat1)
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I, for one, sincerely appreciate both of you!
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Glad to be of help and sorry that I nuked your doc . You are very welcome.
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Vostradamus,
I have been away for a few days and only now checked your original thread and found this one. What can I say? As usual, this is all fantastic.
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Thanks And welcome back
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I love the combined/multi-functional widgets. It's a terrific idea and the ones you've done live up to your already very high standards.
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Need to thank Jotha too about them: multifunctional analog and multifunctional digital solid and transparent are a "co-production" jotha+vostradamus lol
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You two are very talented and two of the nicest people I have ever met in a forum.
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Thanks heaps
I am discontinuing work on this theme. Its too glitchy and documentation is horrid and I cannot find a cause or solution to the crashing when SMS and email messages are deleted (and sometimes when they are received too).
I don't see any way for me to isolate and resolve the problem and w/o that working properly, this theme is useless IMHO.
If anyone wants to download the modules as they are and take the work further, have at it with my blessing.
I will be upgraded to Windows Phone 7 as soon as they have a usable IM client that can connect to AIM.
These are tweaks, widgets, and enhancements that I have made or compiled for use with the Windows Phone 7 v.2 Theme for ThrottleLauncher by Fireslave.
You can check out the original theme and required files here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859799
I have many more widgets, tweaks, and other modifications planned out and I will update this thread as I have time to work on them (see post 5 for the current To Do list).
I would love getting some feedback on these changes and suggestions for further improvements I could make or new widgets that I could add so let me know if you've got an idea for something that would improve this great theme.
Index:
Post 1 - Basic Project Information
Post 2 - Mods / Tweaks
Post 3 - New / Customized Widgets
Post 4 - FAQ
Post 5 - To Do List
Mods / Tweaks
Home:
Changed bottom menu bar to hold: Start menu, System Info, Add/Remove Widgets, and Settings (the WM7 settings not ThrottleLauncher)
Changed bottom menu bar icons
Added search button to main screen at the bottom right
Screenshots:
{
"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"
}
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Programs:
Removed default favorite links
Added + button at the top right corner to select favorites (favorites are shown first, then the all programs list below them)
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Clock:
Changed font used to Segoe UI Light
Added date, seconds and AM/PM to time display for 12 and 24 hour time formats
Screenshots: *See Home page mod above*
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Email:
Added 1st page for unread emails with the number of unread emails in the header (this page is not created if there are no unread emails)
Moved All Emails list to the 2nd page (but this will be the 1st page if there are no unread emails)
Unreal emails will show in a larger font and are in bold
The subject of the email is displayed in the color of the current tile theme color
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Games:
Moved add/remove games to the top right corner of the screen as a + button
Added Favorite Games listed first, then the All Games list
Changed layout to support 3 rows instead of 2
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Info:
Moved values (percentages) so they are indented a bit from their label and resized percentage bar to match
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Music:
Created new tile style
Programs linked on 1st page now show their associated program icon
Add Item on 1st page is now separated a bit further from the program links and has a smaller font
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People:
Enabled up to 12 favorite contacts per page
Added bottom menu with Add Favorite, Remove Favorite, and Search Contacts
Added All Contacts list on page 2
Added Unread SMS messages on page 3
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Pictures:
Moved Take Picture button to camera button on 1st page just under the header
Changed thumbnails so that all are the same width and height
Added Make Video button to the bottom menu bar
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Settings:
Added Advanced Settings option to the bottom of the General page which opens the ThrottleLauncher screen
Fixed clock format caption being backwards
Modified to update clock widget when time format is changed
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SMS:
Added unread messages count to header area
Added cleaner header image
Unread messages are in a larger font and are bolded
The sms message is in the same color as the selected theme tile color
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TaskManager:
Moved 'Tap here to clean up memory' to the bottom of screen using menu bar style
Fixed memory icon not showing up next to clean memory text
Changed tile icon
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Weather:
Created new tile style
Used color images
Repositioned items in the header
Added black border line to the bottom of the header area
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Download Links:
All MODs formatted to show the built in Windows Mobile 6 top notification bar: http://www.codeconqueror.com/files/wm7tp/WP7TL_AllMods_WM6NotBar.zip
All MODs preserving the Windows Phone 7 notification bar that came with the theme: http://www.codeconqueror.com/files/wm7tp/WP7TL_AllMods_WM7NotBar.zip
Installation: Extract the contents of the ZIP file and copy them to the '\Program Files\ThrottleLauncher' folder in your phone's internal memory from your PC (DO NOT COPY FROM SD CARD) and replace any existing files. Restart ThrottleLauncher (or reboot your phone).
I am still trying to figure out why TL crashes when SMS and emails are deleted (sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't). Unfortunately I have had no luck. So if anyone can please help figure out what it is and pass that information along I would greatly appreciate it. I have tried email mods made by other users but theirs have the same problem.
New / Customized Widgets
MODs / Widgets sourced from other authors:
Clock Widget - This is derived from the clock widget from HeadHunter2009's SenseUI mods for this theme (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880727). It displays the time and battery status and takes you to the Time/Alarms screen when pressed.
Mail Widget - This is derived from the email widget by pth6 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9580766&postcount=43). For a description of what this mod does see post 2 above.
Mail Widget Settings - This is derived from the email widget settings provided by defante (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924182). It allows you to set the max number of emails displayed.
SMS Widget - This is derived from the SMS widget by pth6 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9580766&postcount=43). For a description of what this mod does see post 2 above.
SMS Widget Settings - This is derived from the SMS widget settings provided by defante (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924182). It allows you to set the max number of SMS messages displayed.
Task Manager Widget - This is derived from the Task Manager widget by pth6 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9580766&postcount=43). I have added a nicer styled header, tweaked the page to work with my notification bar mod (see post 2 for more details on my notification bar mod), and moved the 'Tap here to free memory' button to the bottom of the page with the icon showing and its background the same as other bottom of screen menu items and I've increased the size of the fonts for program titles. For more info and screenshots of what this mod does see post 2 above.
Weather Widget - This is derived from the Weather widget by pth6 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9580766&postcount=43). This modification implements the colorful icons provided by DavidinCT (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10002636&postcount=281) and adjusts formatting a bit. For more info and screenshots of what this mod does see post 2 above.
Recommended MODs / Apps / Tweaks:
1) EnergyROM build 29007 w/ Sencity Theme (this is the HD2 thread since that's what I use): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591784
2) Metro / WM7 styled EZ Input keyboard: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892438
3) Metro themed lock screen: http://www.mobilitynews.net/?p=11018
4) XDAShutdown w/ WP7 theme:
XDAShutdown: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544016
WP7 Theme (bottom of 2nd post): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9788963&postcount=2
FAQ
FAQs:
1)
Q = I can't find the ThrottleLauncher settings! What did you do?!?
A = From the home page, open the bottom menu bar, click the 4th icon (gear), this brings you to the Setting screen, go to the last option on the General page.
2)
Q = Everytime I load the theme ThrottleLauncher crashes and I can't use it. What happened?
A = This is common from what I can tell. Just uninstall ThrottleLauncher from Remove Programs, make sure your ThrottleLauncher folder is completely gone. Then, reinstall ThrottleLauncher. Install FireSlave's WP7 theme (COPY THE FILES FROM YOUR PC TO THE DEVICE MEMORY, DO NOT STORE IT ON THE SD CARD), then apply my mods, configure ThrottleLauncher, reboot your phone and then customize your home page.
3)
Q = You took away my hard coded shortcuts from the top of the Programs list! You bastard! Give them back!!
A = Yes, I did remove those hard coded links but you can now click on the + symbol (top right corner) on the Programs page and choose your own list of favorite shortcuts to have at the top of the list.
4)
Q = The 1st spot for a picture to appear on the 1st page of Pictures is always blank.
A = I'm not sure why this is happening just yet but I am working to resolve it. All of your pictures will show up, but the 1st spot of the 1st page is not being filled for some reason. If anyone can shed some light, please let me know.
5)
Q = Did you write this theme or the widgets you include?
A = No. Fireslave made the theme and many other users have made some of the great hubs/mods/tiles that I then proceeded to modify to suit my needs and fix bugs that I've found. I have provided links and proper credit to the original authors in the 1st and 3rd posts. If you find that I missed someone or something, please PM me so I can make it right.
6)
Q = What if I take one of your MODs and improve it, fix a bug, or tweak it a little? How can I share this with everyone?
A = The ideal way would be for you to PM me about it so I can incorporate it (I may or may not do this depending on if I like your MOD and find it stable to use) and add a post to this forum to let other users know about it.
7)
Q = OOOOHH OOOHHH, I have an idea, it's a good one! Do it! Do it now!
A = If you've got an idea for another MOD, widget, or way to improve what I've already done, PM me about it, I love getting feedback. I may or may not like your idea so don't be hurt if I don't run with it, but in most cases I'm happy to provide something you'll find useful.
8)
Q = ThrottleLauncher crashes sometimes when I delete SMS or email messages.
A = I am still trying to figure out why TL crashes when SMS and emails are deleted (sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't). Unfortunately I have had no luck. So if anyone can please help figure out what it is and pass that information along I would greatly appreciate it. I have tried email mods made by other users but theirs have the same problem.
To Do List
TO DO:
People Page:
1) Make the add/remove favorite toolbar only visible on the 1st page or change the toolbar's items depending on what page is being viewed.
Pictures Page:
1) Add new 1st page for Tasks with 'take a picture', 'make a video', 'open album viewer', or 'open MYPHOTOSITEHERE.COM' (replacing MYPHOTOSITEHERE.COM with whatever description is entered for a web url that will trigger the default browser to that page). The 2nd page will list the photo thumbnails as it currently does.
2) Fix problem when viewing pictures, the 1st picture spot is empty (but only on the first page)
Programs page:
1) Add top, bottom, page up and page down functionality to easily navigate large programs list
General:
1) Show next appointment on Clock widget
2) Isolate and resolve cause of random shutdowns of ThrottleLauncher (especially noticeable when deleting text messages and emails)
I am still trying to figure out why TL crashes when SMS and emails are deleted (sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't). Unfortunately I have had no luck. So if anyone can please help figure out what it is and pass that information along I would greatly appreciate it. I have tried email mods made by other users but theirs have the same problem.
People, email, and SMS mods updated and full widget and mod pack uploaded. See posts 2 and 3 for details and downloads.
so do i just copy the contents of the zip into the fireslaves theme folder
in regarding your email mod, where do i install the image folder, within the wp7mail folder, or within the setup folder ...
How To install??
No install instructions. (Noobs)
XdaSubzer0 said:
No install instructions. (Noobs)
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He seems to have formated it for just extract and dump.... Pretty easy over all
Extract the files in a folder on your harddrive.
Connect your phone to PC
Open Windows explorer
Browse your deivce to
Program files\Throttlelauncher\Setups\Windowsphone7_2\
Copy the files/folders that you extracted right into that folder.
When asked, select overwrite and merge folders.
Restart throttle launcher on your phone to see the changes
on your first screen shots, you have a chat and a facebook tile/hub, how did you go about doing that, the closest thing i did was create a shortcut tile for facebook, but the icon is really small
davidinct said:
he seems to have formated it for just extract and dump.... Pretty easy over all
extract the files in a folder on your harddrive.
Connect your phone to pc
open windows explorer
browse your deivce to
program files\throttlelauncher\setups\windowsphone7_2\
copy the files/folders that you extracted right into that folder.
When asked, select overwrite and merge folders.
Restart throttle launcher on your phone to see the changes
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thanks and thanks for the speedy reply!
Hi
this is a very good job thanks
Really great stuff
It actually got the weather app working for me as well
I'm excited to see what you do with the SMS and E-mail hubs
The only problem that I'm having is with the WM Taskbar. It seems it's too large and moves the whole theme down just a bit, so I'm unable to tap on the three dot icon for the settings.
If theres a way I could revert to the WP7 Theme taskbar that would be perfect
Hi
the alarm time could not be display the hour under ?
Kameirus said:
so do i just copy the contents of the zip into the fireslaves theme folder
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Yup. I will be posting detailed instructions in just a bit to make sure its clear and easy for anyone wanting to use them.
anesh01 said:
in regarding your email mod, where do i install the image folder, within the wp7mail folder, or within the setup folder ...
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I will be posting detailed instructions in just a bit to make sure its clear and easy for anyone wanting to use them.
XdaSubzer0 said:
No install instructions. (Noobs)
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lol, I know.
I will be posting detailed instructions in just a bit to make sure its clear and easy for anyone wanting to use them.
Corwen said:
Really great stuff
It actually got the weather app working for me as well
I'm excited to see what you do with the SMS and E-mail hubs
The only problem that I'm having is with the WM Taskbar. It seems it's too large and moves the whole theme down just a bit, so I'm unable to tap on the three dot icon for the settings.
If theres a way I could revert to the WP7 Theme taskbar that would be perfect
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Yes, I will be posting WM7 notification bar versions today or tomorrow.
anesh01 said:
on your first screen shots, you have a chat and a facebook tile/hub, how did you go about doing that, the closest thing i did was create a shortcut tile for facebook, but the icon is really small
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I found a Metro style icon pack (forget where) and created a shortcut tile to the Facebook app and then editing the widget.xml file to set the custom icon. There is also a Facebook WM7 styled page that is available but I've had some issues with it that I'm trying to resolve before posting.