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[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DGarmon:
Question about Hub\screens,

First off I want to say that this is an fantastic idea and what I've seen you guys have some awesome screen setups. Have a couple basic question though. First, is it possible to create shortcuts to your movies on a home screen. Like say I have a Movie "Hub" setup the way I want it, could I create shortcut to a XYZ.mp4 file on that screen with it's own custom icon. So on my movie Hub, I could have a shortcut to \sdcard\Transformers.mp4 with a picture\icon of Transformers and if I click on it, then it would open with my default movie player, Moboplayer in this case and play that movie. If it's possible, I think is would be an awesome setup. You could even have a Music Hub setup the same way with music shortcuts.

Second, is it possible to keep my Nook screen in landscape mode either with a setting or app. I only keep it in portrait mode with playing a few games and book\news reading. Not sure if it matters but I'm running CM7 7.0.2 on the emmc drive.

Thanks,

Derek
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] taylor.fowler:
So i just broke down and used VTL...check 'em.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
Here's my screenies! I'm a JLA fan if you couldn't tell. :D

These 2 alternate on the home and social screens
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
yes you can keep it to landscape mode. It's under adwsettings > ui setting > screen preference > home orientation
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] craine:
It's upside down!

For me anyway, when I enable lock to landscape under ADW, it has the nook "n" on the right, and for me as a righty, that just doesn't work. I like to hold the nook with my left hand, with my thumb on the extra real estate around the "n".

So my question is this: Can I change that orientation lock around by 180 degrees? That will make things more comfortable for me. I've tried searching through the settings and googling, but I can't seem to come up with anything. Thanks in advance!

Craine
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DGarmon:
Thanks for the advice but is there a way to do this with launcher pro?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] calee2009:
I'm running phiremod v6.1 and in the phiremod display settings, there's an option to rotate 180 degrees. Not sure if it works with adw locked in landscape, maybe just have it on auto sensor.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jumbojetdreams:
I've tried everything I can think of with no luck.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lechiffre:
What launcher are you using?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] taylor.fowler:
Same here. For whatever reason, VTL launcher works without a hitch (for the most part, some of the transitions are wonky). LauncherPro works too, but i couldnt find an option to lock it in landscape mode...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
how do you keep the lock screen in landscape mode as seen in the video?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Pardon my ignorance, but I just can't figure this out. How are you guys sizing your wallpapers to fit HORIZONTAL? I can do portrait just fine but they don't fit at all once I turn it. I have tried locking landscape mode in ADW and also setting wp while in landscape didn't work either .

Amazing lay out btw dude. Looks sweet
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
Thanks! Make sure you select "fit to fullscreen" in the lwp settings under Crop/resize
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
Did anyone get this to work?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] adunofaiur:
Why did it have to be from The Unearthly Child? That image will keep my up all night.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
1024x600 Wallpaper

I have gone to this site for years and I see they have wallpaper sized at 1024x600, located under the "Netbook" section.

As of this posting, they have 813 different photos and I think they make for really quality wallpaper.

http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/date/netbook/1024x600/
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Thank you, but I have tried that as well. As soon as it hits landscape it doesn't fit... ill play more when im off work. But your not resizing the image in photoshop or anything? If so what exact dimensions
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Disco180:
My screens here kind of basic
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Disco180:
I used shootme for the screenshots
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
The nooks landscape size is 1200x600. I couldn't find many images that were exactly that size so I tried to get as close as possible. You can also use 600x300 or similar ratios and resize them to 1200x600. I was having the same issues at first but once I selected the default Crop/Resize option to "Fit to Fullscreen" it worked fine.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Thank you for your response. So wouldnt it suffice to photoshop it to resize to 1200x600 or would it be 600x1200? I have sweet wallys that look horrible in landscape :-( my goal is to lock landscape in but I gotta figure this out first! Lol
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
600X1200 would be portrait. If you like you can upload one of your wp and I'll take a look at it and see if it will work on mine. that way you will know if its a setting or the size.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
For those interested, I have gotten my images from a site called 4walled. The images are large enough for live wallpaper so no need to resize. However, the site contain many NSFW images (but can be filtered out).
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
I am having a flashback when I was just a lad and my parents broke the news to me that there was no Santa Claus....this whole time I thought the resolution of the NC was 1024x600. Where did the "1200x600" come from? This is the first I am seeing this number associated with the NC.

From my own testing, downloading a 1024x600 wallpaper (from the site I posted above) and using it with 'Multipicture Live Wallpaper', the wallpaper shows up perfectly in Landscape mode. I can either use "Fit to Fullscreen" or "Show Entire Picture" from the 'Crop/Resize ratio' settings. However, I like 'Fit to Fullscreen' because it shows better in Portrait mode.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
I would very much appreciate that! Im working till 6 central time. Ill pm you around 7 with one. Thank you very much man.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
It was listed as the correct size somewhere in this thread, thats where I got it from when I started looking for my screenies
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
Check out this link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/features/techspecs/index.asp?cds2Pid=35607

B&N lists it at 1024x600, under the "Color Touchscreen Display" section. I am using wallpaper at 1024x600 and it works great, but again, to each his own. Whatever works best is what counts.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
how did you create folders for each "hub"?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] necroscopev:
Music Widget?

What music widget are you guys using? The smaller one with the album art on top. The only music widgets i can find are the long bar form, i even tried WinAmp and a few other music players. The bar style just doesn't fit with what i want to do.

Thanks!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lechiffre:
Player Pro.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
You can just create folders on your SD card (e.g., Music, Movies, Home, Sports, Games, etc) and then put pictures in the folders that match the theme. This would be useful if you wanted your--for example--Music Hub to have rotating pics. If you want just one pic, then you don't necessarily need to do this step and you can just link to one pic on your SD card.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
can you post your adw ex settings here? Cause I can't seemed to be able to overlap the widget as shown in your home page. What is the settings to have a landscape lock page?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
maybe im just dumb but im having a lot a problems, can someone make a video on this?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
+1 hahaha I got the wallpapers to fit reasonably in landscape but now there blurry... there all 1024x600 too :-P id really like a noob guide to this.... OP? Thats why you made this tread right? :-D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
why does it go away when i reboot?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
Your getting the black screen with the message to reload?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
yes ): is it common?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
uncheck the search from gallery
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
I really love this.

Reminds me of XBMC on my PC.

Time to go hunting for some good wallpapers now and give this a try.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
I'll try to update it on the weekend. Weekdays in too busy
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
i got mine working good, just need more wallpapers ): and that Home widget you have... well and the kid cudi wallpaper.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
That's exactly what I thought, anyway here is a crappy video of my screens....

http://youtu.be/OLnRKScLpd0
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
Looks good man. Just have a couple of questions for you:

1. What launcher are you using?

2. How did you get all the icons across the bottom to stay there as you switch screens? (did you just set up the same icons on all of the screens?)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
It's "VTL.Launcher". It is based off ADW source, and allows for a full row of icons across the bottom (right and left sides too).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046302
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] only one haze:
great job man, what Facebook widget is that? That was Facebook right?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Thanks.

The widget is "Pure Messenger Widget". It handles my email, facebook, and twitter. Use 4x4 scrolling widget and stretch it as necessary, I used the transparent background.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=561961
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] only one haze:
awesome, thanks!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
Finally got everything how I want it thanks!

Sent from Nook Color with CM7 - 1.3GHz
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Icannot find a 1.3 kernel for the NC... enlighten me? :-)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] necroscopev:
I was also wondering about the 1.3 Kernel and also what Lockscreen are you using? I can't seem to find one that looks right with the LCD density and stays in landscape mode.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Shortyred:
Anyone know what google search widget chadillac0000 has? I like the dark with the diffrent colors looks better than white.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
Check the overclock thread its a test build 4/24/11

Sent from Nook Color with CM7 - 1.3GHz
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
If you are using ADW or VTL Launcher you can install the "Honeycomb" theme to get that widget.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Thank you!

Ok. All is well now I was thinking about it way to much lol time to round up a bunch of wallpapers now! Hahaha... now I just need a screen shot app... screen shots and shoot me both show up blank in the gallery... is this a personal issue or did I miss something??
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Try Drocap2.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gmail.nagamatu.drocap2
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Thank you. That's what ill tty next
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Edit: I'm an idiot
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Thanks guys. Ill be back wit a video once its completely
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Jmatch:
You shouldnt use set cpu if ur on cm7. It eats battery. Use settings>cyanogen mod settings> performance > cpu clocking. I think
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Thanks for the heads up! Nooks at home today. Ill uninstall set cpu. I think I read that somewhere but I thought using both messed things up... but either way, ill use the bulit in one. THANKS FOR THE TIP
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
how did you increase the text size of the clock? Able to tell us how do you overlap all of the widget to look like one?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] cheapestpersonalive:
You can try the widgets from Desktop Visualizer or HS Image Cut.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
DV does not provide the ability to actually link to a particular file....using DV was my first thought as well.

I am not familiar with HS Image Cut, so would be cool if it could provide that type of functionality we are looking for. I will look into it...thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] cheapestpersonalive:
oops, left out part about using Astro to link to particular files.

When selecting the shortcut in DV, choose Astro instead of Application and then it'll take you to Astro where you can select the file you want to link to.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
Ahhh, got it now...would not have guessed that Astro would be the key. Going into DV and selecting Other > Astro allowed me to select individual movie files on the SD. Works like a charm...appreciate the help on that one cheapestpersonalive! And I was able to give you your very first official "Thanks" :)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DGarmon:
Awesome, Thanks Guys I will try it when I get home....

Derek
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DGarmon:
This is Awesome...My movie hub with my shortcuts to my movies with their own custom Icons...Thanks guys it worked perfect just what i was looking for. Now only if there was a way to make launcher pro stay in landscape mode...:D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 3matthew3:
trying to make a "hub" kinda setup on my Nook. Running Phiremod. Wallpapers are changing fine, but when I reboot all my widgets say "problem loading". Anybody have a fix for this?

much thanks.

3matthew3
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
have you tried adding the widgets again?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Here's another vid with my current setup...

http://youtu.be/bWAu0jZXvCA
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lechiffre:
Make sure your widgets are running from emmc.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Sick! Absolutely sick! Those wallpapers were great btw. (Besides the ps3, :-( I miss playing homefront) either way, what's your source of wallpapers??
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Just good ol google image search. :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
Looks clean man. Would you mind sharing the widgets you're using in each one of your "hubs"?

Thanks
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] calee2009:
I think it's just minimalistic text created with all text removed and the empty background is used to overlap the other widgets.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
how did you get the scrollable tab look?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
I just updated ADW EX, and it changed the screen resolution and icon sizes even though I still have it set to the Max of 10 rows and 10 columns. :-(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Here are the widgets broken down by hub....

Home - Text Widget, Clockr, BattStat, Pure Calendar

News - Text Widget, Google Scoreboard (clear mod), Google Reader (clear mod), Pure Weather

Media - Text Widget, Pure Music

Social - Text Widget, Pure Messenger

Games - Text Widget

The tabs are created with Text Widget.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
just got Text Widget, cant get it to work like yours. mind making a video?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
I believe all he did was setup the same widgets along the top on all 5 screens. The only thing he did different is change the font color on the widget that relates to the screen he's on.

I could be wrong though...lol
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
You got it. I am trying to figure out the word spacing to cut that down to 2-3 widgets per screen. I should be able to cut it down to 10-13 rather than the 25 (just a little excessive :p) widgets it requires now .
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
whenever i make another text widget it changes the others.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
You might need to get the donate version.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
oh alright thanks, ill see.

edit: sweet it works thanks!

edit again: looks bad on launcher pro :/
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
but the thread starter said he was using digitcal clock widget by maize :(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] calee2009:
Yes, that's the clock you see underneath home.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
yeah i know but it seemed that the text size of his clock seemed to be huge but i don't see any text size option in the widget..

I'm still figuring out the overlapping of background with the weather widget too but to no avail :(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
Did anyone elses screens get screwed up with the new ADW EX update?

I still have mine set to 10 rows & 10 columns, but I can no longer place icons or widgets close to the edge of the screen like I had them before the update, and my icons also look quite a bit bigger than they were.

Anyone?

EDIT:

I was able to adjust the size of the icons under UI Settings > Icons > New Icons Settings, but it seems what changed was the each screen now has about a 1" border on the sides (in landscape mode) where you can't place icons or widgets. Before it was only about a 1/4" border. :(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
what launcher are you using? Make sure you tick "widget overlap" in adw launcher ex. As for the clock size, it already came like that out of the box. Maybe you can emulate the look through minimalistic text and increase the font size. If you're patient, im planning to create the tutorial for the black bars tommorow night.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
I emailed Anders about the problem and he fixed it and released an update. Yay!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
i'm using adw ex too like you did. I can't seem to find the widget overlap option in adw ex. Guess i'll wait for your tutorial :o Placing your adw ex settings and minimalized text here would help a lot too.

One more question how did you keep your lock screen to be in landscape? From your notification bar it seemed that you're not using widgetlockscreen

edit: I found the option seemed that i was using an outdated version once i updated to 1.31 i saw the overlap widget options
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
ok updated as promised!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Excellent tutorial! Thx.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
thanks for the tutorial but it seemed that when i expand the background, the weather widget seemed to be behind the background making it look dim.

Additional question in adw launcher ex settings did you select the option of stretching the icons to fit the grids?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gregh77:
what's the gadjet you guys are using for the news stories on each page?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Miltani:
using pulse here
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] hacku:
Am I missing something? What exactly was "updated"?

The first post still looks the same to me with except for the addition of the second video.

(not trying to sound like a ****. I just don't know what was actually updated.)

:D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
Yeah some widgets seem to sit behind the bar. I haven't figured out how to place it on top. As for the grid, ill check when I get home.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
Not really much to update as I already listed everything used. I just added the new video to answer question about the black bar
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadamir:
I'm using VTL, I love my layout and don't want to lose it if I need to wipe. Is there a way to preserve the widgets and layout if I need to reinstall?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
There is a Backup/Restore function in VTL. I have never used it so I can not report if it works well. I would assume it backs up everything ADW does as it is based off ADW. I have heard mixed reviews on ADW's backup/restore.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lyam23:
Which circle style launcher are you using int he new video?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Divine_Madcat:
Keep in mind, no launcher can do what he is asking (preserve widgets). ADW can only save it's settings; so even if you restore, the widgets wont be right since their setups are different/broken/not set up.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gregh77:
hey where do you place the folders to put the pictures for the multi-picture layouts? what is the best resolution to put the pics at?

thx
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gregh77:
hey where did you get the pics?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Divine_Madcat:
Stupid question, but how do you totally turn off transitions?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Dhyneland:
General Behavior>Animation & Effects>Screen Transition Effects>Set to normal scroll
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Divine_Madcat:
Darn.. i already had that... i thought they meant something else.. :(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jbuford:
So I'm running into a problem, I've changed my build.prop file and now I can't find the multi-wallpaper app in the market, any alternates you might suggest? Or is the file available in a dropbox?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lechiffre:
flikie

10char
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Here is an update on my screens, I will post screenies when I get home tonight.

http://youtu.be/TsYIBYJ9Xgg
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
god thats amazing!

i still need help with text widget like how you have it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
Thanks! I really like how this one turned out.

I mentioned before this requires a lot of widgets, but I finally cut down the number of Text Widgets to a (somewhat:p) reasonable level. It requires 13 Text Widgets on a 5 screen setup, or 19 on a 7 screen setup like in my most recent video. Still tedious but better than the 25-35 it required before.

Now that I have reduced the number of widgets I will put together a little how to video.

I have also been bouncing around the idea of building a Gimp template with all the words on it so they could be added directly to the wallpaper. Then all you would have to do is create a blank text widget for each screen to get a tabbed effect like my first couple videos. This would reduce the number of text widgets down to 5-7.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EverythingNook:
thanks for the nice reply, im going to try again when i get home. loving the layout!

edit: just got my tabs like that! :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Kem-El:
Because of your work, I actually use my home screens now, thanks!

Ingenious! :D

I've attached screenshots of my (simple) setup.

FYI, I'm using ADW EX as my launcher, and I setup each screen label as a launcher shortcut to the corresponding screen.

(The text labels are actually icons for the "Screen #" launcher shortcut.)

So, let's say, when I am on my "Music" screen, (#5), if I tap the "Gaming" label, it jumps to that screen (#2).

Thanks for spurring creativity!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chadillac0000:
That looks awesome!

Excellent Idea!

I have been trying to figure out how to do just that using Text Widget or Minimalistic Text and couldn't get it right... I did not think to use the launcher. Your solution is perfect!

I am curious, how is the highlight achieved for the active screen? I understand the icon links to the screen, but how does the launcher switch the highlight (or icon?) when it switches screens? Is there an option in ADW I am missing?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Kem-El:
I use "simple text" to generate the text icon.

The active screen highlight is trickery, achieved using a white minimalistic text widget.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] systoxity:
this is so amazing.

htc/samsung or any other manufacture would be retarded if they weren't extending job offers to you. great work, has both form and function.