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[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
I see you're hiding the lower bar in Windows Mobile. I hadn't accounted for that possibility in generating the non-TL versions. Ok...I'll update so that it is really full screen.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Oops. Good point! In my focus to get Throttle-Launcher layouts working I rushed through the regular 5-day forecast layout. Sorry about that. I'll be posting an update later today to fix this problem. :o
[Windows Mobile Themes] kmatthews:
Mines work good with np.
[Windows Mobile Themes] iTouch24:
Release History:

Version 5.3 - Aug 14, 2008: http://asapload.com/146927

- Added a new 5-day forecast layout that you can now chose from in step 8b

- Added single day and 5-day forecast layouts specifically designed for use in ThrottleLauncher. Choose "Manila-TL.wpl" or "Manila-TL-5day.wpl" in step 8b when installing.

can this new version also work with the 5day forecast nicely with ultimate launcher ...?
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
in my weather tab , the bottom row of icons disappear ..

this is screen shot..
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Sorry everyone. I've just updated to v5.3a in order to fix some layout bugs in the non-Throttle-Launcher version of the 5-day layout. :o

I've also adjusted the Pop-Up window size (applicable to non-TL versions of the layout files only) so that the bottom task/button bar in WM is covered up. This will now work better for setups where people have the removed the bottom button bar in the WM setup.

One last thing. The main layout files were also fixed up to be more easily adjusted in height for all those people that find that my default layout heights (200 pixels tall for single day forecast and 236 pixels tall for 5 day forecast) do not fit quite right in their particular setup. To adjust the height of the main screen, edit the appropriate Manila wpl file (Manila.wpl, Manila-5day.wpl, Manila-TL.wpl, or Manila-TL-5day.wpl) and simply change the value of the ;HEIGHT variable. If you are using the ThrottleLauncher layout you will also need to change ;HEIGHT in the corresponding Forecast file (Forecast-TL.wpd, or Forecast-TL-5day.wpl)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
You'll need to tune the height to fit your specific setup. See my previous post on how. Make sure you have v5.3a.

Attached is a short version of the 5-day forecast non-TL layout (copy the two files into your WP theme folder and select "Manila-5day(short).wpl" as the theme). This layout is the same height (200) as the original layout file. If you try this out you can see that trying to cram the 5-day forecast into the same screen space is not that practical. The animations will now cover up the city name.

Also, from your screen shot it looks like you never installed a LARGE icon set. Perform step #5 of the instructions.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
isnt the large icon set included in updated zip?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Nope.

While the folder is there, it only has the moon images in it. For the LARGE weather icons you need to perform step #5 and download either the free large static icons or the trial animation icons.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
i looked everywhere i could find in UL config for this option..

where else should i look?

thanx
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
I can't remember where it is since I uninstalled UltimateLaunch....but it IS in the Ultimate Launch configuration. Run the UltimateLaunch configuration utility and go to the weather tab and look at the properties of the WeatherPanel plug-in. There is some form of "Unload" check box for each today plugin that you have. Keep searching and you'll eventually find it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
wait a min... you aint running UL?

what you using now?... TL?

are you gonna re-do and re-up everything for us?

i wanna stay current, trusting your post..

if you dumped TL, there is a reason..

thanx
[Windows Mobile Themes] str8spd2001:
Hey Rumball, just wanna say thanx for fixing the full screen on UL. Everything works great.
[Windows Mobile Themes] PWN:
Hi@all!

I've been reading a lot, using many hints and I'd like to say Thank You tou all Developers and users!

Rumball, you did a great job, now my Orbit (Artemis) is refurbished...

For all german users I added some translation to weatherpanel. You just have to put the attached file in your program folder (\marsware\weatherpanel).

cu

PWN
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Hey thanks! I've added a link to this post in the FAQ section of my first post.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Yes...detail-forecast-TL 5 is the correct file to edit for the screen shots you provided. But first I would check a couple of things because your screen should NOT look like that:

1) The icons are being displayed too low. They're supposed to be higher. It looks like you've never updated the icons per step 10.

2) When you go in to WP settings and edit your city. Does the city name just come up as "SE DC" or are there a whole bunch of spaces in there. I wouldn't be surprised if spaces are causing the city title to line wrap to the second line.
[Windows Mobile Themes] scottnic:
Animated Icons not working

I've gone over my setup several times, and I can't get it to work...

I've got enough internal storage that I don't need to put the icons on a Storage Card, so I've got the "Manila WP Icons" folder in the "Icons" folder in the main WeatherPanel folder.

Inside "Manila WP Icons" are a bunch of .png files and "SMALL" and "LARGE" folders. "SMALL" contains a bunch of .pngs. "LARGE" contains a bunch of .wpa files and a "Moon" folder (which contains a bunch of .pngs).

All I get where the animated icon should be is a regular-sized icon (the one that's in the main icon folder).

If I put the static icons (.png files) in the "LARGE" folder I get the full-sized static icons as expected. This leads me to believe that my WeatherPanel isn't supporting the .wpa files for some reason? I've uninstalled, removed all files and registry entries and installed the latest version as linked from the first post, but still no good.

Any suggestions?
[Windows Mobile Themes] CraZyLiLbOy:
Is there any way I could use this weather with throttlelauncher? Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kreigz:
Dialer

Rumball,

Looks like you have a CDMA device ... EVDO? You wouldn't happen to have a dialer to go with this masterpiece of yours, would you?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
I've not tried throttlelauncher so I'm not sure. WeatherPanel is simply a today plugin (from Marsware) and I just put together a Diamond skin/theme for WeatherPanel. So if throttlelauncher allows you to add today plug-ins then it should work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kreigz:
Ultimate Launcher ini problem

Rumball,

I've had some "boot lock-ups" requiring hard resets. I've traced the problem to installing the Ultimate Launcher ini file.

I haven't examined the differences between the stock one and yours, but I'm hoping you've already got a handle on it.

Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Hmmm...if you don't have all of the applications installed that Ultimate Launcher references then that may be what's causing your lock-ups.

You can open up the ini file in a text editor and delete the PlugIns that you don't have installed. For example, say you don't have Pocket Plus...then edit UltimateLaunch.ini and delete the following from the file and resave:

In this example you would also have to subtract one from the MultiPage line just above this entry since you've removed one of the items on this page. So...change [MultiPage] Count = 2

Another thing that can cause UltimateLauncher to lock up is if you have a Today plugin enabled on your Today screen AND inside Ultimate Launcher. So before enabling UltimateLauncher make sure that all the Today plugins are disabled under Settings>Today>Items. Ultimate Launch should be the only thing selected.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kreigz:
I did not have all the plug-ins installed, but I am very sure I didn't double hump a plug-in.

Looks like I'm goin' in boys ... to the ini file anyway. More work than I wanted, but it will keep me out of trouble while I'm on travel.

Thanks, Rumbal ... I've been hoping for an polished theme with both phoneAlarm and Weather Panel ... you've delivered!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Thanks Kreigz! And thanks for the beer donation! :) Let me know if you run in to issues. I can generate a trimmed down Ultimate Launcher configuration.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ana_adi:
Rumball, what program did you use to create this tsk file? I mean I've tried to open and edit it but it didnt work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kreigz:
Spb Diary

Rumball,

I'm not having much success with Spb Diary.

I've used it a lot before as a standard plug-in, but my device gets very, very sluggish (lockup) when I load it into Ultimate Launch.
[Windows Mobile Themes] charm1718:
Any progress with creating animated diamond weatherpanel icons?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Not yet...I lost my diamond weather icons (the individual PNGs that make up the animations...i.e. the PNGs are individual lightning bolts, raindrops, windshield wiper blades, etc) and I can't remember where I previously found them! :rolleyes:

EDIT: Ah ha! Found them in this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=401781 When I get back from vacation I'll work on trying putting together the diamond animations into WeatherPanel animated graphics.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Hey everyone...I've updated the PhoneAlarm and XIAMultiTheme skins slightly. You can download them from the original post at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2326335&postcount=28

The biggest new feature is that now the music tab will dynamically display the artwork from the currently playing album! :D

I've also put together a YouTube video of my full setup. You can find it in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2323460&postcount=3

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] ToddeSwe:
Re

Hi all!

Found this superb theme just now and almoast lost it :) (in a good way)

So like the real Diamond theme (from what i can see on You Tube)

My humble request is now:

PLEASE!!!!! Make a tutguide for us non programers or lamers that don't realy have worked with this kind of stuff.

I asume that i need all the mentioned software first, then i copy and replace in some cases the files from your downloadlist into the installed folders....

Please, need some help to use this great theme.

Will there be a cab installer when you have the time maybe?

Would be great to just install the software needed and the one cab file to get it to work. :)

And hey:

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! :)

ToddeSwe
[Windows Mobile Themes] eazy2001x:
anyway to get this on the now screen and replace the current spb shell weatherpanel?
[Windows Mobile Themes] 2manyphones:
swipe down?

You can set this weather panel theme as the only plugin on the today screen. Then when you swipe down in SPB MS it will display this theme. At least that is a way I found to use weather panel with SPB (when I used it). I agree it would be nice if you could use weather panel instead of the weather part of SPB MS.
[Windows Mobile Themes] charm1718:
I like how you made slide to play look like the diamond music player.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kreigz:
Man, Rumball,

It's a lot of work updating and maintaining your theme ... it's a good thing it's the sweetest PPC theme setup going!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kreigz:
.ini files

One thing I've noticed this morning ...

the rlToday ini for the ThumbCal stuff refers to it being installed on the storage card. So, if it's installed on the device itself, ThumbCal won't run.

Ya just have to go into the rlToday.ini file and remove the two references to the storage card and leave it just as Program Files.

I would imagine this would be true for any other software as well.
[Windows Mobile Themes] torremitsu:
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to install Xiamultitheme. Would anyone be willing to help? I've pasted the nightly build to my device program folder but when I run the configure prog my ppc freezes. Help me plz. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Djay64:
HELP ME please

Can someone help me figure out why the weather icons are on the top left side of the screen instead of the center of the screen??????????
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
See if post #562 works for you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] formula84:
Can someone tell me why my big weather icon looks like this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
It looks like you have the old v4 static icons. Try downloading the latest static weather icons.
[Windows Mobile Themes] persiansown:
Awesome job!!! Trying it now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] sean222:
How are the other layouts (smaller) coming?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] enriqueluis:
this is not for beginners...its really a brainer...can't you make a cab for this?..i can't really follow your instructions!..but...great work!..sad..can't make it work...can you post in youtube the step-bystep instructions please!
[Windows Mobile Themes] fl4r3:
I seem to be having problems with the icons too. The theme works with other icon sets (except they dont align correctly which is to be expected) but the animated icons dont work with any other layout.

I also tried to change the Manilla.wpl file as suggested in post #562 but that didnt change anything. Thats why I think its to do with the icons.

Which order are we meant to install the icons...because when I followed the instructions I overwrited the files from the first post over the animated folder. Is that right or is it the other way round?

It would probably be easier if someone could post an already working animated trial icon folder to see if it is the icons or the theme.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ronadam:
More Icon alignment challenges

Ha Rumball,

I like your hard working,can you tell me how / where i can correct the allignment

of the icons, i think i have to change values in Manilla.wpl ??

Could you please give me a hint.

Thanks,Ron ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Your running this on a VGA device aren't you? If so you'll need to do a lot of adjustment to icon positions as currently the layouts are designed for QVGA.

For the main image/animation in the centre, it's location is set in Manila.wpl by;

;IMAGE

#CURRENTICON-CUSTOM-LARGE#

0,0

Because you have a VGA device (640x480) and the animation is 200x240 try changing its location to (480-240)/2=120 , (400-200)/2=100

;IMAGE

#CURRENTICON-CUSTOM-LARGE#

120,100
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
OK. For those that are having problems with the instructions, I have re-uploaded the LARGE static images and the LARGE trial animations (links provided in first post). These new zip files now contain the full directory structure (down to the "Manila WP Icons" level) so hopefully that will avoid some confussion as to where to place the icons.

So remove your whole Manila WP Icons folder and your theme folder.

Delete it all

.

Download and install my weather panel theme v5.3a per the instructions provided in post #1. Make sure you also install the "Manilla WP Icons" folder that is included in this zip file. Typically you would place it in your "Marsware\WeatherPanel\Icons" folder

Next download the LARGE icon set that you want (either static or trial-animation). Copy the "Manila WP Icons" folder in the zip file to the same location (i.e. typically "Marsware\WeatherPanel\Icons")

And yes...I'll look into creating CAB files so as to avoid the need for instructions.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
in post 568 you said ..

i dont have the ";HEIGHT" line in my "Forecast-5.wpx file"
[Windows Mobile Themes] ronadam:
No, i am running it on a HTC diamond, but indeed it has a display resolution 480 x 640 [ i dont want to use touchFLO, only weather panel which i like a lot]

Thanks, Ron.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Ya, sorry about that. ";HEIGHT" will only be in the Manila wpl files and the Forecast files of the ThrottleLauncher versions (Forecast-TL and Forecast-TL-5day)

For the non-TL layouts you only need to adjust the height in the Manila.wpl or Manila-5day.wpl files.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
i think mine (UL) is working.. sometimes the redraw is slow or incomplete.

i dont really know if its because of something i did wrong, or UL is slow, or where i installed some things or what..

i would like to try a TL set up. altho im sure that most of the installation setup steps are the same as UL , i would like set of instructions for TL..

if youre too busy for separate instructions, thats fine..

your youtube vid didnt have some of the redraw or speed probs that i do..

for example, even when s2u2 is locked and showing the clock, the hands

are missing...little things like that..

thanx
[Windows Mobile Themes] vj4:
hey every time i click on ur link in the install info i get 404 file not found and then when i go to mar's site i can only get the trial. just so you know
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Ya...for the time being I dropped UltimateLaunch for a few reasons:

1) Development of UltimateLaunch and XIAMultiTheme seems to have stopped (definitely UltimateLaunch). I still find bugs in both of them which are annoying at times.

2) My setup was locking up several times a day on me and would require a soft-reset to clear. This was getting too annoying. I wasn't ever sure whether it was UltimateLaunch or XIAMultiTheme that was causing my problems.

3) ThrottleLauncher seems to be very promissing. The good thing is that it is actively being developed. It does the majority of stuff that both UL and XIAMultiTheme can do. Right now there are still a few bugs but I have faith in it.

I'm going to play around with TL for a while to see where it's developement goes and see how stable it gets. If I stick with TL then I'll thinking about redoing my setup with TL. Though if I do, I would open a seperate thread for it. I currently am regretting having my UltimateLaunch setup in the same thread as my Diamond WeatherPanel theme.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Hmmm...ya http://pixel.citadel.org/ seems to be down at the moment.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
this makes me feel better--knowing that these probs arent really my fault..

im glad that you still have interest in the whole UI and will change things to

put out the best theme setup..

i will wait for your TL post..

thanx muchly
[Windows Mobile Themes] vj4:
its cool i found a back up on my sd card but thought i'd inform you
[Windows Mobile Themes] XTREEM|RAGE:
How can i make a button, that if i tap on that button the weather forecast comes out. Because now it shows up, below my appointments items....i really dont like that. I would like to have a button like in the first post or just a simple lnk file orsomething...??
[Windows Mobile Themes] fl4r3:
Just figured out why the icons were not working. It was kind of silly really!

Soft reseting didnt do anything, all that needed to be done was a weather update. You might want to add that to your first post next to 'soft reset'.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
I could create a very short one line theme that includes the five day forecast that will pull up the full Diamond Weather Theme when you click on it. That way it would take up minimal space on your today screen. I guess this would be an option for people that do not use a tabbed-based today screen but simply the basic Windows Mobile today screen.

Let me know if you (or others) are interested.
[Windows Mobile Themes] iTouch24:
cool idea !!!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Corpsegrinder:
That would be awesome!
[Windows Mobile Themes] ronadam:
VGA or QVGA ??

Hi Rumball,

I am a little confused now, HTC touch diamond, is it VGA or QVGA ??

Always thought it was QVGA, all of my old progs for WM5 [Qtek 9100] run fine.

I managed to put image/animation in the centre; Manila.wpl/Forecast.wpx

;IMAGE

#CURRENTICON-CUSTOM-LARGE#

50,50

Weatherpanel runs fine, only the icons are too small, is it just a matter of putting bigger icons in it or more complicated, like rewriting all the code ??

Thank you !! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] XTREEM|RAGE:
Nice, would love that! Because now, i cant really use it. Only if i tap on it, to see it 'fullscreen' it works like a charm ;).

Or just a simple button that would push it to fullscreen?!
[Windows Mobile Themes] hamansan:
It's great to hear that your theme is TL friendly. Been using TL for quite a while and find it very good.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Yep your HTC Touch Diamond is VGA. That's why all the icons in my theme are so small on your screen. To fix that it is relatively straight forward. The icon graphics would need to be redone in twice the size. The easiest thing would be to open up each of the PNG icons in an image editor, resize them 200% and then resave them. They obviously wouldn't be as sharp looking as if the icons were redone from scratch with VGA in mind, but it would be a quick & dirty solution for the time being.

My next undertaking will be a VGA version of my theme (though the animations won't be any bigger than they are now).
[Windows Mobile Themes] ronadam:
Thanks for your quick response, it would be nice if you could make this panel a real VGA version, I think there are more people out

there who would appreciate that.!!

Thanks for your hard working.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
For those interested in a compact version of the Manila theme can try the attached layout. This is a one line theme that when you click on it will bring up the full-screen Diamond weatherpanel layout.

Place the attached Manila-1line.wpl and Forecast-5.wpx files into your manila themes folder. Select the Manila-1line layout.

One note...the refresh button is not available in this one...haven't figured out why yet.
[Windows Mobile Themes] amkaos:
is there a reason why the hands on the clock face are missing when s2u2 is showing?

thanx
[Windows Mobile Themes] tilt4life2:
Hi Rumball,

I had to move out to San Francisco last week to start law school so I am really out of the loop as to what has been going on with the animated skins since I had no internet for the whole week. I really want to go through each page, but there have been so many pages added to the thread and I need to get back to my reading so I don't have too much time. I hope you don't mind me asking some questions. If this is an annoyance, my apologizes to you beforehand:

I have Ver. 5.1 installed, so if I want the full version of 5.3, I would need to make a donation?

If i am using UL still, is 5.3a for me?

Any important changes I need to know about?

Once again, I am very sorry if this is a bother. Thanks for all the help and the great theme. I will make a donation once my school refund check comes in on the 25th. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] XTREEM|RAGE:
omg only the refresh button and its perfect :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] XTREEM|RAGE:
the clock works when i have s2u2 on, v1.16
[Windows Mobile Themes] mr_e_man:
Sprint Touch & XIAMultiTheme + UL?

Anyone have any luck getting the XIAM + UL process to work with a Sprint Touch? While I can get all the software to run fine separately, the XIAM and UL causes me headaches, even after following the tips found in all 62 pages of the thread.

UL locks up and it's only the Pocket Plus safe mode that allows me to uninstall it. I don't even have UL set as a plugin yet.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Fresh2Death:
after installing 5.3a i no longer have the animated weather, nor any picture of the weather at all. what happened??????? :O

nvm: fixed it :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Can you post what you did to fix it ... just in case others have accidentally made the same mistake? ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Rumball:
Did you recently upgrade your version of S2U2? When you install the latest version it replaces all of the graphic files in the S2U2/gfx folder with the default versions. Try redownloading my S2U2 graphics from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2326335&postcount=28