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[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The only reason I made a medium size and not a large one is that the new weather widgets have alot more graphics because of the night views (which have never worked on my phone) lol. If I made a full screen weather widget it would be about 4MB for QVGA and about 11MB for VGA just for that 1 widget. I could try using the old large weather widget but I dont know how it would display if a night image was called on.

EDIT: Ok I think I figured out about the night time images. Im pretty sure that they will only be displayed if your area can get the current conditions. In England my weather widget is still showing the sun (at 10pm) and England doesnt have any current conditions, but I changed the location to berlin (has current conditions) and the night image popped up.

Try it on your devices and see if it works. If im right then people without a current conditions update wont be able to get the night time images.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ransflyer:
Can't wait for V2 :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] BGrosse:
Can't wait for Lite Version... :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] jpen:
your right it has to have current conditions to be able to show night time images...i always wondered why i didnt have current conditions either....weird
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Now doing final tests and adding a few new widgets so it should be uploaded tomorrow
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Well at least now we know why some people dont have the night time images displayed its not a fault with the weather widgets, just with the current conditions.

I guess the url that spb gets it weather information isnt very good if it cant handle current conditions anywhere in england as well as many other places around the world.
[Windows Mobile Themes] vrgolin:
Nice work

HTC ADVANCE X7510

ROM VR. 3.29.412.3

CPU PXA270

MOD. NUMBER ATHE400

OS WINDOWS MOBIL 6.1

But i can not make it work. i am trying to change the pro back ground screen and always crash the mobil shell 3.5 pro back ground screen , there is another way to change the ms 3.5 pro background screen on mobil shell 3.5?
[Windows Mobile Themes] rfarrah:
Hi Mskip! FWIW, I like the continuity of the background image.
[Windows Mobile Themes] uniqueboy:
Get rid I say. They don't look bad but anything to reduce the clutter sounds good to me. Maybe it would be an idea to increase the transparency to almost full. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
MSKIP'S PROPLUS ULTIMATEV2 FOR SPB MOBILE SHELL 3.5.1 FINAL

ChangeLog:

29th November 2009 (QVGA, WQVGA, VGA and WVGA)

+ Moved the Menu Bar to the top of the screen and made the carousel and menu buttons invisible so now the bottom area is totally useable

+ Added Red and Black Battery Text Widgets (small and large)

+ Added Red and Black Weather Text Widgets (small, medium and large)

+ Added Diamond Clear Digital Clock with Red Digits and with Black Digits

+ Added Birthdays Widget with Short Date and more space on the left to allow full names to be displayed

+ Added 8 Custom Menu Bars in the Backing Panels section which can be placed at the bottom of the screen

Download links in First Post

If you enjoy using anything that I have created please consider making a donation. It helps me to carry on my work and I have spent ALOT of time on this project so appreciation of my work is very welcome.

Enjoy :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
at last !!!! Sleep well my friend ! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
It's sick man !!!! My screen looks twice bigger !!! donation coming soon.....just waiting for my paycheck :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Glad you like it :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
I'm just soooooo happy ! wanted to show my new phone with a BIGGER screen....it's just crazy !!! :D Thank you again for my new phone Mskip ! Your idea about the invisible links and no more bottom bar was....well genius :p

have a look....
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Looks awsum mate I like the bottom buttons :D

I think you need to charge your battery haha :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] turnkey:
Thanks it gets better each and everytime
[Windows Mobile Themes] Dadi68:
Dude, where did you find that panel behind your clock? :rolleyes:

it seems smooth like Sense's clock
[Windows Mobile Themes] dgmorland:
Way to remove unused widget?

I was wondering if it is possible to remove a widget that is taking up a lot of space in the package since I dont use this widget. For example va_weather_manilla_skin_m.dat contains huge files that I dont need as I dont use this manilla weather widget. Is it possible to remove this without breaking the application? The va_weather_plus_medium_skin.dat is also very large.

I was able to save a lot of space by unzipping and rezipping the qa_fundotela.dat file with my own background image (down to 3kb instead of 971kb!)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dgmorland:
Wow, thats really nice! Did you create a custom background image? I would like to create something like that. Do you mind sharing your background image or if not, would you be able to save me some time by letting me know height and width if I create a custom image? When specifying an image from My Pictures it seems to want to crop the existing 480x800 images I have saved there.
[Windows Mobile Themes] laurie9300:
How do you increase the widget area ???

Hi mskip,

Just when you think it can't get any better, you post a new and innovative version that makes us go WOW !!! Congratulations Again. I have always preferred your Ultimate release, but moving to WM6.5.1 made me switch to Ultimate Elegance (with opaque Large Selector Bar) to get rid of the unsightly 8 pixel gap left after M$ reduced the size of the taskbar. Your UltimateV2 release has tempted me back. However there are 2 small modifications I need to make to get this to work.

1.) The selector bar backing panels cannot be placed right at the bottom of the screen, they jump back up 8 pixels. I need to increase the vertical area that you can place widgets by 8 pixels. I presume a simple edit in qa_layouts could fix this ????

2.) I would also like to increase the size of the full screen picture frame widget by the same amount, again I assume that this is an edit in widgets.xml ???

Any help you can give would be appreciated by me, & I'm sure all the WM6.5.1 users out there. Thanks In advance........

P.S My device is Omnia WQVGA
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
It looks like the Diamond Clock with the grey backing panel from the Sense Theme. Its definitely not one of mine as the Digits are not centered and the clock isnt smooth :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
If you want to put a custom image on the lifestyle screen then it needs to be a JPG format, 960x588 for QVGA or VGA and 960x748 for WQVGA or WVGA.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Are you absolutely sure its 8pixels? The standard size was 26pixels but I dont know if Microsoft changed it or if it was changed by the chef who made the rom. If you post a screenshot on here then I will make a variation for the qa_layouts.dat file which will fix the lifestyle editable area and also the full screen picture frame widget.

With the modified qa_layouts.dat file you should also be able to make the background image fit by adjusting the dimensions. I guess we will have to wait and see whether that works though lol.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
The new Ultimate version is what I've been looking for a long time:D

Still I have 2 suggestions:

1) right now is very good for pages with Clock or similar widget at the top of the page, but it's not pratical for pages with just link widgets (also in the top row). Do you think that making the invisible carousel and menu buttons closer to the corners and smaller could help? so that if I tap on the middle of an icon placed in the corner the linked application will be launched, while if I tap the extreme corner the menu option or carousel will pop up?

2) I would like to have the Pro Layout stripped too. If you don't think it to be a good idea for most of the users, could you point me on the direction to manually do it myself? last time I tried, I could do it visually (buttons disabled and stripped) but I still could not move widgets to the bottom area.

Thanks:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] laurie9300:
UltimateV2 for WM6.5.1

Thanks for the quick reply. I am sure that it is 8 pixels, taskbar was 26, now it's 18. I have attached a screenie (actual size) & photoshop agrees it is 8 pixels.

Thanks again for your continued support
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I assume you have already installed UltimateV2?

Ok try copying this modified file to your Spb Mobile Shell folder (delete the .zip from the end first), soft reset and see if you can move the panels to the bottom now. Also the full screen picture frame has been resized, for it to work your picture needs to be 480x604 for QVGA, VGA or 480x764 for WQVGA, WVGA.

Also you could try resizing a background image to 960x764 and see if it covers the blank area.

Let me know how it goes.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will send a modified file in about 30 minutes for the stripped pro screen. The invisible buttons have been put there and are in the right place for fingers so its not really practical to move them to the side more but I see your point. They are pretty small so maybe you can work around them ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
Thanks for the stripped pro screen file:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Here you go just delete the .zip, copy across to your spb mobile shell folder and soft reset :)

I will also look later today at moving the carousel and menu buttons closer to the edge so that those areas can still be used on other pages.
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Hi mskip

Many thanks for your valuable work, but IMHO you have overdone it this time. I just do not get the point in moving the two fileds from one place of the screen to another. We do not gain any significant screen-space. On the contrary there is a loss in valuable screen-space för widgets, as long as the two MS-Fields can not be put in the background.

Most of the layouts I have seen so far have a collection of similar buttons on the top (links on one page, contacts on another and so on), and buttons that lead to other pages on the bottom. All those do not work anymore. And no, the two buttons are not so small that they do not interfere.

So please, please consider some alternatives:

- Put the two buttons only on 1 of the lifestyle-pages, lets say page 7 or 1.

- Make the 2 buttons in a way so they can be put in the background so I can put a widget over them and cover them.

- Keep the old layout alive as an alternative.

This is not a criticism and I hope some other users see it my way. If not, nevermind and move on :-)
[Windows Mobile Themes] laurie9300:
100%

Worked 100% !!!! I cannot have asked for a better result. Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
Now everything is naked as I like it:p

Thanks again! also for trying to look at a solution for the 2 invisible buttons!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I do understand what you mean by coverinf the top corners but I moved them up to the top so the bottom area could be used alot more affectively. I will try to recitfy this by making the button area for the carousel and menu smaller and move them more into the corner so that the area can be used for other widgets (although you would have to click carefully). I do think that they are better at the top but if you disagree I will supply a qa_layouts.dat file with the original layout so you can have them back at the bottom and visable. The buttons cannot be put on 1 page only as they are built into the menubar and are locked on every screen. They also cannot be put in the background because the menubar is always in the foreground.

Hope this helps :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Did you try a resized background image to see if it covers up the bottom blank area?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Thanks for the prompt reply. A shame, we can not put them away for good. I hope, you can make them so small that they really do not interfere. I really appreciate the new space at the bottom, I could just not see the point in making the buttons invisible as long as we can not use the space they cover.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
The best solution would be to make shortcuts to the 2 buttons (carousel and change background)... but I couldn't find any way to do that. I guess, if it's even possible, it's not easy :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Its not possible to make shortcuts to the carousel or menu. If it was I would have done it a long time ago lol ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] dov74:
Weather Skins

Hi.

Firstly, thanks for this great app. I installed this a couple of days ago and have been getting my screens sorted since then!

Everything was working fine and I was using your ProPlus Soft (medium) skin for weather, but last night the image vanished. Now when I go into the Skins, the only ProPlus skin that shows is the ProPlus Standard (Small) - the rest just show a blank screen? The SPB skins are working fine as well? It's strange since everthing was working yesterday?

I've read through all this thread and couldn't see anything on this (especially like I said, it was working yesterday!) Any ideas on this?

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
So the widgets show in the list but with no image? Have you installed anything else related to mobile shell since you installed ProPlus Ultimate? I assume you are talking about Ultimate and not the newer UltimateV2. The only reason all the widgets wouldnt load is if the qa_layouts.dat file has been changed or the widgets have been deleted and I dont think all the widgets would just disapear. Delete the .zip extension from the attached file, copy it to program files, spb mobile shell folder on your phone and soft reset to see what that does.

Failing that try UltimateV2 on a fresh install of Mobile Shell.
[Windows Mobile Themes] dov74:
Thanks for the quick reply MSkip.

Yeah, All the skins show in the list, but when I click on them I just get a blank screen (well apart from the small ProPlus and the SPB ones).

It's Ultimate, not Ultimate 2 I have and the only other thing I installed yesterday was SIP Change to change my default keyboard to fingerboard 2....so I'm guessing it's nowt to do with that!

Thanks for the file, I'm at work just now so can't try this. I'll do it tonight at home and report back!

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
Edit: nvm, I see the Carousel link was not the problem as you did it already^^

72#"\Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell\MenuLauncher.exe" -cmd:"dlg|GlCarousel"
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
It comes from a widget injector on a other site, it's nutz you have TONS of widgets you can inject in ANY theme version of MS 3.5..

here you go...http://www.samsungplayeraddict.com/spa_v1510/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=56

but it's all french, if you need any help just give me a buzzzz ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] BGrosse:
@mskip:

What about the light version? ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] bwnotredame06:
Well I didn't realize it took up so much space, thanks for the heads up. Next Question when are you gonna get the TILT 2 (touch Pro 2) it is a nice step up from the Tilt. I Love It !
[Windows Mobile Themes] rfarrah:
MSkip, with version 2, are the invisible carousel & menu optional or standard? In other words, do we get to choose whether they are invisible in the upper corners?

Thanks for all your work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I will start making lite versions tonight starting with ProPlus UltimateV2 ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I do really like the Touch Pro 2 I wanted to get one back in August when they first came out but I didnt have the finances. The keyboard looks amazing and im guessing it feels good with a custom rom loaded ;)

Im currently waiting for Vodafone to get stock back in of the HTC HD2 as the 4.3 inch capacitive screen looks simply mouth watering. Thats if HTC ever get round to sending more stock out I have been waiting since end of October :mad:

Hopefully I will get to play with it some time before christmas :rolleyes:

WVGA will be a step up from my QVGA 2.8 inch screen lol :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
The invisible buttons are standard but I can always change things depending on peoples needs :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] rebecker:
Well...since you offered. :rolleyes: I never use the carousel and could get by with it and the settings button only being available on the main screen. OR it would be nice if I could add either button wherever I wanted. (Never make an offer like this when I'm around :D)

Thanks AGAIN for a great update.

-Bob-
[Windows Mobile Themes] rfarrah:
We love options!

I currently use the two upper corners for weather & battery, respectively, on top of one of your time panels. Fit's great.... But you know how we love to move things around from time to time. :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] laurie9300:
@ mskip

Hi mskip !

Thanks for all of your help yesterday, sorry for my delayed reply only it was getting a bit late, (I'm in Sydney Australia, +11 hrs from you). I have attached some screenies to show you:

1. Menu bar background works perfect, thanks !!!

2. Picture frame works perfect, thanks again !!!

3. Standard Lifestyle 960x748 for comparison

4. Re-sized Lifestyle 960x764 (as you advised), shows no change :(

5. I even tried keeping the standard lifestyle aspect ration and bringing the vertical up to 764 (981x764), still no change ??? :(

Maybe it is just not possible to fully cover the Lifestyle screen completely, unless you have something else up your sleeve ;) Either way I am very happy with the end result.

Thanks again !!!......& here's the screenies........
[Windows Mobile Themes] dov74:
Hi MSkip

Didn't get round to trying this last night. Switched my phone off last night then back on this morning and everythings back to normal!?!?!:confused:

It's bizarre since I'd soft reset my phone at least a couple of times before posting yesterday?

Anyways, all back to normal. Thanks again for the app and your help yesterday.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Love the Background wallpaper :D

I guess if resizing the wallpaper image didnt do anything then it must be locked in some other way. I cant think of anything right now but if I find a solution I will definitely let you know :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You are welcome :) If it goes wrong again then try uninstalling proplus and mobile shell and put the latest versions on.
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
No I fond that somewhere, can't remember where... dop :p here is what it looks like, it's 240 x 400, so when put as background it looks just a tiny bit blurry, if you make one like this I suggest a bigger format for a better resolution......a please let me know ! :D

AND HERE IS THE FILE......
[Windows Mobile Themes] degavi:
ultimate result

tänk u Mskip for your fantastik work, her is my homescreen (for now atleast)
[Windows Mobile Themes] bwnotredame06:
Hey Boss,

in the new WVGA V2 the black lettering doesnt work, it's still white, the white and red work fine, but not the black, in the shots i chose black first then red
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
CAn someone else with VGA or WVGA test the battery and weather text for me please as I dont have a device to test them on. If you have a black background then it wont show anything in the widgets selection screen as its black on black.

If someone can make up a screenshot with all the battery and weather text widgets on (in order) then I would appreciate it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
great update but ... how to make a menu and carousel going down as default? U add a visible shortcut to this buttons?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Sorry I dont quite follow what you mean.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
how to add a buttons of carousel and menu in default places ? i want to have this 2 buttons in the corners of the screen visibile like it was at previously versions of yours skins
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
You cant add them as shortcuts or I would have taken them off a long time ago lol. I guess I will make a variation back to the old layout since alot of people dont like the new position :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] ilordvader:
Can you Upload these or give link for download

like the Red on my Phone :)

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] laurie9300:
Lifestyle Backgrounds

Here are some of my red lifestyle backgrounds. I did not create any of them (so all credit to the original authors). Ihave just collected them (from various sites) and re-coloured them to match my red theme. I hope you like them..............

Here's the link...........http://www.4shared.com/file/163941867/980754b9/Red_Lifestyle.html

P.S. I plan to upload my complete collection soon if anyone is interested
[Windows Mobile Themes] conum:
Will ProPlus Ultimate V2 run on my SQ320-device? Or will the topmost right invisible button be at 2/3 from left?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Im pretty sure it wont run properly on sq320. There dont even seem to be any settings in the xml files for 320x320 so I dont know where it gets it coordinates from but I will have to get it working one day.
[Windows Mobile Themes] rebecker:
"Variation", right? I like things just as they are in the new version. As I said before, I never use the carousel and don't need the settings button much. This new version is the best so far.

-Bob-
[Windows Mobile Themes] lecram61:
First, THANKS Mskip for your work and I love the positioning of the carousel and the '+' widget. They were in the way previously!.

Tested your text widgets for battery and weather. All work well except the black text for the weather. These take the color of the previously moved text. So if I move a black text (for example the battery text), let it go and then move the weather 'black widget' text, the color for the weather widget will be black. If I move a red or white text before moving the black weather text widgets, the text will either be white or red. Hope this is understandable :)

I tested this on a empty professional screen on a HTC Touch HD (WVGA).

Hope this helps.

See ya, Marcel
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Thanks :D

I will try to make the menu and carousel buttons a bit smaller and nearer to the corners tonight just to make it easier for people who want to use that space for widgets. It will just be an updated qa_layouts.dat file so easy for people to copy over if they wish to :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] uniqueboy:
Best so far mskip. Thank you very much.:D I love the new invisible carousel and menu buttons.

Can you skin the alarm notification widget in a future release? I would just like it to not have a backing panel but that is just not at all important. Also, did you get anywhere when looking at how SPB time widgets install? Is it possible to skin them?

When will it ever be finished?...v2 final?

And one more thing mskip, when are you going to update the pictures in your signature?:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
Im aure spb time widgets can be skinned in much the same way existing widgets in mobile shell are but you need spb time installed to be able to use them, they cant just be brought across to mobile shell and used without it. Its a nice little addon but not worth paying for IMO if you already own mobile shell.

If you dont need to use the existing alarm notification I can just skin that so you can copy it across. Do you just want the background invisible? I need to restart my computer before I can look at it so I will have to do it in a bit.

Mark.
[Windows Mobile Themes] uniqueboy:
I have spb time, but the alarm widget from that is just too big so I just use the mobile shell one and yes I just want the background invisible. Thanks:)

Edit: Bit forgetful tonight, I'm a happy wvga man.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
I wish I was a happy WVGA man but vodafone keep putting back the arival date of the phone i want lol.

I will post the skinned alarm widget in abbout 30 minutes :)

EDIT: Do you want the whole background transparent or do you want a border left around the outside?
[Windows Mobile Themes] uniqueboy:
Sorry been reading a book, it's crap! Just the text and the little clock icon to remain please, no frame or background at all if possible.:)

Edit: the default widget I should have said.