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[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
I showed the sepia ones to some people and they loved it as well:p

Well, the picture I used is the size I use on my website, I am a profesionnel photographer, the size of the picture is 800x800. The phone I have is a Xperia X1 (WVGA), maybe there is some difference between phones...:confused:

Cheers,

Arnold
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm.... that's quite strange.... what picture frame are you using? I designed them to fit my "thin" and "just corners" frames... could it be that you're using some other one?

EDIT: could you send me that picture? I'm getting curious about this, wanna try to recreate the same issue :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
ow okay, there is the problem, I used the standard Wooden Big frame ;-) (which I do like with the sepia picture, but I will try your this silver one)

First I have to go, newyears party starting soon.

Have a nice evening and happy new year

Cheers,

Arnold
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Happy New Year to you too! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] FranzB:
Hi,

thanks for your great work.

Kind Regards and HNY.

FranzB
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
HNY right back to you too ;):)
[Windows Mobile Themes] busymom:
Problem with installer5

Love your widgets and updates. Had no problems with your manual install but cannot get the cab file to install properly. It keeps saying the qa layouts.dat is corrupted. Is there a way to try and install the xml file manually? Thanks for your help. Using the WVGA. Have your latest update--2.22 Thanks again. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm, that's strange :confused:

I'm attaching the xml file, try doing it manually like before and see if it gets any better....
[Windows Mobile Themes] busymom:
Thanks

Worked like a charm. Thanks so much. Loving all the new weather widgets by the way. Thanks for all the great work. Any chance of getting colored battery indicators-- just the numbers like 100%, 80 % in all your great color choices? Anyway thanks so much again for your help and great work. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You mean just the numbers without any graphical part?
[Windows Mobile Themes] busymom:
YUP, just the numbers part. Just the numbers that tell you the battery remaining. LIke 86%, or 24%. Don't need anything else. Thanks .
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Got it :) I'll see to it in the next release ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] busymom:
That would be awesome. Thanks so much. Have a great rest of the New Year.:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
Hi Vostra,

Well, I made in Photoshop some icons for the mail/sms and missed calls.

If you want them I can send them to you in PSD (if you use CS4 or something as well) so you can make them even better ;-) or in JPG if you like them.

The example is with my background (black marble)

also one more question, is it possible to make a skinnable clock without the 3,6,9,12 numbers in it...

As you can see on the second screenshot, the clock overlays the original numbers which are on the icon as well, it is an empty clock icon. I have it in the small version in your silver -small.

The upper icons and the clock can be downloaded everywhere as freeware ;-)

Cheers,

Arnold
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Cool icons indeed :)

Is that an actual screenshot of your device screen? If so, I take it you've already set them up as widget skins, bravo! :)

About the clock, do you need it without numbers only, or maybe even without the short lines indicating the other hours as well?
[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
yes it's a screenshot from my device:) I read a lot here, so than it is not too difficult to make it work... Quite happy with that, but still looking for a better background than this black marble to match the icons...

Yes please without those short lines as well...

Cheers,

Arnold
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Got it, I'll work on it for the next release! ;)

Again, really good work with those icons! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jacko5:
Vostradamus,

How are the new weather widgets coming along ?

I posted various links for you on another thread.

Any idea on timescale for the new weather widgets updates ?

Keep up the good work :):):D
[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
Thank you and...thanks ;-)

Here another homescreen....now I will quit, it is really addicting to make such things ;-)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
They'll be in the next release, but I don't have an exact release date yet... I'm being a lil busy these days (it always happens this time of the year) so it'll take a little bit more, hope to have some time for them in the next few days ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
This one looks cool too! lol I didn't actually think of using the skinnable clock alone without any picture frame, but it looks really good! Great idea! :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Hi Vostradamus,

I just love your work. But as always when you have something, you want to improve...

I would love to have some additional hexagon-links, a little smaller, without text. Perhaps the size of the round links.

Thanks in Advance
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Actually I already tried some time ago to draw another, smaller, hex link... but I got stuck with a problem about aligning... I drew these smaller hexagons, but the aligning grid used by mobile shell prevented me from being able to align them correctly on the screen, and this is why after a while I gave up at that time.

I'll give it another try asap, but can't promise anything (quite sure next release won't have them, will try later)
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
Hello Vostradamus

Happy new year !

On my touch HD ,I have a problem with the skinnable clock..

The image is a little smaller than the clock,in large...so I have the 3 or the 9 little out the image border....the clock is larger the 3 or 9 large (I don't know the larger you use to write the 3 or the 9)...

Does someone else have the problem ?

Vostradamus , have you got a soluition or an idea ?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
It probably depends on the picture frame skin you're using... the skinnable clock has been designed to be used with my "thin" or "just corners" picture frame skins :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
Hello Vostradamus

<<It probably depends on the picture frame skin you're using... the skinnable clock has been designed to be used with my "thin" or "just corners" picture frame skins>>

No ,I use your "thin" or "just corners" picture frame skins...Do you know the size of the picture to fit in the skinnable clock , on WVGA ?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
It has to be squared and 480x480 pixels or larger
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
No ,it don't solve my problem...The clock is bigger than my picture !

I resize my picture in 480 * 480 ...

grhhhh

Where is the problem....?

Nobody have this ?..

it's me ? ,)
[Windows Mobile Themes] tacchan23:
Could you link me to the taskbar in your screenshot?:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
My taskbar is the Vinsos Black HD taskbar v2.4 ,but i'm on Win 6.1 ....

I'm not sure it will work on 6.5

I don't have link yet ,but you'll find it easily ....
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Judging from your screenshot, that picture is NOT squared.... its height and its width are not the same.

Maybe when you try to resize it you set its height to 480 but its width remains smaller because the software is set to preserve the original height:width ratio (I'm just guessing of course...)

Try using an image with the same height and width....

(and by the way... 480 pixels is the needed size for the large skinnable clock, for the one in your screenshot even a 240x240 would work... as long as its height and width are the same)
[Windows Mobile Themes] stefaie:
Yes , you're right....My picture is not squared...

On my PC , I make it squarred 480*480 ,and put it on my HD with active sync , and effectively , the size is modified...

I use XNpocket on touch HD to resize it in 480*480 and it works perfectly !!

If I had look better on my screen...my glasses are not clean....or my eyes are not opened yet....

This idea for the clock is great ,thanks for it and for your help !
[Windows Mobile Themes] tinbo:
Hello Mr Vostradamus !!

Really, really great job these widgets...:eek:

May I ask you how can I change the size of your current date widgets to the same size as your status big squared icons ?

My idea is to re create iphone interface in one layout of ms3.5.

I am using also these icons:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533993

In one layout I will have all shortcut with the icons + current date + current meteo widget (I should fine icon with the same size as well).

I am using as well SPB traveller with the world time, I am using something like 10 different hours and I cannot use the standard time in MS3.5.

So I am trying to find the way to create a shortcut to this time application and then I will apply an icon to this shortcut...
[Windows Mobile Themes] rete:
Has anyone else noticed that "Big Icon with Text" links are not available for all program shortcuts? For example, TomTom Navigator does not have a BigIcon Text XXX option; Google Maps does. Bing does not; Opera 10 Mobile does.

Am I missing something?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Unfortunately, there's no immediate way to change the size of the current date widget, it has to be re-designed.

If you need it I can see to it, but not for the next upcoming release 'cause it's almost ready and I want to publish it asap :p

I can try to see to it for the next one :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'm afraid I can't help you much with this issue: the big icon (usable only on WM 6.5) is selectable only for those apps which actually have a big icon defined... but I don't really know how to define it if it's not already there (if I'm not wrong it does not have anything to do with mobile shell)

If someone has more detailed info about this topic, please do tell 'cause I know I'm not being of much help here :o
[Windows Mobile Themes] jacko5:
Looking forward to your next release :D

Have a look at these icons, may give you an idea for the future :)

He may give you permission to port them for (w)vga ( HTC Touch HD etc ).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603496

If only i could afford a HTC Touch HD2.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tinbo:
Thanks for your answer... it is not really because I need... even if I need it... it is also to make all your work more or less compatible each other... I think it is more nice if all icons are with the same size... your status big icons have perfect size and I can mix it with the others icons... it is just pity that SPB did not make the icons with the same size...

By the way, SPB traveler has it is widget in MS3.5, it is a clock or banner... do you know if I can change it by an icon ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'll see to it asap ;)

You're right, having all the icons with the same size can surely help to keep things better organized :) To be honest, I kinda forgot the current date widget, mainly because it's the least used widget in the whole shell lol :p

I've never seen spb traveler widget so far, so I can't be 100% sure... but I guess it can be like all the other widgets: to add a "skin" you need some modder to create one.

If I'll have time I'll try to get a trial version to install on my emulator and see if I can do something, but I can't promise anything at this time.
[Windows Mobile Themes] tinbo:
I see... I see...

When you are talking about modder... are you refering something like photoshop for the skin ?? or a programming software ??

Do not worry is not under to tight deadlines... I am waiting also for the release of MSKIP for the skin which remove all bottom bar and Icons... I do not use the carrousel at all... for me it is too much for nothing...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Not exactly :p

When I talk about modder I refer to..... someone like mskip, me or any other widgets developer ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 2.23 :)

ChangeLog, detailed info and download links in the first post ;)

Enjoy :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
thanks Vostradamus, you have made me a widget addict :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol you're welcome :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] jacko5:
Vostradamus,

Thank you for the update :)

I am having a small problem though.

The stardock medium widget does not install / work.

It looks like the small and medium widgets are one of the same.

If i uninstall the small stardock widget and install the medium stardock widget, is says the small stardock widget is installed ( in the spw weather skin options ).

Not sure what i am doing wrong :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm.... weird, gonna check it right now... :confused:

What resolution is your device?

EDIT: You're right... there was a bug which caused it not to show up in the change skin menu for sbp weather even though it was installed.... Now it's fixed, please re-download it and enjoy :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
thanks again for the updates!

Cheers,

Arnold
[Windows Mobile Themes] jacko5:
Down loaded thank you.

Works perfect now.

Will try to sort a donation out for your cats :D

I have just started a new job so will send it when i get paid.

PS. The small weather text is very small, if you get chance can you make a medium version ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Will see to the medium weather text for sure in the next release ;)

PS: my cat says "meeeeeeeoowwww!!!!!", which definitely means "thank you!" (and in the meantime she's jumping on my keyboard, of course....) :D

PPS: grats and good luck on your new job! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jacko5:
Ok thank you.

I have sent a donation ( Confirmation number: 2UK18237T7578563S ) its only small donation but i think you cat will enjoy the food :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Donation received, thanks heaps again :)

Phoebe (my cat) is purrrrrrring all around as a sign of gratitude :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 2.24 :)

ChangeLog, detailed info and download links in the first post ;)

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] okerobert:
Problem Getting Vostradamus Widgets working on my Touch Pro

I installed selected widget cabs and the Xml Installer cab on my HTC Touch Pro but it doesn't seem to work.

During the installation, I did not notice the SPB Shell restart as mentioned in the installation instruction.

When I tried to add widget, I don't see the installed widgets listed.

I am using SPB shell 3.5.3

I would really love to have this beautiful widgets on my phone.

Please assist.
[Windows Mobile Themes] brunoisa10:
just soft reset to check
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Just as Brunoisa suggested, try to restart the shell manually... widgets names not showing up in the change skin menu usually means either widget cabs are not installed correctly or the shell has not been restarted yet.

Lemme know if restarting it (or soft resetting the phone) helps or not ;)

EDIT: other thing you can try is reinstalling the xml installer cab (if it says it's gonna uninstall the previous version and then says it's impossible to uninstall just ignore the message and go ahead)
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Trying to get things to work...

Hello there-

So I downloaded all the .cabs onto my Sprint Touch Pro II running Spb Mobile Shell 3.5 UltimateV2. I can see the widget texts options but they do not display on the screens. I have tried the above suggestions including reinstalling the xml and restarting my phone. Are these added widgets not designed to work with Ultimate V2??
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... I'm not really sure what you mean by "ultimate V2", anyway the widgets should work with any 3.5.x version of mobile shell (some weather widgets from 3.5.1 on)

Widgets names showing up in the list but not displaying when selected usually mean that something went wrong with the xml installer.

You could try to manually add the xml file (it's included in the package, its name is "widgetsziogian.xml" to your qa_layouts.dat.

To do this, simply open qa_layouts.dat with winzip (it actually is a renamed zip file) and add the xml file to it.

When adding the file, don't forget to use this encryption password: b0fm18zq

Also, remember to backup your qa_layouts.dat before doing anything with it... just in case...

EDIT: forgot to mention... before trying anything, double check if you have installed the right cabs for your device... qvga widgets will not show on vga devices and vice versa... it may sound obvious but it happened already to someone ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Alright, I will give your suggestion a try and also double check. I am pretty sure I got the (W)VGA but everyone makes mistakes lol

MSkip just put out the extended Ultimate edition found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=566679. I will post again in a few minutes. lol

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Alright, Im stupid ;P just know this upfront.

What I got in the zip file was "Vostradamus Xml Installer" as well as the other .cabs. How do I put that into the qa_layouts.dat?? i looked under My Device>Programs Files>SPB Mobile Shell and qa is an "unrecognized application"

I can do .cab files just fine but that is about the extent of it lol Help please?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Oh, of course you were talking 'bout mskip ultimate... sorry, I must be a bit sleepy, I should have thought of it by myself :p

I can confirm the widgets should work: I didn't try the ultimate v2 yet, but I've always made my widgets so that they are compatible with all the works of mskip and the other developers, and I don't really think mskip could have modified the shell in such a way to make it not compatible with my package (my widgets are much simpler than mskip work, they are just addons which do not alter the shell behaviour in any way) :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
the file you should put inside qa_layouts is "widgetsziogian.xml", try to follow these steps:

- copy qa_layouts.dat on your pc

- be sure that your pc is NOT set to hide file extension for known file types

- rename qa_layouts.dat to qa_layouts.zip

- open it with winzip

- add WidgetsZioGian.xml to it using b0fm18zq as encryption password

- rename qa_layouts.zip back to qa_layouts.dat

- copy it back to your device

- restart the shell

or, if you prefer, attach your qa_layouts.dat on here and I'll add the file to it for you :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Lol Thank you soo much. I am going to try and turn this into a learning tool but if I can't do it I will just attach it. lol

One moment please...
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
*sigh*

how do I convert from dat to zip...? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
no conversion required.... just rename it :) it already is a zip file, it is just renamed ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Ok...again, I am stupid. Thanks for your patience
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol no problem, don't worry... I think most probably your pc is set to hide file extensions for known file types and when you tried to rename the file it was renamed not to qa_layouts.zip but to qa_layouts.zip.dat (with the .dat portion not displayed because of this setting of your pc)

anyway, here's the file with xml correctly added, just extract it and put it in your mobile shell folder, then restart the shell or soft reset the phone ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Ok. restarting
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Hi Vostradamus,

just downloaded the new package and installed the new nature and girls weather and the round status icons. After that I reinstalled the xmlinstaller-cab. After restart all your old widgets and the round status widgets work, but the new weather skin just does not do anything. It shows in the skinlist, but when I choose it, the skin simply does not change.

Any Idea? I use the vga-version.

Thanks for the great work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm, that's quite weird...

One thing you can try:

- reinstall the nature and girls cab and then restart the shell

A couple things you could check:

- your mobile shell version (that widget only works on versions 3.5.1 and higher)

- if in your mobile shell folder there's a file named "va_WeatherNatureGirls.dat"
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ok guys... gotta go to bed now... it's 2am and I can't keep my eyes open anymore (and the cat quietly sleeping right above my keyboard does not help to keep me awake lol)

If you still have doubts/issues pls write them down, I'll read them in the morning and will reply asap :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] WMLover212:
Ok, I think I did everything right but it still is not working properly. Still is in the list but will not change the widget. grrr This is still what I am seeing.

See ya later. I will be back on tomorrow (its only 7:30 here lol).
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
Same thing with my weather problem. Reinstalled natureandgirls, restarted shell. Both dat-files (weathernaturegirls and weathernaturegirlsskin) are in install dir, skin shows in list, but does not do anything. Using ms 3.5.3 and the newest mskip.
[Windows Mobile Themes] okerobert:
I did try your suggestions before my post and I have repeated them again, but the problem remains.
[Windows Mobile Themes] okerobert:
I did try your suggestions before my post and I have repeated them again, but the problem remains.

Note:

I notice that in the "Remove Programs" screen of my phone, all the installed widgets appear on the list of programs. Are they supposed to be listed here as programs??
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... I'm almost running out of options... :confused:

the shell is installed in the default folder? (which usually is on device memory) or did you somehow move it somewhere else?

Also, check if the widget files are present in mobile shell folder, for example the file "va_dclock_pro_ZioGianBlueFull.dat"

I'm gonna try to install mskip latest mod just to check it personally, but it should not really be the source of this problem :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Gonna install mskip mod and try to recreate the problem... what device do you have?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yes, they're supposed to show up there as programs, that's ok :)

Could you attach your qa_layouts.dat? Also, what device do you have?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
I have a HD2. Thx for your effort. It is not life-threatening :-), but nevertheless interesting that only this one widget does not work.

Edit: I just saw on one of mskips threads, that others also have problems with your weather widgets on mskips latest version. Maybe he is the one to solve this.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ok, I just tested the widgets with mskip latest creation, and as I expected everything is working ok, so the problem has to be somewhere else.

From what you described, it sounds like something could have gone wrong with the xml installer (the circle status widgets would still work because it was already present in the previous version' xml)

Maybe you could try to manually add the xml file inside qa_layouts.dat (or install xml installer again, but I think you have already tried that)

For the "manual" installation of the xml file follow these steps:

- IMPORTANT: BE SURE that your pc is set to

NOT

hide file extensions for know file types (setting in Tools - Folder Options - Visualization)

- copy qa_layouts.dat from your mobile shell folder to your pc

- rename it from qa_layouts.dat to qa_layouts.zip

- open it with winzip

- add WidgetsZioGian.xml (you can find it inside my package) to it using the encryption password b0fm18zq

- close winzip

- rename the file from qa_layouts.zip back to qa_layouts.dat

- copy it back to your mobile shell folder

- restart the shell or soft reset the phone

EDIT:

That's weird... I just tried the nature and girls widget together with ultimate v2 and it's working normally (on my emulator at least)
[Windows Mobile Themes] okerobert:
My qa_layouts is here attached. I am using HTC Touch Pro with SPB Shell 3.5.3
[Windows Mobile Themes] BigWilly11:
Hi Vostradamus

Hope you don't mind I have modded one of your clocks to fit in with my Carbon look. I can't post a picture yet, but will do soon.