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[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I fear I'm missing something here :confused: WidgetsZioGian.xml is

not

to be renamed to qa_layouts.dat.... it has to be added inside of it (qa_layouts.dat is nothing but a zip file renamed to dat)

Also, it would be better not to use an old WidgetsZioGian.xml, otherwise all the widgets created after that version would not work... always use the latest xml file, and there's no need to import it manually as the xml installer cab will do it automatically for you ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Trevas:
Diamond Weather (again)

Hi, sorry for asking for stuff again, but I just noticed something weird. Diamond weather as it comes in your .cab file does have at least one moon icon, and it's big and beautifull, it just doesn't appear at night, i guess it's not programed for that.

As soon as installed the .cab file and changed the skin to Diamond Weather the moon showed up, when i updated the weather it imediately changed to a shinny sun, even though it was 1 or 2 am...

So, there is a moon, it is just hidding somewhere...

If you want a picture as proof i can try to take one and post it here.
[Windows Mobile Themes] livndeadgrl13:
i just wanted to thank you for theses great widgets, they are absolutly beautiful, thanks :)

but i have a question, how do i access the themes, i went into the themes folder in spb but they are not there, so im assuming thats not the kind of theme they are, ok thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] jotha:
You can not view the themes as "Themes" but as a collection of widgets with the same "Theme" (understandable lol). So you just have to access them as any other widget. If you want the planets theme for example, you install it, and after that, you have a planets analog clock under the analog clocks skins and a planet battery widget under battery widgets skins.
[Windows Mobile Themes] moxycalt:
Hi dude ! I fond some weather widgets that you made that I didn't see in your pics, the diamond ones. I think they're just perfect :) So If you don't want to make the weather widgets with the pics I sent you, that's just ok with me !

See !

Thanks again !! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] livndeadgrl13:
ahh i see lol, that makes much more sense than what i was thinking on my own :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Yep, there's a moon icon... it's the one meaning "info not available" :p

There are no night icons in the diamond weather widget 'cause the original graphics by BeyondInfinity did not have them, and so far I didn't find any suitable ones to add to it... if I'll ever find them I'll update the cabs ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
huh? that's strange, diamond weather preview is present in the first post images along with all the other ones :confused:

I won't be in a hurry with the graphics you sent me then, I'll take care of some other unfinished stuff first, then maybe I'll see to them the same ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome ;)

and thanks to Hans for assisting you about the themes while I was not at home :p :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] hsmcd:
Wow another great release!! If you don't mind i have posted your widget here. Please do drop me a comment if you want to make any changes to the post or in case i have missed something. :D

Thanks for the awesome widgets.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome :)

The post is fine, thank you! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 2.37 :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
as always VWW, i love your work and thanks

possible to do a larger text only link skin? roughly the same size as the status text, large and small would be appreciated. As your time allows, of course.

thanks again

also i have an idea for a picture frame with text at the top for utilities, media, tools, phone etc. I will try and make something to show you and better explain
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
large text only link is possible, but keep in mind that the link text is system written, so without fancy 3d effects, shadows and so on... it's just plain text.

Furthermore, if you want it to use some special font, the font file must be included in the package, making it potentially large.

Think about it and tell me what you think, no hurry 'cause I'm currently working on a major restyling of how my widgets are handled (sounds cryptic, I know, will be clearer once I'll be done with it, but I'm gonna need some more time than usual for this) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
Wow! Gone a few days on holiday and so many wonderful improvements and additions. Wondering if it is possible to have varying length backing panels, holding a different number of links? Thanks for considering.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
It's possible :) Maybe something like 3/4 and 1/2 screen width.

What panels would you like that applied to?

Gonna put it in my to-do list, but as I wrote before the thing I'm working on at the moment will likely take some time more than usual to be ready, so you'll have to be a bit patient about it :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
Thx for quick response. No problem with waiting. I like to contrast different links on either light or dark backing panels. How about the white and black marble ones? Also, since I use small links, I would suggest 1/3 and 2/3 screen widths that would hold 2 or 4 links respectively.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Got it, it's in the to-do list already ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] MRCOOLCABMAN:
Thank u very much

hello mr vostradamus,

I would like to thank you for your effort and fantastic job for the themes, and widgits, keep things coming, have a great day

Regards:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thank you! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Hey Vostradamus,

Thanx for this amazing Themes, i´m happy now with my SPB MS3.5.3 and some of your Themes...many Thanx

P.s. is it possible to give me the Zodiac Dates pictures without text, so i can do a german version for that ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
You're welcome! Glad you like them! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'll take a look at home if I still have the textless ones, or in case I don't I'll look again for the url where I downloaded them in the first place :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ok, I had a couple spare minutes so I looked for the url :D

You can find them here: http://www.zastavki.com/eng/Zodiac_signs/
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Ok, cool...i´ll do the german when i have some time to do.

at least this weekend :)

Thanx
[Windows Mobile Themes] space77:
mr vostradamus. this looks so great. i like the way how you work on this widgets. thanks a lot for that
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Post some screenshots when you're done, I'm sure a lot of german users will like them :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Yes, will do...
[Windows Mobile Themes] givalle:
Vosttradamus

Hi. I am trying with your widgets. I am using SPB shell 3.0.0. I installed the cab Birthdays Framed (VGA) in the directory /programs/ SPB Shell. It installed well. But how can I see the Birthdays? Apparently nothing happens...

My phone is HTC Diamond. Could you help, please? I am not so expert. Thanks,

Givalle
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'm sorry but fear you won't be able to use my widgets: they are designed for mobile shell 3.5 :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Transabrina:
Thank you for your work, I love the Vostradamus widgets.

The current download package, I miss the two Digital Clock Modern Wide widgets. Or have the two widgets a different name?

Sorry for the google-english. I can only a little English.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Hi there! :)

You mean you don't find the files inside the zip or you don't find their names in the change skin menu?

The files should be named "Digital Clock Wide" and "Digital Clock Wide Full", while in the change skin menu they should appear as "Modern Wide <color>" and "Modern Wide <color> Full" respectively
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Released version 3.0 :)

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

Enjoy! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
I'll test for you and report back on the whole experience.
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Holy ****...awesome...will give it a try...:eek:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks! :)

Meanwhile I'm "testing" it deeply too... it went straight away on my phone too :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Hope you'll like it ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
First of all, extremely well thought out and executed. Looks to be a real time/space server when it comes to trying out new widgets. Overall, went extremely smooth, closely following your instructions. I have only a couple of minor observations/suggestions.

1. Recommend users note/know which widgets they have active.

2. Could not find/delete registry key as indicated, but that may have something to do with the SKTools registry cleanup I do regularly.

3. Separate calendar and task items as it takes a long time to load/reload single list on my Diamond 500.

4. Seemed that the names on the Widget Manager and home page vary sometimes/somewhat. Would help if these are as consistent as possible.

Will report if observe anything else.
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Haha...Oh yes...Awesome Dude...

Works very well and smooth, Killer...

For me, the easiest way to Mod my SPB MS. Many ThanX

Will Donate some Tuna for your Cat, later:cool:

Think, i´ll work on the German Zodiac Pix on Sunday...hopefully...
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
I've run into a problem in panels. The "Deactivate Black Marble Panel Small" and "Deactivate Metal Panel Small" don't seem to be taking effect. Even after a soft reset and a complete shut down/reboot, they remain.
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
Deactivate not working in general? Tried deactivating some status icons. No go.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks for the help in debugging :)

1) I fear I'm not exactly getting what you mean here :p

2) that could mean the the normal uninstallation of my 2.x widgets went 100% smooth, so no worry :) I wrote to do that only 'cause I noticed that sometimes, uninstalling a lot of them at the same time, some values could remain there the same (even if I don't know why... winmobile uninstallation should get rid of them)

3) Would have liked to keep calendar and tasks separated, but that's because of how the code works... calendar and tasks share the same skin dat file, and I need all the widgets sharing dat files to stay together :(

4) Names in widgets manager and change skin menu should be the same... widgets manager show the names getting them from the registry, same place where mobile shell reads what's displayed in the menu (didn't notice anything different on my phone or the emulator)

About the deactivation, I'll investigate tonight if I can or tomorrow in the morning... seemed to work fine on the emulator, all resolutions, will try it on the actual device after dinner
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
eheh glad it fits your taste :)

if you have some spare minutes, would you try deactivating a widget and see if you meet the same issue as O.a.T. ?
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Ok, no deactivating...

I did deactivate some widges at the same time. Nothing is Deactivated, after.

After a soft reset, they stay on screen.

Then i tryed to deactivate one by one with exit your program after every one.

The same, widgets still be there, sorry :confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Ok, dumb me... you can all shout "Dumb-adamus" for at least one week...

In the rush to release the whole thing I've put in the zip file a debug version of the widgets manager instead of the correct one :p :o

I forgot the right one at office, but I re-wrote the missing parts right now and updated the main post... sorry for the inconvenience :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
Haha...thats Funny...Don´t worry :D:D:D

Will checkout tomorrow...its late in germany right now and had a long hard day :(
[Windows Mobile Themes] pvezzoli:
Vostradamus,

How to add WidgetZioGian to widget Manager???

Best Regards,

Paolo
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Extract WidgetZioGian.xml from the zip file and place it in Widgets Manager main folder, then run Widgets Manager and pick "Update XML Definition File"

[italian translation]

Estrai WidgetsZioGian.xml dallo zip e mettilo nella cartella principale del Widgets Manager, poi lancia Widgets Manager e scegli l'opzione "Update XML Definition File" :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] pvezzoli:
Could you please tell me step by step how to install it. is not clear instruction..

Paolo
[Windows Mobile Themes] pvezzoli:
Vostradamus,

Could you printscreen how you do it?? I have done it but I can not put the widgetZioGian in WidgetManager folder.

Paolo
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Gonna write you in PM (more comfortable for italian language, so I don't have to translate everything) ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Vostradamus, i have a question. Since a few days i have changed my phone from a HTC Touch Elfin to an Omnia i900. I don`t know my phone very well yet.

First i installed SPB Mobile Shell to My Memory (which is an internal memory partition of 8 GB). Then i installed in the same memory mskips ultimate elegance skin, which i like best. MS worked very well this way. Then i installed your widgets, which i had on my other phone, and last i imported the registry from my old phone. At this point MS refused to start up displaying "Error".

So i reinstalled everything the same way as above mentioned and started to configure from scratch. I added all widgets like before and at the end i started to apply your skins, but after choosing one of your widget skins, the change does not show up.

Any hint of what to do? I checked and i saw that i have two MS folders, one in My Memory, and one in the device memory, both under Program Files. I have also to mention that i have a spanish stock ROM, as i don`t want to flash any new ROM now (my phone is too new). So the names of the memory partitions are different as in english.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm... let's see one thing at a time :)

Mobile shell refusing to start can mean a corrupted qa_layouts.dat, so maybe something messed it up. Reinstalling everything of course solved that problem.

You said you installed mobile shell on your 8Gb internal storage, here's the first doubt: how? mobile shell does not ask where you want to install it... it goes directly to device memory :confused:

Anyway, a mobile shell folder on device memory when you somehow installed it on the internal storage probably means that you installed my widgets (at this point I guess they were version 2.x, right?) on device memory when the shell is not... if you want to keep using my widgets version 2.x, they have to be installed in the same place where mobile shell is, so that means that if you somehow chose to install mobile shell on Internal Storage you should pick the same choice when installing those widgets.

On the other hand, you could use this chance to upgrade to my latest release: uninstall all my 2.x widgets you already installed, go to the first post of this thread and read about the new version.

If I got something wrong, please tell me: it looks like today I'm in a distracted mood... I already made a couple of silly mistakes :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
In fact MS did ask me where to install, so i did it on the internal storage, and i did install the widgets also there, they did show up and i could select them, but they did not apply. Thanks, i had not seen your new release as i am busy changing all to my new phone, which i see is the same as yours :D

Will try your new widgets right away.
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
Deactivation working now.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
As a matter of fact, I just changed my device today :p

Now I have an Omnia II, gonna update the signature in a wink :D

The I900 is a great phone though, I changed it only 'cause I wanted to play with a vga screen and I found a good offer for it :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol I thought as much :p really, it must be the smell of the weekend making me dizzy, would have never thought to make such an idiotic mistake :o
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
Well if that is your only mistake, I'd say that is excellent given the substantial change that this appears to be. Again, looks very promising in terms of making it easy to experiment with different widgets and incorporating new widgets.
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
I know this is completely offtopic, but i have some questions regarding the Omnia i900:

When i flash a new ROM, does the internal storage of 8 GB remain untouched?

Have you flashed a cooked ROM to yours, and if yes which one, or could you recommend one? That is just curiosity, as i think i will keep the stock ROM, as it is fast and has many applications which i like.

How can i see the radio version i have? Have you flashed another radio on yours?

Thanks for your answers, i am still very new to this phone and want to know everything :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thanks, I'm glad you like it :)

I'm also already thinking of new functions it could have :p just gimme some time and I'll try to improve it ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
ok now i will refer to you as VWG(Widget Genius) :D

wow, great work my friend, you took it to a whole new level.

only thing i would change would be to up the font size in the widget manager

you are right about the text links, maybe a 1/3 screen width might work with standard font. Your call, of course, if you dont think it will look right, dont waste your time.

thanks again
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Uhm, that's a good question... never flashed a new rom so I'm not really sure about it. :p

I thought of doing it a couple times, and in case I would have chosen a rom completely identical to the stock one, just with all the crap useless application stripped off... mainly 'cause in terms of functionality I've had no problems whatsoever with the device.

About the radio version: start->settings->system->version

There you should see all the info you're looking for :)

I've had that phone for 1 year, and I must say I'm really satisfied with it. Maybe I'm not a too "heavy" user, but it never failed me.

Phone - I've had good signal almost everywhere (well... can't expect good signal when visiting some caves... lol)

GPS - No problem there too, used it also for 12+ hours trip and it rocked. Just be sure to keep the device "breathing" 'cause if you let it get too hot it will "disconnect" the charger, and of course GPS without charging will eat up your battery. About this, a couple advice: do NOT use the original samsung windshield mount: it sucks big time, very badly designed 'cause it does not let the device breathe. If your car has an air conditioning system that should suffice, if not then use an air vent mount which leaves the back of the device open, a "tetrax" one would be perfect.

Battery - despite many users complaining about the battery, I've been happy about it: I may not be a heavy user, but the battery always lasted about 5-6 days :)

Photos - of course it's not a professional camera, so don't expect great pictures if there's not much light.... but if the light is ok the results can be really great (talking about camera phones of course)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I thought as much about the text font... that would make it a bit more finger friendly maybe. Currently it's arial narrow 9px, what size/font do you think would be ok?
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
a 10p Bell MT might work well, spread it out a little and keep the single line

here is the idea i had a few days ago sorry i stink at photoshop, so i made it from what i had:)

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=286844&stc=1&d=1267270115

i think you would consider it a picture frame. In place of where i put the heavy snow:(, I'm thinking of headers like applications, fav apps, messaging, tools etc.

a bubble centered on the frame like this, but with above headers in place of the date

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=286848&stc=1&d=1267270846

i know, i stink at explaining things too

anyway let me know what you think - thanks again
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
Battery - despite many users complaining about the battery, I've been happy about it: I may not be a heavy user, but the battery always lasted about 5-6 days :)/QUOTE]

Holy crap! I never get more than 8 hours on a full charge(omnia 910).:(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'll give the bell mt font a try :)

About the picture frames... I fear that won't be possible :( Picture frame graphics are small graphics common to all the sizes and gets automatically streched and "deformed" by mobile shell to fit the size and the assigned picture, so putting some text in them is a no-can-do because of how mobile shell handles them :(

(I know, I too stink at explaining... lol) :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
lol we surely use the phone in a veeeeeeery different way :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
wow nothing but bad ideas from me lately:) would it work as a panel instead?

if my phone were off, it would probably still die in a day:(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Nah, they're not bad ideas at all don't worry ;)

As a panel I think it should work... a panel with only the outline and the text, and it could be placed over a picture frame of appropriate size... same final effect using 2 widgets :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] 1milenia:
can Spb Mobile Shell 3.5 work with wm 6.5

it works with wm6.1 ...but will it work with my updated wm6.5
[Windows Mobile Themes] rubadub234:
works with 6.5 and 6.5.3 too. I flash about once a week and Vostradamus' new format makes it much easier than reinstalling everything every time
[Windows Mobile Themes] gauravbaadshah:
Run mortscript once

hi all

I just want to add that if somebody hasn't run mortscript even once, he should do that before running the widgets manager so that the required file extensions are registered correctly.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
sure it will :)

I'm on 6.5 too and it works no problem ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Not entirely correct, but no harm in doing it anyway :p

It would run the same even without registering mortscript extensions because the shortcuts created in start menu\programs invoke mortscript itself and the scripts as parameters ;)

Registering mortscript extensions is only necessary if you plan on running the scripts directly :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] O.a.T.:
Vostro: You may have 1/3 and 2/3 length marble and black marble backing panels on your to do list for me. I've gone the minimalist route, so you can cancel/delay those if I was the only one calling for them. I'm sure you have other things to take their place on your to do list. :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
I'll keep that in mind, but they'll stay on the to-do list all the same ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] claus1953:
Vostradamus

Thanks for your phone tips, i appreciate that.

On the other hand i deleted all old widgets and installed your new ones and now it works like a charm... thanks. And much more easier to handle.

Just one suggestion, could you implement a back fuction in the widget manager script while installing widgets? That would make it easier because now when i install a clock and then want to install a battery for example i have to hit cancel and then activate widgets again to bring up the list. A back button could bring the widget list up again directly. Or did i miss something?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Nope, you didn't miss anything :)

Will see what I can do about it! ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] GallusLongus:
HeyVostradamus,

just a short response...works verry well right now, thanx

Had a bit time for testing, hard workly day...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Vostradamus:
Thankyou! :)

I've been testing it too, looks like it's ok now, so I think I'm gonna work on the suggested improvements and maybe think of some more functions to add :p

... and of course I'll take some time to work on some more widgets too :D