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[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/Tutorials/ThrottleLauncher/animations-medium

researching into my own custom theme while i wait for arley's 1.5; theres one theme no one has attempted to port/make yet :] its SomethingELSE

is there a way to make text rotate as an animation similar to tile fade out or should i just animate the entire scene
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
So does:

<panel name="Hub" width="96" height="90">

<animation

X="0" Y="0"

name="xboxanimated"

width="90" height="90"

path="#$THEME_BASE#\images\xboxanimated.png"

times="2"

/>

<event type="Click">

<action execute=":Script" parameters="xboxanimated:Run()"/>

</event>

</panel>

work?

I can't even undetrstand the tutorial. I just suck at coding xD.

If the above does work, do I put it in HOME.xml?
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Welp, I'm lost.

Still trying to figure this stuff out.
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
Noo that link is for the old method hard to code:(.

I posted I new method using apng and mng files. There is a way to rotate but the text, but if is an animation the best way is doing an apng file.

http://animatedpng.com/index.php/assembler/

Yes thats the way, but is not a simple .png file is an animated .png

you can replace that code for the xboxlive icon on home.xml, As I said the tutorial is an old method, please skip that. I'll post detailed info, for now I have to visit my girlfriend:D

bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
Q1,2,&3:

1: can you make the list scroll say revolver style (circular path instead of perpendicular)

2: can i display text diagonally say at 30degrees or something?

3: do panels have to be specifically square or can i have a different shape or a rotated rectangle?
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Alright, since I have no skill in coding, I'm going to post my animation for anyone to edit.

Any chance someone can turn it into a file that loads random pics from a subfolder in \images, and slides them in when xbox is leaving the screen, like in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwNg0cKAmbU

Also, I had another idea that would bring the theme closer to the real UI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjoYEF8QCV0

Sorry, its cut off.

The idea is that when a hub with a seperate page is opened, the normal animation will occur, and after, this one will. It occurs when a hub is pressed, or reverses when back is pressed.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Yagbadoodles:
Hello Sir,

I like your screen, can you share your Home.xml?
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Here is the file, if anyone wants to edit it, or view it.

Its an idea for the Xbox hub.

"Any chance someone can turn it into a file that loads random pics from a subfolder in \images, and slides them in when xbox is leaving the screen, like in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwNg0cKAmbU"
[Windows Mobile Themes] :
that is not throttlelauncher..;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Anyone want this?

I tried making it look more like an xbox, with the tabs.

*added tabs

*centered the text

*made text white

I know, it doesn't look like WP7... but I like it :)

Reply to this if you want me to post it.

I can't seem to center the icons. Anyone help me with this? Is it just because the icons are larger on one transparent side than the other?
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
1. I don't undestand what you want:confused:

2.Yes you can:), you have to use rotate like this...

<panel name="test" X="0" Y="0" height="90" width="90" rotate="30">
<text
X="0" Y="0"
name="Unread email"
eight="90" width="90"
alignment="Near"
leftmargin="47"
topmargin="27"
textimages="#$THEME_BASE#\Images\Numbers\#$char#.png"
text="#$reg,HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\State\Messages\TotalEmail\Unread\Count,map,[0-]#"
path="#$THEME_BASE#\Images\UEmails.png"
</panel>

3. The panels are containers so they can have objects, and any shape.

bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
I think this animation is really simple, so you can see the code on people.xml, when the "animated name" is true.

Nice hubs!!:), about the center icon, you have to calculate, for intance if the Hub is 90x90 and the icon is 40x40 you have to set for the icon X="25" Y="25".

bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Can you give us an estimate of when beta 1.5 will be released?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
check the attachment >.< the best way i can describe it is that it rotates around a single focal point otherwise i'll try to find a work around >.<
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
My comm manager tile isn't changing color when I change the theme color

Here is the home.xml file for my home page:

Can someone help me please??? I'm not very good with codes:(
[Windows Mobile Themes] Brau0303:
Yes

I wanted to ask, but did not want to pester :) (to quote a saying: How long will it take? "it will take, as long as it takes")

Cheers

BR
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
re place the icons in your images folder with the ones i'm attaching

and add the following code to the commmanager
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Thanks for the help! Took me a little while to organize correctly (used task manager tile as reference) but I got it:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Thanks for the compliment, and thanks for the info.

Worked perfectly.

Since some of you seemed interested, here's the hubs I used in the picture from my previous post.

For those wanting to change the text white, and center it, paste the game.xml into their theme folder.

Then replace Box.png in images with the one in the file.
[Windows Mobile Themes] MyRho:
running the 1.36 patch... nice, even on my old QVGA Polaris.

But how do I update the weather? There's only Test1, Test2, Test3, Test4...

And in 1.0 I could set the right path to my photos-folder but in 1.36 I don't know how to do this...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
When to expect 1.5 Patch?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
development for the weather panel is put on hold until arley's v1.5 comes out
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
Hello guys...

LeSScro, Shame on me... yeah ! i love you too guys...

try this one... a real Xbox games hub from WP7

lools like this :

About APNG... i make this one, anybody can test this...

looks on APNG assembler 2.0 animation is good...

Demo :

it s real APNG in animation not a gif...

have Fun...

if you want more i can make more... for FREE... damn, you can !!! Yes, we can... :p
[Windows Mobile Themes] BB88:
I noticed that with this theme (or probably with ThrottleLauncher in general), my Diamond side-volume key does not work anymore. Anyone has this problem?

UPDATE: sorry, it was something else I installed that caused the problem. Not related to ThrottleLauncher
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
No...mine on HD2 is working fine
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
same, but I have my i920 Omnia 2...volume buttons work fine.
[Windows Mobile Themes] stianbert:
updates

Any updates for this theme:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
he is going to be coming out with a v1.5 soon, just not sure when. It will then be easier to add panels and such.
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
My side volume keys work on my diamond
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
You can rotate objects, but you can't scrolling circularly:(, the horizontal scrolling is completely possible as you can see in this theme, if you want an example, see the rom named main on home.xml.

I don't know.
[Windows Mobile Themes] young blade:
For the ones tweaking the .xml's

here's is a restart.png + code to restart throttlelauncher after editing or overwriting the .xml :D

see picture to see how it looks like (down in the right corner).

code:

<icon
X="200" Y="315"
name="Restart"
width="33" height="33"
path="#$THEME_BASE#\Images\Restart.png"
>
<event type="Click">
<action execute="\Program Files\ThrottleLauncher\ThrottleTodayRestart.exe" take="1"/>
<action execute=":RunProcedure" parameters="WhenShowPage()" />

</event>
</icon>

You have to paste it right in front of:

<row name="Container"
[Windows Mobile Themes] mcduck99:
Any hints, when 1.5 or whatever will be released? I will not waste my time with customizing outdated XML anymore. :o

thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Brau0303:
I believe arley12 has answered this in post #667 :)

Cheers

BR
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
Is there any way to make pictures hub load images faster? or maybe to create cache file, so it will not load images again every time I open it...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
I wish mine would load....ever...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
did you managed path to images? in the Throttle Config
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
yes, on the main page it cycles through all the pictures from my folder...just in the hub they never load...it does pick a background picture at random from that folder, but no other pictures ever load...so I have to have something specific in my phone (i.e a program) for it to be able to make the pictures...oh and can someone post a pic of their hub so I can see what it is supposed to look like?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
I've managed it..now once loaded they will never load again

in CONFIG.XML, in the end, change autounload to false, and I also changed loadonstartup to true

EDIT: why my created hubs are replaced when Add program throught "add or remove program"
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
try to reload Throtlle Today Plugin, because sometimes I have the same problem
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
I have done that many, many, many times. I have tried to alter the config.xml...all sorts of things...never worked. Screenshot anyone?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
it must look like this
[Windows Mobile Themes] kinkyy:
and how we can rotate objects:-?...can you post an exemple?:d
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
why the quality of pictures in pictures in hub are so poor? can we make them better?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
yeah mine doesn't look like that at all...no pictures just the background.

what program does it use to create the picture thumbs??
[Windows Mobile Themes] mchaves44:
I have Omnia 2 also...

-My picture hub works great, takes about 4 seconds to load pictures in hub.

-Picture quality is good, nothing to complain about.

Same layout as Sultan1993's picture shows.

maybe the pictures aren't loading in your hub because you have a lot? I only have 12..duno
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
I thought of that and switched the path to a folder that only has those default ones that come with the phone...so like 8 ..and still nothing.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mchaves44:
which version are you using?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
I have lost track lol. could someone with a working hub PM me the images.xml
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Thanks! Was annoying waiting for it to load every time
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
tried putting in the original images.xml.. still nothing
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
I dont know if the original one worked. Get someone with the same phone to send you their images.xml
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
could you send me your images.xml??
[Windows Mobile Themes] Mick300ZX:
Does the search button have any functionality?
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Not at the moment
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cablekevin:
I hope my video will be uploaded soon! - A lil tour trough the stock 1.0 theme, expecting an update very soon!
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Just poped in to say I'm working on a few graphic improvements, and animations.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Aaron McCarthy:
so when's the first post going to be updated with all the updates and customizations? :P
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Testing, testing,

1

2

3

Attempting to upload my animated xbox button.

Edit: Wow, its over 25mb. Time to WAY shorten it.

Here is my xbox animation. Its currently 5 MB... which is large. Anyone know how I can make it MUCH smaller?
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
depend image size... quality picture...

when you save PNG, it must be very short... line PNG'8 with transparency and color dept in medium because you use only few colors...

other nice animation...
[Windows Mobile Themes] nileet1:
congratulations! great job :D

EDIT:I replaced the original file but the animation does not work, nothing moves.

as I do to work?
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
i think i write for nothing here...

i m not welcome...

peace man ... :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] alecoddlyiv:
or valkryomnia has gone offline :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
I made so test and saw that ThrottleLauncher is not compaible with http://animatedpng.com/index.php/assembler/, so to do animations we have to use the firefox plugin.

Can you send me by PM the pngs files?

Hy man you are completely wellcome;), your hub graphic for the games page is really nice, so clean, I want to ask you if I can use it for 1.5 Beta, of course with credits for you!!:D

bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] rjygraham:
Official Icons

Not sure if any of you guys have seen this, but it looks like Microsoft has posted the official icons they've used in WP7 over here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=369b20f7-9d30-4cff-8a1b-f80901b2da93&displaylang=en

Thought it might come in handy one day. :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] lesscro:
you can use it without any problem.. i send here to share with all users... ;)

if you want another hub, tell me...

This icon is 48x48 and it look like a top bar or default icon for action like cut/past, new email, back, search...

can be usefull, thx for info...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
well I tried the images.xml from another omnia owner and still nothing...there must be something else involved that is making mine picture hub not work right.
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
Thank you for the info:)

Please post the image.xml and config.xml

@Lesscro: Thanks, please post any idea or graphic you have.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
here you go.
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
This is weird, all is normal:confused:, What .NET framework do you have installed? iinstall the last one.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
I have 3.5 should be fine
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sultan1993:
Throttle Launcher consumes much more battery than Manila... Manila could stay an hour and don't lose any procent of battery while Throttle Launcher will drain 2-3 percents
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
The zip is too big to upload, I'll try uploading it elsewere, and sending it to you.

Its VERY long, so if you can shorten it without changing the speed, it would help.

I'm leaving till 3:30 pacific time

Should have it uploaded by 4:00

Edit: Alright, uploaded. All 5.88 MG of it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] vader165:
it looks like all this is coming together to make a great second release! keep up the great work.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
is there a syntax to get the current position of an object on screen?
[Windows Mobile Themes] acuatico69:
future updates!!!!

there is anyway that this app stop reloading when changing back to the home screen and to add sms and email at the same square????? Other nice thing is been able to change the positions of the items....
[Windows Mobile Themes] backlashsid:
lol ! when is the "new video tomorrow" coming !! :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
what do you mean reloading when changing back to the homescreen?

are you running throttle launcher as a app or as a today screen plugin

I can add email and sms to the same square later in arley's v1.5

edit: one future edit will include current running applications as a panel :O
[Windows Mobile Themes] acuatico69:
I tried both as today p0lugin and as an app. I have tries all 3 windows 7 series only in the 1.35 and 1.36 when I click "<-" it will restart (I have it as today plugin).
[Windows Mobile Themes] acuatico69:
post updates

you can post all updates so we can tested, and let you know the problems to be fix...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cablekevin:
I've send him the material, hope he uploads it today, and it's just an tour through the current version. I've got 1.5, still waiting for the final 1.5 so i can tape it.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cablekevin:
Oh here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVqdV5t-7Rc ENJOY!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Zukunft:
hope he will release beta 1.5 soon ´cause it´s really fantastic so we can work again on the new "system"
[Windows Mobile Themes] PollPixx:
I made some new icons for in home if you don't like the blue ones:

They can be downloaded in post 1 of this post if you like it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=642831

In weather you can add a small icon of the current weather in it (in wad), don't know if it is possible in throttlelauncher, as I didn't figure it out yet...

Cheers,

Arnold
[Windows Mobile Themes] phamtranhieu:
sorry,you can help me about animate. how do you runn picture on wp7 theme,my english 's very bad,sorry
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
What exactly do you want to do?

That feature is possible but hard to implement, maybe the RELEASE 2;)

Yes, thank you CableKevin for the video. I'm waiting for APBilbo(TL's author), he'll send you the Gold Key User.;)

Woof Arnol just beautiful, thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
I don't understand what you meant:confused:

@Everybody: Uploaded the first post with the video and links for the mods;)

bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] Shan Lin:
hi arley12,

can it work with elfin?:confused:
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Is anyone tinkering with my Xbox animation on page 70 or 69 to make it the new Xbox hub icon?

If so, how is it coming?
[Windows Mobile Themes] azngl:
Is there a way to link an app to the magnifier icon? I mean it is too bad that it doesn't do anything, kinf of annoying actually lol.

I really like this win7 skin!

keep up the good work
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Ya that would be nice so you could link it to Bing or Google search
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
I forgot:D, in a couple of hours I'll post an usable animation;)

It has a function for 1.5 version:)

bye
[Windows Mobile Themes] Omega Ra:
how is 1.5 coming along? any headway on a weather panel?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mchaves44:
Here's some ideas :D

http://www.redmondpie.com/windows-phone-7-series-theme-for-windows-7-9140569/

1) a single 90x90 tile(instead of big tile) for weather displaying current conditions...clicking leads to weather hub and future forecasts

2)90x90 tile displaying date..clicking leads to agenda/calender for appts.

kind of hard to see picture, but I think those would be 2 good implementations :p

what you think?

[EDIT] http://fediafedia.deviantart.com/art/TEASER-WP7-for-Rainmeter-158206288

That's better picture
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
Its quite easy to link it to bing search if its already installed, which it isnt on most devices, i'm just not sure how to make an your browser go directly to a specific link >.<

I'm devoting my time/resources to developing a new skin, but i'll be around developing panels and troubleshooting issues if you guys need me =P
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Great. Expecting an update shortly :)

Gj. And thanks.
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Hey, Kinkyy. Any chance we can have the app read its music off of s2p or nitrogen instead of WMplayer?
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
How do you link it to a application?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
add this to your config under footer

and change the application link to wutever you want to open
[Windows Mobile Themes] PayAndDie:
Wow very nice theme, respect ;-) but I have an issue. when I added people the keyboard prompted up and the symbol doesn´t dissapear after adding the contact.
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
Thanks for the info, very useful!!:)
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Hey guys, a few graphic updates are attached. Enjoy :)

Changes:

Comm Manager is centered, and the icon is cleaned up

Task Manager is centered, and the icon is cleaned up

the weather 'Test1, Test 2,...' now has a new icon

More to come soon, such as new hub backgrounds (the blue, green, db, yellow, orange, etc colored squares), cleaner icons, new music/videos and pictures icon
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
I tried and it didnt work. Where exactly do you want me to put this?
[Windows Mobile Themes] mchaves44:
works for me.. just used LiveSearch.exe..

It is in config.xml at the bottom of page. It is the last <action execute> you see..

This what mine looks like:

<icon

X="160" Y="0"

name="home"

width="80" height="30"

>

<event type="Click">

<action execute="LiveSearch.exe"/>

</event>

</icon>
[Windows Mobile Themes] azngl:
@msoccer2: edit your "config.xml". That's where you have to look for the line Danni3 showed us. ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Thanks! Worked for me:D
[Windows Mobile Themes] mchaves44:
Ya what I think would be cool is for the layout to be like this/ I will probably customize mine like this..

Phone People

Text Date

Email Weather

I think those would be the most important tiles so they would be the ones at the top :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
don't worry, arley recoded everything in v1.5 its a heck of a lot easier to program/move hubs/panels/etc now =P
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cablekevin:
True, although i think that speed is far from optimal sometimes.
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Alright, here are the updated graphics from before. Enjoy!

Changes:

- New Add Remove

- New Xbox Add Remove

- Updated Box

- Cleaner and centered Comm Manager

- Cleaner and centered Task Manager

- Updated MusicVideos

- New Pictures default background

- New Weather default background

- New Xbox Live background

If there is a photo you do not want, just don't replace the original.
[Windows Mobile Themes] msoccer2:
Great, but the colored hubs don't change color when you change the theme's color. Like all of them though
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
try changing the scroll from kinetic to wheeloffortune it might help a bit
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cablekevin:
I know, i'm beta testing 1.5 :) Thnx anyways.
[Windows Mobile Themes] valkryomnia:
Sorry about that. I'll remake them all with transparencies tomorrow.
[Windows Mobile Themes] mchaves44:
Ooo I wanna try v1.5 :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
you're not the only one lol ;P the lag could have been from the home panel having to load every hub instead of it being hard encoded into the home.xml =\

back to work on my own theme

you will eventually when we're done beta testing it =P
[Windows Mobile Themes] Casey_boy:
@Arley12 and Danni3,

For the beta you're testing at the moment, can you say what's included? Does it include most of the new hubs? For example, is my Office hub in? I'd also like to suggest that the next release tries to stay true to WP7S and that users modify their installations if they want to only.

I'm putting off any development/modding until this next beta is released. Would be good to have most of the stuff mentioned here set up right away. Also like the sound of the modular xml structure!

Casey

P.S. Any gossip on your new theme? What's it based on?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
right now its just a stock barebones default one, everything found in the previous v1.0 but arley reprogramed the skin so that its easier to include hubs as that they are now in a separate xml file, the core dynamics of the skin are still the same so you can still work on your panel =P porting it would be as simple as copying and pasting it into a new xml file

as for my own theme, i'll be releasing a teaser video/image later this week after i figure out how to this destroy this issue thats been bugging me this entire weekend you just have to know its somethingELSE
[Windows Mobile Themes] Cablekevin:
If you want a nice 1080P clip, contact me ;) I've got a better tripod now, so i can shoot some nice vids :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] arley12:
Haaa I knew it!!:D you are working based on the fantastic ELSE ui, Hey I want to be your beta tester hehe:)

bye and good luck
[Windows Mobile Themes] Danni3:
you two will probably be the first beta testers =P

now if only this rotation crap would resolve itself >.<
[Windows Mobile Themes] julian2596:
ree

something is wrong when i try to start it up on my new hd2 it keeps crashing when i start the new windowsmobile7series theme update1.1 plz fix