[Windows Mobile Themes] mskip:
TIPS AND TRICKS ON HOW TO USE THE PROPLUS WP7 THEME

To Change the BackGround Image (All Hubs share the same BackGround Image)

Select Menu, Change Background, Local Gallery, Select your background image. Then goto Start Menu, ProPlus WP7 Tools, ProPlus Wp7 Manager and select Refresh Background Image. Your Mobile Shell will restart and the background image will be changed.

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The Background image wont change on the Home Hub

Goto Start Menu, Programs, MSkips ProPlus WP7, ProPlus Tasks, Refresh Background Image. Your Mobile Shell will restart and the background image will be changed.

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To Add more Icons to the Home Hub

You first need add the Background Box: Select Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus, HomeHub. Then click on the widget and change its skin to Big Box Hidden (colour of your choice). Finally move the box to where you want it.

Now to place the icon ontop of the box: Select Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Select the program you want to open. Now click on the widget you just added and change its skin to the icon you want (they are all under the box skins and go from Android to Youtube). Move the icon ontop of the box and you are done.

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To Delete any of the screens from the Carousel

Run your registry editor and goto:

HKLM, Software, Spb Software House 2, Spb Mobile Shell, NowScreen, Panels.

Delete the folder of the relevant carousel screen that you want to delete. You can see which each panel is by looking in the folders but the Lifestyle panel is '3' and the Businesss Panel is '4'.

The number sequence cant have any skips so if you delete '3' and '4' then you will have to rename other folders, renaming the last 2 folders in the list so there arent any gaps in the sequence ('14' renamed to '3' and '15' renamed to '4').

If you want to keep all the hubs together then after you delete the Business and Lifestlye Carousel panels then rename Pictures (5) to '3', then rename the last 2 folders to '4' and '5'. If you dont do this corrently then you will get a corrupted view in the carousel screen.

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How to make up a panel to an spb screen on the Home Hub

1. Goto Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus and select from the list.

2. click on the widget that has been added to the screen and then 'Change Skin' to your desired panel image. Example: Add a shortcut link to 'Favorites' and then change its skin to 'Hub People (WP7)'.

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How to change the Small Blank Box into a Shortcut with Icon

Just click on menu in the top right and 'Edit Layout'. You can now click on any of the boxes and change its link to the shortcut or program you want. Next click on the box again and 'Change Skin' to 'Small Box'. NOT Small Box Hidden or the shortcut icon wont show.

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How to make up some of the custom panels

Agenda Panel: Add an Agenda Shortcut (or whatever program you want it linked to) with the Hub Agenda Skin, then add the Agenda widget and change its skin to 'Agenda Hub (WP7)'.

Digital Clock Panel: Add a Spb Clock Shortcut (or whatever program you want it linked to), change its skin to 'Big Box Hidden (WP7)' and move it where you want it on the screen. Now add a Digital Clock Widget, change its skin to 'WP7 Hub' and place it over the Blank panel. Lastly add a Current Date Widget, change its skin to 'WP7 Hub' and place it over the Blank panel.

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To make up your own Hub Image

Create your image with resolution 172x172 and save as a jpg on your storage card where you can find it.

Add a Picture Frame widget and change its skin to 'BigBox Hub (WP7)'.

Click on the Picture Frame and 'Select Picture' then browse to your desired image and select it.

Remove the existing Hub that you want to replace and drag your Custom Hub to the desired location.

Goto Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus, and choose what you want your new Hub to open (Contacts, Games Hub, Lifestyle Hub).

Now change its skin to Invisible Hub Big (WP7) which is found after the Wide Box and move it over your Custom Hub Image.

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Picture Frame Sizes to fit on the Hub Screen

You can double the sizes of these dimensions if you want as long as the aspect ratio is the same, the image will just be resized on the screen.

BigBox Hub (WP7) - QVGA/WQVGA = 86 x 86, VGA/WVGA = 172 x 172

WideBox Hub (WP7) - QVGA/WQVGA = 176 x 86, VGA/WVGA = 352 x 172

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How to have a different Background Image on Any Screen

Create your image or find the image you want to use. You have to remember to take away the height of the TaskBar when you are creating your background image:

A full screen WQVGA or WVGA picture widget size needs to be 480x748.

A full screen QVGA or VGA picture widget size needs to be 480x588.

Once you have a full screen picture widget then you dont want it to bring up the picture viewer if you click on it. To get around this I created a Full Screen Invisible shortcut which can be set to the Hub you are on and wont have any actions when clicked on.

After you have set you Full Screen Picture Widget, goto menu, add widget, shortcut, spb menus, and select the hub you are on (games, business, pictures). Then click on the shortcut on the screen and change its skin to Invisible Link (Half Full). This will cover half the screen with an Invisible Link to the screen you are already on and so protecting your picture widget. Remember in the Edit Mode the Invisible Widget is darker so dont select the wrong area when moving and click on the picture widget by mistake. Repeat this process to create another Half Screen Invisible Shortcut Widget to cover the other half of the picture widget. You will then be protected and can build the rest of your screen.