yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
If You prefer the text on first screen in thin letters You can install attached file:

download and unzip

rename to Manila-5day.wpl

overwrite file in Manila-VGA\Themes-folder
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
A few thoughts

Angelo,

I a had few thoughts about the current theme. The numbers below correspond to the screen image attached.

1. Not sure we need the long version date/time for the "last updated"

2. Wondered if getting rid of the current time (3) would allow more space for the details...particularly if they can be made a font size 1-2 smaller

Just some feedback!

Loving your tweaks!

I am happy to keep cracking on...but will be a little busy for the next 5 days...work onslaught is just around the corner and need to clear the decks!

Ciao

Dave :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Daje, you mind reader you! Played with T's latest effort last night and was just thinking we didn't need time (it's in the taskbar anyway!) and long date.

I also still think it's worth moving the current temp (and feels like?) back to the top left where it was in the Kangmas layout.

I've also tried the french site finds (the ones both you and T found) and they both appear pretty similar and neither seem to be WVGA optimised on all pages so no easy way out there!

Anyway, now I too am off to do some proper work and stop mucking around :rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi friends !

You are right ! Actually the screen would be filled much less with time and last update date (delete or make smaller)

But honestly: I just copied these parts simply from Phatphinger/Kangmas wpl and only changed colour since I messed around with repositioning them to different places on the screen but got only funny results (somehow the X/Y/W/H/L/R/C-coding does not respond to my ideas) after a couple of hours.

So I left them where they are ............ :D:D:D

I will edit the wpl and make a version without those two items.

For me they are okay, I need them, since my HD2 is on my desk cradle running WP permanently and I don´t have to switch to Sense to see the time or maybe I will play around with BattClock and get the time shown in my Taskbar and delete time on WP-screen.

Have fun and enjoy, read You again in a couple of days .............. :D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] PMoto:
Get it. Now... must keep on...

Thanks troed for your help.

I've already get it. Working ONLY with the ORIGINAL icons from Rumball, I get Image01.

I have small icons animation, large icon static, but all looking great.

Then, I swap the LARGE folder with the Animated Icons of "Ver_6_Single_Play_Animation_Icons" folder (have both in the folder "Manila WP Icons", and rename). That's when I get the Image02.

I have small animated icons, and medium animated icon but out of the place. Of course that happens because the size is different, I guess.

So, I guess there are no doubts about the small icons. That's all alright with animations.

However, the Large icons are NOT animated. But we can use the "Single_play" icons instead. Then, we will get big icons animated too. Well, not very big, but they are animated.

Are you following me? Now I'll try to edit the them's files too. I'll see what I can do. :)

PMoto
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Full screen WP!

Dave/Troed - EUREKA!!!!

Here's how to do it:

1. Go to your Start Menu and open the Second Today folder then click on SToday Settings. Go to the settings tab and check the box beside 'Disable Command Bar'

2. Open whichever wpl file you are currently working on (in this case I just tried it on the Kangmas layout) and change the HEIGHT value to 380. Relaunch WP with that layout and voila, full screen (see screenshot below). I haven't amended anything else in the wpl so ignore the layout - it was just to show you how it fills the screen.

It will depend how the layouts have been written as to whether they instantly look like this or whether there is still a big gap at the bottom. This layout works automatically because the positions for the items at the bottom of the screen have the y-position (height) designated as a minus figure which means it is worked out from the bottom of the screen up, rather than from top of screen down for a positive figure (this logic also applies to the x-position with negative values designating the distance in from the right side of the screen).

FYI, with this HEIGHT setting the screen dimensions for working out positioning are 240x380 (exactly half of the actual screen area size). Knowing this now (and the function of the negative x/y values) it should be pretty easy to figure out layouts.

NB All of the pop-up windows have backgrounds (to hide whichever window is underneath) so to get them to fill the full screen the background files need to be edited to actual full screen size then resaved.

I'm hoping to put together a full set of wpl's over the next few days - should just be a lot of cut and paste work. I'm also going to use the icons from the Russian Diamond WP theme as they are the best static icons yet.

Stay tuned :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Rincewindwiz:
Wifi weather update

Great app. Thanks

To keep data transfer costs down, is it possible to get weather to connect via wifi as opposed to the mobile network. It does not seem to be an option that I can find.

TFAI
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
As with any other app on your phone if you are connected to wifi WP will automatically download via wifi :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
PMoto and Dunc rule OK!!

DUDE!!

Magnificent...I await more!! I thought it would not cover the taskbar and bottom bar in Sense..Wrong! More screen is more room to tweak and spread out!! This might overcome some of the issues I had with T-Man's latest!

PMoto,

I am seriously impressed...please advise how you get the single-play to work on the large icons...I have been at it for days and have been unable to extract the correct data from Manila to get it up and running...more info please!

Awesome guys!!

Luvin' it all!!

Ciao

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Coming together now!

Been working on this this morning and have got the main panel finished.

Several of the button functions are now hidden and accessed by touching on various elements on screen as follows:

1. Touch here to access the dropdown menu with the settings option

2. Touch here to update

3. Touch here to cycle through your stored cities

4. Touch here to go to the moon phase pop-up screen

5. Touch on each day to access detailed forecast screens

Still to figure out where to site the radar and chart buttons but will sort them later today.

Hope you like it and stay tuned!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Pmoto !

You are right, had the same issues when playing around with Rumballs animated icons. Since for me animated or static is not an issue I didn´t follow THIS path anymore since for me radar-maps and graph forecasts are the most important parts in WP.......

(Now that´s more for Dunc and Davej, they´ll solve this issue I´m sure :D:D:D)

Hi Davej !

.......... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, why did You find out THIS ? :mad::mad::mad::D

I thought it cannot be changed and relieved me from my urge/passion/addiction to sit in front of the PC and redesign, check, correct new design-wpl´s :D:D:D

********* EDIT: if You want to use the attached pic as WP-Background You have to convert it to .png before use. Strangely when uploaded it was converted to .jpg

Now I have to go back and start all over again for hours, nights and days to find my personal perfect layout :mad::mad::mad::D:D:D

THANKS for finding THIS out bro ............ :D:D:D

Find attached my background for my WP. It is derived from HTC Touch HD Blackstone. If You like it just right click image and "save as" to PC, then copy it to whatever location on HD2 (mine are in mSD-card root) and choose in 2nd today settings as background.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Dunc, T_Man, PMoto...trying some different icons

Let me know what you think guys.

I have whipped up a sample of what I was thinking about doing for the radar select icons...starting with the numbers...easiest first!!

:confused: Thoughts :confused:

Ciao

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Dunc !

GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You spared me hours and hours of work !!!!!!!!!!!

THIS is now the screen how I would have liked it without bottom bar (beside some colour mods :D:D:D).

Comments on Your design:

basically perfect for me

Amandments:

Radar Maps/Charts: there is some nice little space above the moon for a ROUND button in dark grey with a blue or green radar graph or sattelite-icon. Charts then on left. Will work on this one

Cities cycle: since I have 30 cities to cycle through (Austria, Europe, Asia, New Zealand - my regular places I travel to) I definitely need the arrows left and right to go back and forth

Current local time: according to cities cycle I definitely need the current local time but did not succeed to place it at the top between temperature and last update. I would ask You on my knees to create a Manila-5dy.wpl WITH clock sentered on top for me :p:p:p

Procedural issues:

BEST would be to have a collection of Manila-5day.wpls with extensions, like

Manila-5dayUNICOLOR.wpl, Manila-5dayMULTICOLOUR.wpl, Manila-5dayCurrTime.wpl so that people can download these different mods in bulk, copy them to Manila-VGA\Themes folder and choose/cycle layouts from WP-settings. This also makes new designs coming up very easy to integrate and download directly on the HD2 without "rename-to-OLD", copy, paste, del work.:D:D:D

Tx so much for Your work and plz soon put Ypur wpl for download (my wishes included :(:(:rolleyes::rolleyes:;);):D:D:o:o

*EDIT*: find attached charts and radar-buttons in 54x54 based on Numbulls icons mixed with antoniomistretta frame free icons darkened to Your theme
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Number-font now is perfect but maybe too colourful if someone likes Dunc´s B/W-theme most.

Maybe two editions ?

One B/W ? (160-160-160 background, letter unselected 200-200-200, letter selected 220-220-220 ?)

One Red/green as posted ?

*********EDIT: attached now a proposal for B/W-Theme based on Firestorm-templates in 128 x 128
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Just for you T (and everyone else!)

:D

Angelo,

Was still working on it but have now completed the main panel layout with the following changes:

1. Buttons added to right hand side for access to charts, radar and 10-day forecast

2. Added time top centre (just for you ;))

3. Now when you touch on main weather icon it takes you to the detailed current forecast screen

4. Amended city scrolling function so when you touch screen to right of city name (anywhere between centre of screen and right hand side) it scrolls forward a city, and touchung to left of centre line scrolls back (again just for you ;);))

5. Added current visibility info

I've also attached another screenshot which shows what you get when you touch on the current temp in top left - in this dropdown it lists all your cities so you can jump directly without having to scroll through all 30 or remember what order they are in :D

Just got the other panels to edit now but should be done over the weekend so I can upload the whole theme. Also going to edit the button icons to make them a bit more interesting without being too intrusive.

Hope this is what you were after - can't fit any more functionality on the screen now:D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] PMoto:
DUNC001: Wow... awesome. Please keep on.

One question: If i put 380, my screen get an Right side elevator. But 340 work just fine. Strange????

Davej: To get the single animation in large icons:

In this post of yours, use this:

For single play animations:

http://depositfiles.com/files/1kqhp54u9

download file, and use it as LARGE folder in Icons.

As you know, this folder have QVGA animated icons. Just use this folder instead of LARGE folder in "Manila WP Icons" folder. So rename if to LARGE (rename the LARGE before). I'm trying to use it, but I couldn't get it to go to the right place.

Cheers.

PMoto
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] PMoto:
Animation News

Ok... i made it. I get the medium animation to work in the main screen.

The animation is in the folder I posted before.

Just rename it to LARGE and put it in the icons folder. The LARGE folder that exist there, must be renamed or deleted before... of course.

So, the difference is that the image must be set to 80,20 instead of 0,-20, like this:

;IMAGE

#CURRENTICON-CUSTOM-LARGE#

80,20

If the size is OK for you guys, a layout can be made (using the new yet to came from Dunc001:)) with this animations.

Just download the video I made from my phone, using MyMobiler.

PMoto ... ... ... (waiting for the new layout from Dunc001 ! :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Dunc, YOU ARE A TREASURE ! 1.000.000 Tx ! UPLOAD PLEEZE, wanna start colour modding

(plz add Your button.png´s and line.png (separator-line) to zip, I don´t have them)

Hi PMoto !

Your screenshot shows now full screen without bottom line. Still on HEIGHT 340 ?

Small animations come good with Your background theme but I fear for B/W background still too small

So might me necessary to upscale animations to VGA-size but I wonder who is going to do THAT ?

Anyway, work is under progress ............ :D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Dunc ! Hi Davej !

Attached You find another proposal for button-icons. They are based on the B/W Devotion-Slider Icons (by matt_jackson) partly mixed with numbull´s and antoniomistrettas.

I made them slightly smaller (52 x52) to get enough space in the bottom line if You choose to place them there.

Have fun
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
AWESOME ++++

Dunc,

That is genius!!

Going to work on the radar icons tonight. Will do color and B&W ...for you as Angelo has thoughtfully suggested!

Nice to see the weather in the UK is still so charming!! The in-laws will phone to night...I won't answer :D

More later guys

Ciao

Dave :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
New look radar icons!

Hi guys

I have re-done the radio button icons in the radar window.

This is the "colourful" set. "B&W" to follow!

* Screen shots for demo.

* Download and install to:

\Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare\WeatherPanel\Themes\Manila-VGA

Don't forget to back-up the originals if you don't fancy mine!! :o

Ciao

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
B&W Radar buttons...for the discriminating modder!!

Hi Guys

As above...

Unzip and load to the same folder

***BACK-UP*** In case you are a more colorful type...or just not that discriminating!!

All yours

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Great Davej !

I never liked the digital font on the Radar-maps ............ :(

Since today it was raining here I took some time and modded (once again :D ) Your Manila-layout.

If You like it just copy the bunch including png´s to Manila-VGA\Theme - folder (blue bottom-line was corrected meanwhile)

Will be only for a short time till Dunc surprises us with his new mod, but that will take time, the work to reconfigure the wpl´s IS TERRIBLE !!!! :D:D:D

I already got squared eyes and still don´t know the secrets behind the codings (3,H-24,36,128, L and so on). Did it only by trial and error :mad::D

http://pixel.dnsalias.net/weatherpanel/wiki/index.php/Layout_Reference

is not really helpful.

Enjoy

Buttons (png) are based solely on the work of Matt_Jackson (Devotion Slider) and some unframed icons from Antonimistretta. Thanks to these great developers here in XDA
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Full screen is coming...

OK, so here are the latest previews of the new theme. It is coming together well, but I still have several panels to write and they are taking ages (6 hours overnight last night just to do the Moon panel - hey, ho who needs sleep anyway!)

I have made the last couple of changes to the main panel so other than colouring the text (in progress using your preferred colours Angelo!) and updating buttons to Dave's latest creations it is finished. Since the last update I have moved the mini-moon icon up slightly and included the visible moon % below it, and changed a couple of other minor behind the scenes edits.

The biggest problem I am having is that I keep finding big holes in all of the other themes which we are taking references from, so I keep having to create new weather and moon icons where they are missing from the icon set, etc. This is what is taking the time (well that and the fact that every single item on each screen takes 5-10 attempts to get the positioning just right!)

Anyway, here they are - the two complete panels form the forthcoming DDT Hybrid V1 theme (DDT-Dunc, Dave, Troed :D)

I'll try and get the remaining panel layouts finished off for next weekend and then I'll re-write post one with the new files and tutorial.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi Dunc !

This looks awfully GOOD. Methinks You rewrite the whole thing to a new state of optical and functional perfection :D

Maybe when I will read Your codes in some week I will finally understand the business with these coordinates.

e.g: 0,H-145,240,40,C ? 0 = x-coord. , H-145 = height in portrait in VGA but to what 0-reference ???

It´s still a mystery to me

Tx for Your elaborate work ! :D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
The riddle of the WP layouts...

Angelo,

I'll PM you in the next day or so with a full explanation of the co-ordinates - once you get your head round it it's pretty straightforward, you just need to understand a few basics ;)

FYI - I have rewritten the layouts so that each layout is split in two meaning the co-ords for elements in the top half of the screen are worked out from the top of the screen down, and the positions of the elements in the lower half of the screen are calculated from the bottom of the screen area up. This now means if you have to alter the screen height for any reason any reduction in size is taken up in the middle of the screen so the layouts still look good (i.e. changing from 380 to 360 Height). To save anyone the trouble the new theme will have two main wpl's included - one for 380 screen height for 6.5.5 ROMS and one for 360 screen height for 6.5 ROMS. Should mean everyone can have it looking good on their screen!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Dunc, You are a genious ! Take Your time ...........

*EDIT: here we go: full Iconset based on Devotion-Theme (mixed with Davej´s B&W-Radar-icons :D:D:D, sorry Davej, could not resist :D) from Matt_Jackson incl. home-button/rain/wind/hum-charts
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] davej:
Coloured icons all done!!

Hi Guys

(T_man, Dunc and PMoto...who have suffered through all this in particular!!:o)

I have attached the most recent versions of my coloured icons set for WP.

To load...unzip folder and copy to /themes/.... ***DON'T FORGET TO BACK UP***

Dunc has some more hot **** coming soon... I am bailing for a day or two...real work calls...but will look in daily if folks have aggravation!!

Ciao

Davej :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Look great Davej !

You are definitely the best modder on the colour-side .... (and more original than me, I´m just MODifying other´s work :( (Tx, Matt-Jackson, Antoniomistretta, Firestorm and Numbull)

Here is my very last modification for Davej´s Manila-VGA-theme, fitting to my needs and background with scale height 360

Installation:

Connect HD2 via Active-Sync to PC

Copy entire folder (Marsware\Weatherpanel\Themes\)Manila-VGA to Your PC as backup if You don´t like the new mod

Download Devotion-Theme-icons from some posts ago and unzip and overwrite icons in Theme-folder (but will work also with original or Davej´s icons)

Download ManilaVGALayoutHeight360.zip tp PC, unzip, and overwrite files in Manila-VGA folder,

IMPORTANT: Go to folder "second Today" in start menu, open, click Second today Settings and uncheck "show bottom softbar"

Now WP will start. Close WP, softreset Your HD2 and start WP again:

voila

IMPORTANT: I´m running ROM 1.66/WinMo 6.5 (without X), so You will see Navigation-buttons in the bottom half cut when You open charts/summary and radar-screens. You´ll have to live with it since I didn´t get rid of this (and believe me I tried hard, without success) :D

Enjoy
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Luroco:
Back to WeatherPanel after some years

It runs perfectly.

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
I'm wondering if the first post (or second or third... whatever) can be updated with the new changes some of you guys have made. I've seen some screen shots with some of the changes and they look great. For people who don't know where to place files having it updated and directions given would go a long way!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Complete update coming sometime later in the week :D First post will be fully revised for release - be patient, I hope it will be worth waiting for!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kangmas:
awesome

Wow, guys. This post have progress so far. I fell lost trying to understand what had taken place since last. Hope to see an update soon. Keep up the good work. :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] PMoto:
Hello guys.

I'm trying the animated icons a little more...

Let's see if I can do a layout that can fit it just good.

BTW Dunc001: Your last post looks awesome.

(Yes... my layout starts with:

;HEIGHT

340

I guess this must have some kind of explanation...???)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] troed:
Hi PMoto !

Yes, there is an explanation since I fiddled around with heights (see page 4, post #36 by Kangmas):

When You check the box "Disable Command Bar" the bottom line won´t show the phone and contacts-soft-buttons and stays black.

So in my experiments with my 1.66 Stock-ROM/WinMo 6.5 I gain a max of additional 20 pixels to the bottom WITHOUT SHOWING A SCROLLBAR on the right. So I have a first screen with HEIGHT 360 instead of 340.

These extra 20 I used to place the buttons in the bottom line

With Dunc´s ROM on WinMo 6.5.x HE gains 40 so that he can program the first screen with parameter HEIGHT 380.

Unfortunately in my last mod I did not succeed in getting a HEIGHT 360 screen in the subscreens charts, radar and summary since I don´t know which wpl-file (or dll-file) commands the size of the subscreens.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
Angelo/PMoto,

The new theme is well over half done so not long to wait now (and I really need to start getting more than 2 hours of sleep a night ;) ). In the meantime here is a little gem of info I figured out after several sleepless nights. If you look in your wpl/x/d files for the commands to switch screens, anywhere you see the final command in the sequence as 'POPUP' WPa will open a new window over the one you are navigating away from and regardless of the height you have set it will leave about 40 pixels (20 in WP coordinate terms) free at the bottom of the screen for those awful old tiny legacy icons which Dave skinned a while back. The space will be there even if the tiny icons are not, and there is no way round this in a POPUP window. The way I have got round it in the new theme is to change all the POPUP commands to CHANGELAYOUT. This means that each screen change is just that, and not a popup window. But beware as most of the screens that are currently designed as popups have no way of navigating away from them once you're there so if you are considering changing POPUP to CHANGELAYOUT you also need to design in a way of navigating away from the new screen. This is one of the main reasons the new theme is taking so long!

Anyway, bear with me - I'm working as fast as I can and the wait will be worth it I promise you :D