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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 28th March 2005 Member No.: 120,154 Device(s): orange spv c-500  |
Can anybody tell me which program I should use use to make a custom home screen, so i can make my own lay-out of showen items on the screen? :?:
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Mar 29 2005, 21:32
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 Hardcore  Group: Moderator Team Posts: 8,218 Joined: 9th April 2003 From: Coventry, UK Member No.: 4,510 Device(s): HTC Touch Dual / SPV E650 |
Welcome to the forum
 Have a look at Ruttensoft's Homescreen Designer http://www.ruttensoft.com/smartphone/homescreendesigner.htm -------------------- First 48 Hours with a Smartphone ? Go here
Installing skins & other software MoDaCo Plus ! - join here Orange Official SPV Application Unlocking "What shirt am I wearing bro ? Are you serious ?" Jermaine Beckford 14th January 2008 |
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Mar 29 2005, 21:34
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 Its not my real name ya know !!! Group: Posters Posts: 1,065 Joined: 7th February 2003 From: Long Eaton,Notts Member No.: 2,696 Device(s): M600 |
Hello and welcome to the site.
The best one out is called Ruttensofts Homescreen deigner. A link can be found in the homescreen downloads sections. Its ace and if your quite handy with a decent art package the sky is your limit http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail....teid=279&id=870 Here to buy, Or if your a MoDaCo Plus Member you can get it for free along with loads of other discounts and free stuff 
-------------------- Grab ya free console HERE ;-)
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Mar 29 2005, 21:35
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Hardcore Group: Moderator Team Posts: 8,218 Joined: 9th April 2003 From: Coventry, UK Member No.: 4,510 Device(s): HTC Touch Dual / SPV E650 |
Damn !
More haste, less speed next time 
-------------------- First 48 Hours with a Smartphone ? Go here
Installing skins & other software MoDaCo Plus ! - join here Orange Official SPV Application Unlocking "What shirt am I wearing bro ? Are you serious ?" Jermaine Beckford 14th January 2008 |
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Mar 31 2005, 22:23
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Its not my real name ya know !!! Group: Posters Posts: 1,065 Joined: 7th February 2003 From: Long Eaton,Notts Member No.: 2,696 Device(s): M600 |
Its the old fable of the two Bulls stood on a hill.lol
-------------------- Grab ya free console HERE ;-)
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Apr 1 2005, 07:42
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 16 Joined: 16th March 2005 Member No.: 117,495 Device(s): QTEK 8500 |
Don't forget your favorite text editor, image editor and some documentation.
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Apr 2 2005, 05:18
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 34 Joined: 9th March 2005 Member No.: 115,844 Device(s): Audiovox SMT-5600 |
Ruttensoft's Homescreen Designer is okay, but I think that it is geared more toward the C500 than the SMT-5600 or other smartphones. I can't get it to configure the standard plug-ins so that they appear the same as they do in the default screens.
I prefer to use a good text or HTML or XML editor and manually created my homescreens. I use Microsoft's Theme Generator Smartphone freeware to design color schemes. I then cut-n-paste the resulting XML into my homegrown homescreen XML. |
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Jun 11 2005, 10:31
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 7th February 2003 Member No.: 2,700 |
Sracer M8, is there any way you can give a demo or explain in more detail how you create your themes, as I'd like to have a go at that it sounds very interesting that way rather than using ruttersoft...many thanks M8...I too have designed a good theme with the Ms software but I'm running win2003 and it wont let me up load to my phone, I'd like to convert the code or tweak the code if I can using your method....
QUOTE(sracer @ Apr 2 2005, 05:18) Ruttensoft's Homescreen Designer is okay, but I think that it is geared more toward the C500 than the SMT-5600 or other smartphones. I can't get it to configure the standard plug-ins so that they appear the same as they do in the default screens.
I prefer to use a good text or HTML or XML editor and manually created my homescreens. I use Microsoft's Theme Generator Smartphone freeware to design color schemes. I then cut-n-paste the resulting XML into my homegrown homescreen XML.  |
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Jun 11 2005, 18:30
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Addict  Group: Banned Posts: 506 Joined: 12th February 2005 From: Panama Member No.: 110,270 Device(s): SMT 5600, HP iPAQ 4150 |
QUOTE(Easterbunny @ Mar 29 2005, 17:16) Can anybody tell me which program I should use use to make a custom home screen, so i can make my own lay-out of showen items on the screen? :?: you can write it in XML! |
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Jun 13 2005, 15:49
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 34 Joined: 9th March 2005 Member No.: 115,844 Device(s): Audiovox SMT-5600 |
QUOTE(UncleBuck @ Jun 11 2005, 03:31) Sracer M8, is there any way you can give a demo or explain in more detail how you create your themes, as I'd like to have a go at that it sounds very interesting that way rather than using ruttersoft...many thanks M8...I too have designed a good theme with the Ms software but I'm running win2003 and it wont let me up load to my phone, I'd like to convert the code or tweak the code if I can using your method.... MS Software works great. The only thing that DOESN'T work for WM2003 devices is the ability to send the theme to the phone. But you can manually transfer the .hme to your phone. But I only use the MS Theme Generator to quickly get the colors in the general tones. As for demos or tutorials, there are far better qualified people to do that. The screens that I design are boring and utilitarian... it would be better if any of the others who create attractive and interesting homescreens provided such a tutorial. |
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Jun 13 2005, 21:27
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 SpinDoctorBlow Group: Posters Posts: 2,765 Joined: 25th February 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 3,060 |
By far the best way to learn about homesreens is to download some of the themes from here, and then extract the images & xml and have a look at them. You'll quickly begin to understand the vertical layout of the plugins, and the way the background images fit together. & then make a few changes to the xml file - change some x & y values, change the plugin height, change the text size ... whatever. & then put it on your phone & see what happens. Experimentation will very quickly show you how to edit the xml.
For anyone wanting to learn about homescreens, please feel free to use & reproduce any of the xml in any of my themes. I learned about it by doing the same thing. The graphics side of it comes down to having a good image editing program. Photoshop or similar would be required for effects like transparency, but if you just wat to resize images there are lots available I'm sure. But looking at other themes will show you the way plugin background images (both selected & unselected) fit in with the main background image, and it'll all start to make sense. Apart from that, don't forget that most homescreen issues have been discussed at length on the froums in the past, so the search button is your friend!
-------------------- "... time is an illusion ... lunchtime doubly so ..."
http://monosapiens.9f.com |
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Jun 26 2005, 03:20
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Addict Group: Banned Posts: 506 Joined: 12th February 2005 From: Panama Member No.: 110,270 Device(s): SMT 5600, HP iPAQ 4150 |
QUOTE(drblow @ Jun 13 2005, 17:27) By far the best way to learn about homesreens is to download some of the themes from here, and then extract the images & xml and have a look at them. You'll quickly begin to understand the vertical layout of the plugins, and the way the background images fit together. & then make a few changes to the xml file - change some x & y values, change the plugin height, change the text size ... whatever. & then put it on your phone & see what happens. Experimentation will very quickly show you how to edit the xml. For anyone wanting to learn about homescreens, please feel free to use & reproduce any of the xml in any of my themes. I learned about it by doing the same thing. The graphics side of it comes down to having a good image editing program. Photoshop or similar would be required for effects like transparency, but if you just wat to resize images there are lots available I'm sure. But looking at other themes will show you the way plugin background images (both selected & unselected) fit in with the main background image, and it'll all start to make sense. Apart from that, don't forget that most homescreen issues have been discussed at length on the froums in the past, so the search button is your friend! yeah that way u can also learn about new plugins that u never heard before that you think would be useful! |
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Jun 26 2005, 08:49
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SpinDoctorBlow Group: Posters Posts: 2,765 Joined: 25th February 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 3,060 |
QUOTE(extravagant @ Jun 26 2005, 03:20) yeah that way u can also learn about new plugins that u never heard before that you think would be useful! What do you mean? -------------------- "... time is an illusion ... lunchtime doubly so ..."
http://monosapiens.9f.com |
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Sep 9 2005, 01:32
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 3 Joined: 14th August 2005 Member No.: 144,354 Device(s): smt 5600 |
very nice thread.
i use text editor and photoshop to make my own themes. it would be really nice if someone would make a guide that lists what all the xml home variables control for easier editing (i.e. COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT is bla bla and the rest of them) I've figured out what a few of them but I'm far from a complete list. Buying an editor seems silly because you can control it all yourself |
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Sep 9 2005, 04:34
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,962 Joined: 6th June 2003 From: kYuSi, PiLiPpHiNeS Member No.: 7,452 |
QUOTE(tendo @ Sep 9 2005, 09:32) very nice thread. i use text editor and photoshop to make my own themes. it would be really nice if someone would make a guide that lists what all the xml home variables control for easier editing (i.e. COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT is bla bla and the rest of them) I've figured out what a few of them but I'm far from a complete list. Buying an editor seems silly because you can control it all yourself please refer to table 9 of this page... -------------------- "Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." |
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Sep 9 2005, 05:32
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 3 Joined: 14th August 2005 Member No.: 144,354 Device(s): smt 5600 |
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
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Sep 9 2005, 05:46
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,962 Joined: 6th June 2003 From: kYuSi, PiLiPpHiNeS Member No.: 7,452 |
QUOTE(tendo @ Sep 9 2005, 13:32) THANK YOU SO MUCH !! no problem! my pleasure to help... -------------------- "Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." |
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Sep 28 2005, 13:28
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 27th September 2005 Member No.: 151,305 |
Homescreen Designer creates beatyfull themes but they are messed up on my SDA.
there is something wrong with x and y coordinates and height values. and if fonts are in xx.y format - they are really huge, my sda undestand it like xxy. i still dont understand how it works. and i checked msdn.. and some themes. and still dont understand those x and y are 0-176 on 0-220? (screen of my SDA) or not? can be someone so kind and explain me this? like example i have such code in one xml <!-- Carrier Plugin --> but it's position is about 1/4 of display from top. so the "y" coordinate should be about 220/4, =55, but in code there is y=3. and for some other parts if i set plugin height like example 20 (for date) and then i try to move "date" to the bottom - it dissapears, so i have to increse "height".. that's something i dont understand. tnx in advance i apologize if i posted this into wrong topic. and i searched the forums. This post has been edited by prayer4eev: Sep 28 2005, 13:34 |
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Sep 29 2005, 08:54
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 27th September 2005 Member No.: 151,305 |
ok, i got the idea by myself.
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