Guest nightic Posted November 30, 2002 Report Share Posted November 30, 2002 Can anyone tell me what the best way of getting rid of the horizontal lines on my above attached home screen is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lojt Posted November 30, 2002 Report Share Posted November 30, 2002 night, i dont think you can remove the line under the msg status... Heres my homescreen btw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cjb110 Posted November 30, 2002 Report Share Posted November 30, 2002 to remove the lines add a borderwidth=0 property to what ever sections you don't want borders on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prycop1 Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 If anyone is intrested here's my home screen. Described from the top as follows: 5 large 'Orange' origional icons but showing Orange, contacts, Calendar, Windows Media Player and Calculator Network service and time SMS, MMS and E-Mail 4 small 'Orange' icons but with the 'News' and 'Sport' icons linking to the BBC text based sevice. 2 lines for Calendar - shows upcoming appointment entry plus time and date Last line row of 9 icons showing previously used programs. The scheme is a shade of blue and the background is a wintery scene. Feel free to download, use and abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fr33$t Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 I'm new to the forum and I'm really interested to see what people have done with their homescreen. PROBLEM!!! :evil: When i try to extract the zip folders, it tells me that the file is corrupted or empty. Having downloaded each one loadsa times, it still wont work. :roll: ANY IDEAS pls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johntheo Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 I have the same problem. All the zip files appear to be corrupted! Any idaes anyone? :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Very strange! Forum is all set up correctly, but I will investigate! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fr33$t Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Thanks Paul. I hope it's not just me being a complete dougnut and doin somthing wrong. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 I have found that if you use Mozilla instead of IE they download and work with an extension of .zip.php instead of .zip? I have asked Paul if he knows if this is the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuwhyte Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 How can I get a share ticker (or equivalent) to display on my homepage at all times? Anyone know? Also love to have a little weather app as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chocobogo Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 I cant seem to get any of my XML Home layouts to show up in the list I put them in the right folder. the one i downloaded from this fourm shows up. I even tried copying my code into his one, keeping the same filename but it wont show up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lojt Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 choco, try to execute the xml file from the explorer program. It will open in internet explorer and tell if theres any errors in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chocobogo Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Do u guys wrekon u could design an XP style theme. That blue would look great on the SPV !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidFX Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 I managed to get the small icons (still at the top) and change the full layout so that email, sms and mms show up but is thier anyone who knows how to get the date displayed on the home screen (preferably on the same line but with a few spaces from where the time is displayed? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarsBar Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 try this: You can bring them closer by adding a w and x setting for the time value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lojt Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Liquid, download my xml and check out how i did it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidFX Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 hey wheres the url for ur xml file download keystroke :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lojt Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Its attached on a post of mine a page back in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lojt Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 cjb110, the borderwith="0" property doesn't seem to work on the msg status plugin... theres a line under it and its in bold text like its made different than other plugins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest strathclydezero Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Does the iconbar always show the last used programs? Edit: Stupid question - a tiny amount of testing says it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bazz Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Yes... and no.... the Orange ones show fixed icons, but the others change depending on your last used app. I presume they are two different home screen add-ons which just look similar (working from a Mac at the mo so can't check out the xml). Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest strathclydezero Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Anyone know of a full list of the icons available for on the screen? Or is it trial and error? (61 being an open book). Edit: I've tabulated a description of them - working by trial and error. Wonder if it's possible to upload graphics to use as icons? Apologies for the long list. The ones marked 'large' need a depth of 40, all others are a depth of 20. 11 - question mark 12 - large - suitcase, numbered with a 21 13 - question mark 14 - question mark 15 - question mark 16 - question mark 17 - question mark 18 - question mark 19 - question mark 20 - question mark 21 - question mark 22 - question mark 23 - question mark 24 - question mark 25 - question mark 26 - question mark 27 - question mark 28 - question mark 29 - question mark 30 - question mark 31 - question mark 32 - large - arrow pointing down at tray 33 - large - back of envelope & camera 34 - question mark 35 - question mark 36 - question mark 37 - question mark 38 - question mark 39 - question mark 40 - question mark 41 - question mark 42 - large - binder 43 - large - A-Z binder 44 - question mark 45 - question mark 46 - question mark 47 - question mark 48 - question mark 49 - question mark 50 - question mark 51 - question mark 52 - large - notepad & calc 53 - question mark 54 - question mark 55 - question mark 56 - question mark 57 - question mark 58 - question mark 59 - question mark 60 - question mark 61 - open book 62 - football 63 - drama 64 - arrow over globe 65 - book open smile 66 - cassette / note 67 - question mark 68 - question mark 69 - question mark 70 - question mark 71 - open book 72 - football 73 - cloud / sunshine 74 - car 75 - single paper sheet folded into Z 76 - question mark 77 - question mark 78 - question mark 79 - question mark 80 - question mark 81 - big icon 82 - house over globe 83 - question mark 84 - question mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cj Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 I am a Newbie trying to design my own homescreen and have been using notepad to edit the xml files - is that correct or do i need some kind of editor programme? I want to have WMP, IE and Inbox as the icons at the top of my homescreen and tried to copy a plugin for these icons from an earlier post by Q-Rious - replacing the 'icons plugin' on the original xml with the example provided by Q-Rious. I tried copying this into a couple of the homescreens on the phone but it didn't work once i had copied the files into the IPSM/Applications/Home folder. Am I way off the mark by copying the example plugin? Any help would be really appreciated :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madu Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 This post is getting very long and complicated... There will be a programme out soon to customize a home screen XML. There is one out now, but lacks some functionality and is subject to being tested and then released to a wider audience... Personally I used a few examples of .XML files on my phone and some tips (ie date) in this post to put together my homescreen. What can I say?!? It all makes sense when you read the file a few times (print it - easier to understand). Look at the screen and then at your printout - some of it is straightforward (like language, time, msgs) some is harder to figure out. But that's when you can post a specific question... and get a specific answer. As for writing .XMLs or editing, I found 'XML Writer' somewhere and it makes it very colorful and easy to read (just as you see it in IE, not notepad).. That makes it easy to navigate... and edit. The microsoft hasn't got a big deal of info on Homescreen custumization - but you will get a general idea of its structure and layout.. Guess they have not made a full manual yet because they may be afraid of some features not working properly or something else on their mind, or just not yet... patience. As for copying and pasting from other homescreens you must be careful coz even one wrong line will make your XML unreadable by the phone... The tool mentioned above has a consistency check for the file, so if there's a serious inconsistency it can check and report that to you. Another quick tip for newbies: each plugin, line, function in the file is put in as a sep. entry. It starts with and finishes with . So between those 2 lines it would be the configs of a specific line/plugin on your screen. Unfortunately it is hard to answer a question like this: "I don't know XML, so how can I customise a home screen??" To answer this question you have to write a proper guide for XML which is something for MS (i think) to do. My best advise in this case would be: 1. Read the MS guide to Homescreen custumization 2. Try understanding a basic home screen. 3. Do the other points mentioned here 4. Put a file together - fav. bits of different files. 5. To use your homescreen xml it must be copied into IPSMApplication DataHome My hands are killing me now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neil Enns (MS) Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 Wow, I finally got a chance to read through this thread, and it's great to see so many people interested in home screen customisation for Smartphone. When we were developing it we dreamed of seeing posts like this! I wrote the layout that diablojoe posted that raised so many questions about positioning the icons at the bottom. As many of you have guessed the way I did it was to use an empty text label plugin with the right height. You have to do the math correctly to ensure the heights add up to under 200px (20 for icon bar + 180 for the rest), but it does work. Folks are also correct that this only works if you don't have a plugin that hides/shows. As I mentioned in another post a refreshed version of the home screen whitepaper (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....2homescreen.asp) should be available in the next couple of weeks with reference information on all the plug-ins and tags. That should help everyone out quite a bit in doing new layouts. We are also planning on having a web chat in mid-January specifically about home screens. Current plan is to have me there, along with the developer who actually wrote all the home screen code and hopefully the tester that pointed out all our home screen bugs :D If you have specific things you'd like to see us cover in the talk shoot me a quick piece of mail and I'll try and make sure it gets covered (note that I won't be able to personally reply to home screen authoring questions in mail, however). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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