Homescreen Plugin Help ?

[Guest influenz]

Hi,

I've been putting together a home screen and just have a few issues to sort out before it's ready.

My requirements may not be possible but any help would be greatfully recieved!

RSSHome Plugin

I am using this plugin to display rss feeds on the homescreen. There are a few versions of this available at http://www.rsshome.com/index.html each is specific to an operator. My problem is that I want the unselected view to be customised with my own color scheme or graphic rather than the operator logo and default color (I am using the orange one at the moment). Perhaps I just need to find out which attributes to set or maybe it's just not possible, none of the images installed with the default homescreen appear to be the source of the unselected view.

Here is the xml I'm using for this part..

<plugin clsid="{965C260B-6793-4f75-A548-36D9D9BCCFBB}">

</plugin>

Standard Message Count Plugin Using the standard message count plugin I would like an image to be used as the background when this is selected. At the moment my code just highlights the plugin in black when it is selected and changes the color of the text. Here's my current xml..

<plugin clsid="{2F930BF0-6FE9-4a53-9E17-88E9247BAB48}" name="messagecount" height="19" x="5">

   <background> 

    <format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

    </background>

   <label x="26" y="-2">

    <text font-size="12" font-weight="600">SMS (<unreadSMS/>)   E-mail (<unreadEmail/>)</text>

   </label>

  </plugin>

lastly... Standard Calender Plugin My requirement for the calender plugin is exactly the same as the message count above, needing an image as the background when selected. Here's my xml...

  <plugin clsid="{865A354A-4A96-4687-B001-C155DC0DBE76}" name="calendar" height="19" x="5" y="3">

   <background> 

    <format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

    </background>

   <conflict x="160" y="-1">

   </conflict> 

    <label w="130" h="15" x="26" y="0">

     <text font-size="12" font-weight="300">

      <time mode="long"/><subject />

     </text>

    </label> 

   </plugin>

This section of xml may be relevant in understanding my screen..!

    <default font-face="Tahoma" font-size="12" bgcolor="transparent" b-border-width="0" 

	fgcolor="COLOR_HOMETEXT" padding-top="2"> 

   <format state="selected" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT" font-weight="600" b-border-color="transparent"/>

  </default>   

  

  <scheme>

   <color name="COLOR_WINDOW" value="#ffffff"/>

   <color name="COLOR_WINDOWTEXT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_STATIC" value="#ffffff"/>

   <color name="COLOR_STATICTEXT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#00ff33"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT" value="#009933"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT" value="#009933"/>

   <color name="COLOR_MENU" value="#cccccc"/>

   <color name="COLOR_MENUTEXT" value="#ff0000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_GRAYTEXT" value="#999999"/>

   <color name="COLOR_GRADLEFT" value="#ffffff"/>

   <color name="COLOR_GRADRIGHT" value="#ffffff"/>

   <color name="COLOR_INTGRADLEFT" value="#ffffff"/>

   <color name="COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT" value="#009933"/>

   <color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" value="#33cc66"/>

   <color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADRIGHT" value="#33cc66"/>

   <color name="COLOR_BTNFACE" value="#00CC33"/>

   <color name="COLOR_SCROLLBAR" value="#009933"/>

   <color name="COLOR_alertWINDOW" value="#ffffff"/>

   <color name="COLOR_alertTITLE" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_alertRULE" value="#33cc99"/>

   <color name="COLOR_TRAYTEXT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#00CC33"/>

   <color name="COLOR_BTNTEXT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HOMETEXT" value="#000000"/>

   <color name="COLOR_HOMERULE" value="#006633"/>

  </scheme>  

Please let me know if I need to provide any further info. Thanks.....

[Guest drblow]

I'm not too sure about the rss plugin, coz I have never used it. But the rest of the stuff is simple to do. You only really need to add bgimage="xxx.jpg" (where xxx is the path to your image) into the format state tag.

The best way to conquer xml is to copy other people!! :D If there's something you need to do, it's probably been done in another theme somewhere, so you can just download some themes and look at the xml for them. It's the best way really of picking up all the little tips & tricks there are. :D

[Guest influenz]

Hey man, thanks for the response. In the mean time I read that these plugins would need the bgimage to be a .bmp ? I had been trying this attribute but with .gif's .. hmmm I see you put .jpg so I'll give that a whirl too!

I'll try this out when I get home.. Thanks

[Guest drblow]

You can use jpg, gif or bmp, as far as I know.

[Guest influenz]

Thanks, I got the Calender and Message plugins working now, using .bmps where .gifs had failed before (hmm?) using the bgimage attr as u mentioned.

;-]

So if there is anyone who has had experience using this RSS plugin, this is what I still need to sort out..

RSSHome Plugin

I am using this plugin to display rss feeds on the homescreen. There are a few versions of this available at http://www.rsshome.com/index.html each is specific to an operator. My problem is that I want the unselected view to be customised with my own color scheme or graphic rather than the operator logo and default color (I am using the orange one at the moment). Perhaps I just need to find out which attributes to set or maybe it's just not possible, none of the images installed with the default homescreen appear to be the source of the unselected view.

Here is the xml I'm using for this part..

Thanks

[Guest simon211175]

The best way to conquer xml is to copy other people!!  If there's something you need to do, it's probably been done in another theme somewhere, so you can just download some themes and look at the xml for them. It's the best way really of picking up all the little tips & tricks there are.

I couldn't agree more, and drBlow's themes I've found include most of the stuff I needed to learn so far :D

[Guest drblow]

I couldn't agree more, and drBlow's themes I've found include most of the stuff I needed to learn so far :D

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Thank you very much m8!! :D That is always good to hear, as its how i learned. :D

[Guest Skunkchild]

Dr Blow knows it !

He put me in the right direction with all the new stuff coming out in the past. I've been brushing up on my graphics a bit so may make a return with a new screen soon. I had a brief flirtation with the P900, as you may recall from elsewhere simon211175.

Are there any good animated screens yet ?