Shortcut Icons on Homescreen

[Guest Gerry Boy]

Hi

Is it possible to change the shortcut icons on my homescreen, at the moment i have a link to ebay, sky sports, bbc iplayer etc and id like the icon showing these sites rather than the stock red icon with the star in the middle

[Guest chrishudsons]

Which launcher are you using?

[Guest Gerry Boy]

Which launcher are you using?

Sorry, should have said, i'm using Launcher Pro.

[Guest Toxophilite]

Hi

Is it possible to change the shortcut icons on my homescreen, at the moment i have a link to ebay, sky sports, bbc iplayer etc and id like the icon showing these sites rather than the stock red icon with the star in the middle

I'm using v1.06.5 with Paul's R6 ROM and Launcher Pro.

Using the stock browser, save the webpage you are at e.g www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer , as a bookmark.

Then back at the Vega homescreen, hold your finger on the screen, to get the 'Add to Homescreen' menu.

Choose 'Shortcuts' then 'Bookmark'

Select the Bookmark required - some icons are OK - e.g Wikipedia, BBC Home, Amazon, BBC Iplayer etc.

However further checking shows that some icons do appear as the stock red icon.

These could be changed by first of all copying a suitable jpg from the PC to the Photos folder on the Vega SD card, and pointing to that when setting up the icon on the homescreen.

Edited December 31, 2010 by Toxophilite

[Guest Toxophilite]

Further to my last post -

Just had a recommendation to try Folder Organizer which is in the Market.

Apparently it has lots of customisation options for folders, labels, icons etc.

I plan to give it a try, particularly for folder use.

UPDATE:

Yes, Folder Organizer is very versatile, once you find your way round it. (Took me about an hour to get the basics)

It has the facility to change icon images.

It can really give the Homescreen(s) a professional, slick look, particularly using widgets.

Only problem seems to be that the backup procedure for Launcher Pro doesn't include widgets.

However, these can apparently be backed up using the backup procedure in Folder Organizer itself.

Folder Organizer costs about £1 on the market, so not a big outlay.

Edited January 1, 2011 by Toxophilite