Guest Will Posted July 15, 2003 Report Posted July 15, 2003 How do i make a homescreen? You can use anything that will read and write XML files, notepad is a good start. What tools do i need to design a homescreen? Internet explorer is very good for verifying the syntax of the xml homescreen file, it will highlight any errors in formatting. Where do i save my homescreen on the phone? IPSM/Application data/home What is XML? XML is short for eXtensible Markup Language. Which means that you can modify it in the way you want. All items in XML are enclosed in tags, and each tag is heirachical. Is there a guide somewhere to writing homescreens? There is a microsoft white paper: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsmtphn/html/sp02homescreen.asp Where / how do colors apear like COLOR_HOMETEXT? There is a map and an overview in excel about it see topic: http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=87379 Can I place 2 plug-ins on the same line? No all plugins are stacked vertically.
Guest Machineman Posted August 7, 2003 Report Posted August 7, 2003 Hi Will, The link in "Where / how do colors apear like Color_hometext" does not work any more. In addition to the faq I was thinking about the folowing 3 things: 1) How do I implement the LCD plugin in my homescreen? 2) How do I modify the LCD plugin with the plugins I want to use on my SPV? 3) How do I use animated screenparts in the homescreen? (like the astrix skin I posted in costumation animated batery line and the color coldran by recharging the phone) Cu M8 :)
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 I saw this questions a few times this week. Not sure about the wording. When using the missed calls plugin and opting to show it all of the time, the number shows as blank instead of "0". What do I need to do to make the "0" show when there have been no missed calls? When the homescreen with the missed calls plugin is first started, or after a soft reset, the missed calls data will show as blank. After the first missed call is received and viewed, the data will read "0".
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 What size should background images be? 176 x 200. The screensize of current Smartphones is 176 pixels wide x 220 pixels high. The soft keys at the bottom of the screen are 20px high. This leaves a viewable image space of 176 pixels wide x 200 pixels high.
Guest Machineman Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 How do I make a MRU background? Make a new project in paint or other drawing program with the size: Not higher that the height of the MRU plug-in. The wide can be no longer than 704 pixels. The reason for the wide is that it has to have 4 equal parts devided in the new project. so Heigt is 60 and wide is 704 means that every background picture for the RMU plug-in has to be 60 by 176. So it will change over the total wide of the screen. To make a smaller one keep in mind the 4 equal parts. Save it as BMP.
Guest Brody Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 Following on from encece's post, the bg image should only be 176*180 if you wish the top bar to remain a solid colour and not go transparent thus showing the top 20 pixels of the image...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 Brody: I was going to say 180 high but ususally, if someone adds one too many plugins, as on a regular homescreen for example, when the plugins scroll vertically...there's an ugly white space left at the top. Plus the background color of the icon plugin covers the top part of the picture anyway...doesn't it? That's maybe too much to explain in an FAQ. :)
Guest Brody Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 No it doesn't, if your background image is 200 then the top bar with the reception on becomes transparent. As for the plugin point, it is also not a valid point as the top bar is 20 pixels high and the remaining plugins therefore have 180 pixels to play with no matter what you do...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 No it doesn't, if your background image is 200 then the top bar with the reception on becomes transparent....Thats not true. If your picture is 180 or 200 high, the background of the icon bar will still be what you call as the bgcolor in the iconbar plugin. If you have a background 180 high...but a plugin total of 240 hign for example, when you scroll down to the bottome plugin that goes off screen by 20px....the rest of the plugins will scroll up, putting the iconbar offscreen and revealing the blank background at the top. I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing here. As for the http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=714>http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=714>plug-in point, it is also not a valid point as the top bar is 20 pixels high and the remaining http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=714>plug-ins therefore have 180 pixels to play with no matter what you do... I don't know what you mean here.
Guest Machineman Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 Hi, Both can be right. If you set your color to transparent the pic of 200 will be visible. The 180 pic will show a blanc space. If the color is set to an Hex code the 180 will apear without blanc space or 20 pix from the 200 pic will fall away. So It depents on how you write your colors. If you scroll down the upper plug-ins will go of the screen. This means that the 200 pic will apear total or the 180 will start in the botom again. There will be no blanc space on top. CU M8's
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 If you scroll down the upper http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=714>plug-ins will go of the screen. This means that the 200 pic will apear total or the 180 will start in the botom again. There will be no blanc space on top. This is the part I don't understand. If the colored background iconbar pluging scrolls offscreen...why wouldn't you see the blank space at the top? I'm looking at a basic homescreen that does just that.
Guest Machineman Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 This is the part I don't understand. If the colored background iconbar pluging scrolls offscreen...why wouldn't you see the blank space at the top? I'm looking at a basic http://smartphone.MoDaCo.com/viewtopic.php?t=714>homescreen that does just that. Strange I made a lot of skins but if the top plug in goes from the screen I get no blanc space it is filled with the next plugin. What can be is (I don't know if you use 180 or 200) The 180 will have a blanc space if it scrolls down because there is space for 200 and than there is just 180 so it misses 20 pix. That is the reason I think if you use 180 pics. CU M8
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 YES...that's what I was trying to say. Thus my point for using 200px pics always for regular backdrops. Thanks. Nick
Guest Machineman Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 Hi, You're welcome :) CU M8 :wink: Jeroen
Guest Brody Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 ok! Well i use 200 pixels as well so no matter! Just making the point that 180 pixels is the size of the image itself... I take your point about multiscreen homescreens leaving 20 pixles if u use a 180 pixel image though...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 10, 2003 Report Posted August 10, 2003 No worries...we're all on the same page...just need a good way to word it.
Guest nickcornaglia Posted August 22, 2003 Report Posted August 22, 2003 What size should homescreen background images be? 176x200 or 176x180 (width x height) The full screensize of current Smartphones is 176 pixels wide x 220 pixels high. The soft keys at the bottom of the screen are 20px high. This leaves a viewable image space of 176 pixels wide x 200 pixels high. If you plan on using the iconbar plugin (battery meter, signal strength meter, etc) at the top of the screen with a background highlight, then an image of 176 x 180, aligned to the bottom of the homescreen would be sufficient. ------------------------------------------ How's that? Feel free to edit.
Guest midnight Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 they should always be 176 x 200, this ensures htat the image always goes to the top of the screen, regardless of the xml code, meaning, if the xml code has a transparent icon bar then the image will fill the screen, if it has a solid icon bar then it still fills the screen (just that the top 20 pixels are cut off by the icon bar)
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