First off, I'd like to thank daveid for making the first theme template, saving us the trouble of re-flashing the entire ROM for any theme.
Next I want to give credit to MOONSSPOON, I based some of my icons from his prior themes, however the ones here will differ once completed.
Lastly, I want to thank Stericson for suppling the community with the amazing xml and java edits that he's accomplished. If there is anyone here in this community that deserves thanks above all else, its him.
So without further due, here is a sneak peak at my upcoming theme:
Forever
***Update 5-6-2009***
Alright well I have a busy week with school and vacation this weekend, so my progress is coming a bit slow. I'm not very fond of the changes in the connection type and battery that I made, so expect changes there. I've taken my first stab at the app drawer, but it's a bit too crisp for my tastes, I plan to roughen it up a bit. I've made some more changes to the backgrounds of the status drawer and app drawer, but I'll post those when I'm more satisfied with them.
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I still have a lot of work to do, I only just started this project, so I am looking for any feedback or suggestions, positive or negative. So please leave your comments and help hasten its progress.
Looks pretty cool so far.
My only suggestion is to keep the icons a dark with shades of green to match everything..
I like the battery meter.
Looking good. You inspired me to make my own custom boot screen, put a little thought into it and realized it could be done very simply. Not sure if it is the method you took, but this is what I did. I opened the original files, for the logo-shine I converted the layer to a smart object (all work done in Photoshop), and applied a color overlay (with some nice blending options to it) to turn it blue hue'd.
I then opened the logo-mask file, and colored over the entire thing in 0 0 0 black. Created my text using the font of my choice, in blue. And used the background eraser (preserving the black) to erase the text. Leaving a boot screen that looks like this when it is loading:
Now.. back to your theme. I would think some brownish icons would compliment the green overall theme nicely. Kinda give it those earth tones.
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Looking good. You inspired me to make my own custom boot screen, put a little thought into it and realized it could be done very simply. Not sure if it is the method you took, but this is what I did. I opened the original files, for the logo-shine I converted the layer to a smart object (all work done in Photoshop), and applied a color overlay (with some nice blending options to it) to turn it blue hue'd.
I then opened the logo-mask file, and colored over the entire thing in 0 0 0 black. Created my text using the font of my choice, in blue. And used the background eraser (preserving the black) to erase the text. Leaving a boot screen that looks like this when it is loading:
Now.. back to your theme. I would think some brownish icons would compliment the green overall theme nicely. Kinda give it those earth tones.
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First off, thank you! I've been pondering over this all about finding a completive color for the theme and the whites and greys just didn't fit right, and the browns just eluded me. So booyah! I've got a perspective on where to go from here.
As for the boot screen (in PS CS4), I created a new document with the dimensions of the android-logo-mask.png, kept its background transparent. I created a new layer of a black box (rgb, 0 0 0) covering the visible dimenions. Then created the text how I wanted on a new layer. Next, focused on the first black box, then ctrl - click on the contents of the text layer, selecting only the text contents on your black box, then just deleting the selection and presto, black box with your text cut out, preserving your transparent background.
Saved it as a png. Open it with fireworks, export it as PNG 8 with alpha transparency (to compress its size).
And on the android-logo-shine.png is just a scrolling marque that will go end to end across the back of android-logo-mask.png. I noticed yours does have as much of a "shine" to it anymore. Idk if that was your goal or not but yeah, thats how I did mine .
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First off, thank you! I've been pondering over this all about finding a completive color for the theme and the whites and greys just didn't fit right, and the browns just eluded me. So booyah! I've got a perspective on where to go from here.
As for the boot screen (in PS CS4), I created a new document with the dimensions of the android-logo-mask.png, kept its background transparent. I created a new layer of a black box (rgb, 0 0 0) covering the visible dimenions. Then created the text how I wanted on a new layer. Next, focused on the first black box, then ctrl - click on the contents of the text layer, selecting only the text contents on your black box, then just deleting the selection and presto, black box with your text cut out, preserving your transparent background.
Saved it as a png. Open it with fireworks, export it as PNG 8 with alpha transparency (to compress its size).
And on the android-logo-shine.png is just a scrolling marque that will go end to end across the back of android-logo-mask.png. I noticed yours does have as much of a "shine" to it anymore. Idk if that was your goal or not but yeah, thats how I did mine .
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Mine still shines pretty well, just doesn't capture on the screen shots.
Wow look first theme with a white clock. You work fast....
Looks great.
Stericson
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Now.. back to your theme. I would think some brownish icons would compliment the green overall theme nicely. Kinda give it those earth tones.
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I agree w/ daveid, brown would go really well with it so far, making it into a more earth tone theme.
Iwould take it a bit farther and encompass the silver elements of that status bar into a silver-green theme, or even silver-green with a highlights of brown. (I can't help but think of elves when I picture this in my head...weird) The reason I think green and silver would be better main colours is the theme looks very natural and equal elements of green and brown might "pop" it too much. Green/Silver (white w/ that shade of black) would fit, but deffinetly has to have brown highlights somewhere.
I'm sure it's on your list, but I would change the pull-up menu tab from stock. It conflicts with your theme, which is looking really great.
Great start!
Love the colors! Not so sure about the clock but that's a personal preference thing. White clock looks awesome with it. Can't wait to see the release.
Like it, cant wait to see the finished product!
LOVE THE GREEN!!! I would suggest skinning the bottom pull menu though
Come on now, you all didn't expect me to leave the app drawer default, did you?
I've only just begun, so when an idea pops in my head I take care of it. I'm not handling anything in a specific order, however the icons will probably be my last addition (however I'll get up a few prototypes for screenshot-sake and help add to the feel of the theme).
Anyways I've added an update along with new screenshots, check it out.
It's coming together nicely. The browns really do compliment the greens and give it more depth. Keep it coming.
I like it! I like the shades of green and brown you used. The suggestion of a complimenting silver is a good one. Also, consider an earthy dark/muted blue for some highlights (suggestive of water). Then you would have the three primary earth tones - primarily using the green and brown with some small amount of silver/blue as highlights.
Just my .02c - Looking forward to trying it out on Dudes' build!
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I like it! I like the shades of green and brown you used. The suggestion of a complimenting silver is a good one. Also, consider an earthy dark/muted blue for some highlights (suggestive of water). Then you would have the three primary earth tones - primarily using the green and brown with some small amount of silver/blue as highlights.
Just my .02c - Looking forward to trying it out on Dudes' build!
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As of right now my plans are only supporting JF's ADP1.5 build. That may change down the road, but wouldn't come until I release a final for JF's build.
Oh...the silver is gone. The brown highlights look nice, but the removal of the silver in the task bar seems to have taken something away from the overall theme rather than added something in.
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Oh...the silver is gone. The brown highlights look nice, but the removal of the silver in the task bar seems to have taken something away from the overall theme rather than added something in.
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Yeah, agreed. I really wasn't impressed with its turnout. I'll make chanegs when I'm back from vacation.
I like it, but to be honest im not feeling the pull out bar.
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i dont wanna see this theme die...
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Hey all.
For a while now I've been tinkering around with icons and wallpapers and stuff for Android and the G1/Dream, but I've never put it all together to make a theme of my own.. so I thought I'd change that. I'm calling this theme MonoChrome 1.0, and it is currently ADP1 and RC30 compatible.
Have an ADP1 or RC30 and wanna try the theme out? You'll find the download links and instructions near the bottom of this post.
** UPDATE 01/19/2009: All the default system icons added, wallpaper/dock tweaked, changed a few transparency settings. New screenshots below. **
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More screenshots (can't attach more than four images per post):
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/southpawlol/gold/1232403547123.png
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/southpawlol/gold/1232403613812.png
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/southpawlol/gold/1232403746836.png
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/southpawlol/gold/1232403678451.png
Thoughts, ideas, dirty offers..? Let me have it.
Oh, and credits goes out to brandenk and his Kspec theme from which I borrowed parts of the theme.
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Current version: 1.02
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Wanna try it out? Download links:
ADP1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICV03T5U
RC30: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H7JGM4T1 **Tested and confirmed working**
1) Make sure you have JFv1.31 installed on your ADP1 or rooted RC30 G1 before you try to install this theme.
2) Download file from one of the above links.
3) Rename file to update.zip
4) Transfer file to the root catalog of your SD card.
5) Disconnect ExtUSB cable and shut phone down.
6) Press Home + Power to start the phone up in Recovery Mode/JFv1.31.
7) Once booted into JFv1.31 press Alt + S to install.
8) When install is complete press Home + Back to reboot.
9) Cross your fingers and wait. If all goes well Android ought to be up and running my theme within a minute.
This theme has been tested on two ADP1 phones without any issues, but I am NOT to be held responsible if your phone for some reason gets bricked in the process. Install at your own peril.
Download the wallpaper here: http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/southpawlol/gold/default_wallpaper-r2.png
Looks great I think. But on the second picture the "dock" looks a little to white to me.
broopa said:
Looks great I think. But on the second picture the "dock" looks a little to white to me.
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The Market icon, you mean? Yeah, I agree, the droid needs to be a few shades darker. I'll fix that later on tonight, or tomorrow.
Oh and thanks for the input, it's very valuable because you tend to stare yourself blind on your own theme.
No the market icon looks alright. I was talking about that white shade behind the icons at the bottom of the screen. I think it is a little to white. It looks perfect in the top picture but for some reason in the bottom it looks to white. I am not sure why since it is the same picture. You might not need to do anything to it. It just pulls my eyes off the icons into the negative space of the background.
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No the market icon looks alright. I was talking about that white shade behind the icons at the bottom of the screen. I think it is a little to white. It looks perfect in the top picture but for some reason in the bottom it looks to white. I am not sure why since it is the same picture. You might not need to do anything to it. It just pulls my eyes off the icons into the negative space of the background.
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Ah, now I get it. I could try to make the "dock" slightly darker. I'll try that, it's like a two minute job, tops.
**edit**
How does this look? I decreased the luminance and added a bit more texture instead.
the darker "dock" looks a lot better imo. btw great looking theme. i was never too fond of all the other themes so this might be my first theme i install. also, not sure if you would be willing to or if anyone else agrees, since the theme is dark i think colored icons with the same black background you have now would look awesome.
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the darker "dock" looks a lot better imo. btw great looking theme. i was never too fond of all the other themes so this might be my first theme i install. also, not sure if you would be willing to or if anyone else agrees, since the theme is dark i think colored icons with the same black background you have now would look awesome.
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The darker dock does look better, I'll stick with that one. As for your icon request, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Can you elaborate a bit?
Lovin it!!!!
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As for your icon request, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Can you elaborate a bit?
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some quick photoshopping
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some quick photoshopping
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Ah, I see. Well that's pretty nice actually, though bright colors are not for me; I tend to prefer the desaturated look. However, as soon as I release this theme people are free, encouraged even, to modify and improve on it as they see fit.
looks amazing, can't wait for this
OP updated with new screenshots. Icons added, graphics tweaked.
Looking good! And I love seeing you guys use my theme as a building block, it really is an honor.
I owe my thanks to Stericson for helping me create my first theme and letting me use his theme as a building block for mine.
Great. This is the best theme I've seen yet.
Download links and instructions added to the first post of the thread, for those of you wanting to try it out. Compatible with ADP1 only as of now.
mannyb said:
Download links and instructions added to the first post of the thread, for those of you wanting to try it out. Compatible with ADP1 only as of now.
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How do I make it for RC30?
JLine05 said:
How do I make it for RC30?
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That's a good question. I am not sure, but I figure I will have to transfer all the custom png's from my ADP1 theme to the correct RC30 apk's. I might do that tomorrow if I feel up to it.
Awesome
I love it great work i hope you continue. thanks
i'll test this for RC30 and i'll let you know it goes
edit: so far it's working perfectly!
the only thing i've noticed is the notifications pane background isn't transparent like in the screenshots, but i can live with that
also, can you upload the background you used in the screenshots please? the theme didn't come with it.
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i'll test this for RC30 and i'll let you know it goes
edit: so far it's working perfectly!
the only thing i've noticed is the notifications pane background isn't transparent like in the screenshots, but i can live with that
also, can you upload the background you used in the screenshots please? the theme didn't come with it.
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Oh, sweet! I did the port last night when I was so tired I didn't know what I was doing, so it's nice to hear it's working on RC30 too. Thanks for trying it out.
Here's the wallpaper.
This is a theme derived from mannyb's idea for a "black" edition of his Glossy Minimalism theme here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478183
The initial concept is all his idea, I'm just doing some of the legwork since he's a busy fellow .
The idea is that we'd love to see more dark based themes, but the only (notification bar) clock colors that we know we can do are black and red (If that's wrong, someone let me know,) so we're basing this theme on a red and black theme.
Here is the concept image:
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Let me know what you think of the concept or what you'd like to see.
EDIT:
Current Status:
- Changed gradient at top to be better
- Made notifications white (Weatherbug is its own deal)
- Redid the battery meter to be more accurate
- Created network (EDGE, 3G, G) icons. They look nice I think.
What I don't like (Of what's actually been touched):
- The meters hardly fade, I will need to increase the potency of that gradient
- I need to know how to arrange icons on the right to my preference. Does anyone know if this is possible? The vibrate symbol makes it look goofy atm.
As always, feedback is much appreciated.
A note: I will be on vacation in NYC until next Thursday (4-2) so expect no progress on this theme in the mean time. We'll consider it an Alpha field test
Also, can anyone point me in the right direction for a red clock xml edit?
Wow great job I love the notification idea.. expand on this, this may turn out really nice!
You should do the icons in the same color as the clock, we are lacking different looks color wise on here! Great start man
I love this idea! I would prefer a medium dark blue rather than red...
But, I LOVE the transparent clock and the way your doing up the notification bar is awesome!
shaneaus said:
I love this idea! I would prefer a medium dark blue rather than red...
But, I LOVE the transparent clock and the way your doing up the notification bar is awesome!
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I agree, I'd love to see a dark blue, but as far as I know, the only colors the notification clock can be are black and red. nobody has found out how to make it any color we want yet. :-/
I would like to see a little bit different clock so that it doesn't look exactly like glossy minimalism. Maybe one that isnt clear so that the red doesnt darken up against a black background.
But I do agree that we need one that is black with red so we can take advantage of the red clock font.
Clock
I think you should leave the clock black, or offer a version with a black clock. IMO, the red just takes away from the conformity of the theme.
Otherwise, great job!
P.S. ADP 1.1h? Please? Pretty Please?
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I think you should leave the clock black, or offer a version with a black clock. IMO, the red just takes away from the conformity of the theme.
Otherwise, great job!
P.S. ADP 1.1h? Please? Pretty Please?
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I agree. I think the clock will end up being black.
When the theme is ready for beta testing I will package it into ADP1.1 RC9 and RC33 (JF verisons, obv). I will be doing nightly updates with what I have so far. As it stands, I'm a little bit uneasy with .9.pngs and modifying the .xmls, but I plan on tackling those over the weekend.
Im likin it the way it is actually. At first I thought the red might be too wierd but I think its quickly growing on me, its very slick looking. Ill be interested to see what you do with icons. IMO tehyd look better in black grey contrasts without any red in there. Maybe glossy lookings too?.
EDIT: OH it might be cool to have icons look like little round buttons. Like have icons on a round black background and shiny. Hmmm...
EDIT AGAIN: Wow... my internet musta been running real slow cuz i def didnt see the screenshot of the icons you have up there. Haha yaaaa I like em : )
DUDE YOU ROCK... This has been one of my favorite themes of all time and now its going to be in Black, can't wait...
About the RED FONT??? Where are the edits for changing that, I'm building a theme that would so Rock if I had the font in red...
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DUDE YOU ROCK... This has been one of my favorite themes of all time and now its going to be in Black, can't wait...
About the RED FONT??? Where are the edits for changing that, I'm building a theme that would so Rock if I had the font in red...
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That's a good question. I haven't gotten to that point yet. I actually still don't know how to do any xml edits :-/ It might be best to ask someone who has done it.
I love what you did with the notification bar..
Are you still working on this?
Yes, I am still working on it. I'm working on some notification icons that are actually visible and then learning how to do XML edits. If anyone does know how to do XML edits, specifically changing the clock to red, could they let me know?
Latest update:
I seem to have managed to turn my theme into a brick. Every time I flash it, I get stuck on the "G1" screen. I made some changes to an image, packed it up and flashed it, which gave me the error, so when I went back and reverted the changes then repacked it, I still got the error. I'm really confused at this point, so bear with me while I try to figure it out. Thanks a ton to mannyb for making a rock solid glossyminimalism update that I can always revert to.
Status, though:
I have all notification icons done (aside from some weird ones like airplane mode) and am working on XML edits and menus in the rest of the phone.
Have you made sure to compress all your edited PNG's as much as possible, using a program such as PNGOUTWin for example? When the combined increases in file size (a kB here and there, it adds up) hits critical mass the phone will loop/brick during boot. PNGOUTWin will cut the file size of most small PNG's created in Photoxhop in half, or down to a third. Sometimes down to a tenth even.
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Have you made sure to compress all your edited PNG's as much as possible, using a program such as PNGOUTWin for example? When the combined increases in file size (a kB here and there, it adds up) hits critical mass the phone will loop/brick during boot. PNGOUTWin will cut the file size of most small PNG's created in Photoxhop in half, or down to a third. Sometimes down to a tenth even.
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That would have been my problem. I added a rather large popup_dark_full.9.png along with replacements for all the EDGE, 3G and G network data indicators. I have been watching my framework-res.apk slowly increase in size, and was wondering if that was a bad thing. Turns out it is Thanks.
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That would have been my problem. I added a rather large popup_dark_full.9.png along with replacements for all the EDGE, 3G and G network data indicators. I have been watching my framework-res.apk slowly increase in size, and was wondering if that was a bad thing. Turns out it is Thanks.
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Get PNGOUTWin and you'll be set. http://www.ardfry.com/pngoutwin/
Great program, well worth the 15 bucks. There's a free full feature 30 day trial version too. You're gonna want to buy it though, it's that good
mannyb said:
Get PNGOUTWin and you'll be set. http://www.ardfry.com/pngoutwin/
Great program, well worth the 15 bucks. There's a free full feature 30 day trial version too. You're gonna want to buy it though, it's that good
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Dang, it really is a great program. The trial version only lets you do 20 images at a time, but that's not too bad. I just shrunk my entire framework-res by a considerable amount. Awesome.
Ooglez said:
Dang, it really is a great program. The trial version only lets you do 20 images at a time, but that's not too bad. I just shrunk my entire framework-res by a considerable amount. Awesome.
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It really is amazing. You can of course use it on the default/unedited Android PNG's too (not just your own edits) to save even more space, but I recommend that you stay away from the .9.png ones with this tool.
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It really is amazing. You can of course use it on the default/unedited Android PNG's too (not just your own edits) to save even more space, but I recommend that you stay away from the .9.png ones with this tool.
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PNGGauntlet is a free alternative that works VERY well in my opinion. I actually found it from a graphic artist who does mobile game artworks and he swears by it. It works out really well. Go for it if you don't want to pay the $15.
I've never been a big fan of the yellow XDA theme, and I've never seen a way to change it, so I grabbed the CSS from the site and put it into Stylish, a Firefox CSS tweak extension, and modified it so the yellow tones are changed to different colors, see the full list below. It also narrows the page to 'only' 1200 pixels, in case you're using it on a huge monitor and don't want the page being that wide. It's easy to edit at the top of the code if you don't like that change.
Just thought I'd post this in case anyone else would want this sort of thing. I'm NO CSS ninja, I just clumsily hacked on it. The XDA icons are still yellow/brown, some of the links in the Dark Grey probably need tweaking.
Thanks to sickbox the bug in my CSS edits which make the top bar with User CP/FAQ etc disappear when you hover over the links is fixed!
The Stylish code is here, you'll need Firefox+Stylish Extension, Greasemonkey, or Opera to use it.
Blue - http://userstyles.org/styles/17609
Grey - http://userstyles.org/styles/17622
Dark Grey - http://userstyles.org/styles/17623
NEW! XDA 2010 Theme!
Blue - http://userstyles.org/styles/43606?r=1296614893
Above is my initial shot at converting the 2010 XDA theme to a blue. Once I work out the places to change, I can pretty easily add Greys etc. Help would be appreciated!
New!! XDA 2015 Themes
For the Dark theme
Blue - https://userstyles.org/styles/106066/xda-developers-2015-dark-theme
For the default (light) theme
Blue - https://userstyles.org/styles/106068/xda-developers-2015-light-theme
For 2015 I've only modified areas with wasted space and changed the font from Orange to Blue. It's still in beta a bit, I still have some clean up I'd like to do but I think it might be useful to some people.
Hope it's useful to some folks. I'm using it full time.
Good idea, I'd personally go with more subdued colors. I'd recommend http://kuler.adobe.com to find a complementary combination of blues.
Here's one I like:
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Good idea, I'd personally go with more subdued colors. I'd recommend http://kuler.adobe.com to find a complementary combination of blues.
Here's one I like:
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Ha, that's the one I was poking at once you directed me. I'm gonna do that. Plus I think I'll find a good set of Green and Red. Already put in a Grey. I'm not going to make a dozen themes, but I'm up for suggestions.
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Good idea, I'd personally go with more subdued colors. I'd recommend http://kuler.adobe.com to find a complementary combination of blues.
Here's one I like:
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Blue theme updated to match those colors.. That was easy. Working on Red and Green. Added Grey and Dark Grey.
Awesome job, I really like the blue and grey!
I'm also in for the blue and grey! great work!!
I use the blue theme, that works great =D !
And it change the monotony of xda colors...
It's the XDA Powwerrrr !
A basic place with extra men.
thanks man loving the dark grey
I use the blue theme, it really sets XDA apart from the others See ?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/index.php
Wow! The blue theme really does look good! I modified mine to fit the 1920x1080p display of my laptop.
I actually don't mind the disappearing text on the top bar because now I know when I'm hovering over a link.
im liking the blue theme too just a few images off color but im sure you will figure that out soon. im using it with the new vbulletin plugin for firefox which has a menu bar on the bottom so the disappearing links at the top dont bother me either. thanks for doing this, its nice to have a change of scenery every now and then.
How to get this working in Opera (hope nobody sent it yet):
Open the code in post #1, copy the all source code except the mozilla stuff (@namespace and @-moz-document)
Now, open eg notepad, put there all the text and save it as eg C:\xda.css
Now in Opera, open xda forums -> right click -> Edit local preferences -> Display (Graphics??) and there will be select for User CSS. Select the C:\xda.css -> click OK -> reload page and voila
If you're talking about the themes...
There goes mine, black-gray-whatever, it isn't finished (I must get look the same index and listing pages), but the base is fine and doesn't hurt eyes in night
http://userstyles.org/styles/24118
yeah here is mine, its black, blue, grey still have some tweaking to do but if anybody wants to try it...
http://userstyles.org/styles/24120
Just wanted to say thanks... it's rad, and it's easy... like my dates used to be..
grokdesigns said:
Good idea, I'd personally go with more subdued colors. I'd recommend http://kuler.adobe.com to find a complementary combination of blues.
Here's one I like:
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Jeez, I can't believe I am only now seeing this for the first time today -- January 12, 2010 ! -- 7 months later. God, if only i'd known before. What a welcome sight!
Looks like maybe I should be bumping this thread every so often! Glad people are enjoying it. I know I immediately install UserStyles and the Blue theme when I jump on a computer which doesn't have it, that Yellow just kills me.
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How to get this working in Opera (hope nobody sent it yet):
Open the code in post #1, copy the all source code except the mozilla stuff (@namespace and @-moz-document)
Now, open eg notepad, put there all the text and save it as eg C:\xda.css
Now in Opera, open xda forums -> right click -> Edit local preferences -> Display (Graphics??) and there will be select for User CSS. Select the C:\xda.css -> click OK -> reload page and voila
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Wow!!! blue looks nice
Thanks a lot!!!
I was waiting for this to use it on Opera!!
Always did like Blue!
We all know Windows Phone 7 doesn't have custom wallpapers for the homescreen, however it does have custom wallpaper for the lockscreen.
The lock screen of course displays metro stylized textual information.
This information has a nasty tendency to move around based on how much information it needs to display. However, if you have a scheduled event always on your calendar with a locational field filled - this information rarely if ever moves beyond these defined limits. As such, we can stylize wallpapers around this information.
[Provided you always have something scheduled between now and the next 48 hours]
So here I am looking to be a Wallpaper repository, but then also a collection of lockscreen wallpaper based off the data template.
Some of you may have seen the post on Pocketnow about the lockscreen wallpaper with data segmentation in mind. Someone on there requested I make a thread here so I did.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This goes around the set data on the WP7 lockscreen and looks pretty dang good. So I'd like to post this template up so others can build much better wallpapers than me off a similar concept now that they have set coordinates.
Also, you can post your normal lockscreen wallpapers as well.
Every other device has a repository but I'd like for this one to be WP7 centric.
This is how it looks on my Samsung Focus
[http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4377/justblack.png here is a link to the one with I <3 Windows Phone]
Here are the various theme base colours from WP7
Lime 140 190 41
Brown 156 81 0
Pink 230 113 181
Orange 239 150 8
Blue 25 162 222
Red 230 20 0
Green 49 154 49
Magenta 255 0 148
Purple 164 0 255
Teal 0 170 173
These are the theme colour values directly from the system, however, keep in mind that Windows Phone 7 applies an 80% filter to the images when they are set as your wallpaper. As such, colours posted like those on the left, appear on your device as the block on the right.
In order to balance out this effect, use a RGB Multiplier of 1.25x so when WP7 applies the 80% filter you can match the proper colours.
So please, post your wallpaper designs. Either something based off the template or entirely new or something WP7 related.
Note for posting: Try and show your wallpaper but also attach as a ZIP if possible - that way, users can set it directly from their phones!
Please try to only post if you have a Wallpaper - these threads get disgustingly large so please try to only post to contribute
Scrtcwlvl said:
This information doesn't usually move. As such, we can stylize wallpapers around this information. [Provided your appointments have the locations area filled - they will always be in the same spot]
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Not really, if youve got no meeting in your calendar the information is out of space.
copilot19 said:
Not really, if youve got no meeting in your calendar the information is out of space.
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Duly noted, that is not actually something I have run into as I always have something on the calendar either the current day or the next day. I will update the thread accordingly.
GeoLuminations
Introducing GeoLuminations
Works with any combination of calendar events, unread emails, etc! Choose either the version that has the double square at the bottom (as seen in the real-life picture) or the single square. That simply frames the notifications a bit more.
Updated on 11/11/2010 to not cut off long calendar appointments.
Enjoy!
looks good THX
Great work, can I suggest not trying to enclose the calendar area? To the right hand side of the calendar, text will flow over and off the right hand side of the page. Will all the templates so far calendar test flows over the edge and looks a little messy. If you have short text in the calendar it looks okay.
xma1e said:
Great work, can I suggest not trying to enclose the calendar area? To the right hand side of the calendar, text will flow over and off the right hand side of the page. Will all the templates so far calendar test flows over the edge and looks a little messy. If you have short text in the calendar it looks okay.
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Ah yeah I see what you're saying. I'll update my GeoLocations to fix that, check my original post in an hour from now and I should have it updated (I won't post when I update it so I don't clutter the thread too much). Thanks for the suggestion!
@ace10134
Well done.
Light background
Hello
Very nice work of you guys indeed. Might I suggest to provide versions for the light background too? Maybe there are others beside me who use that one
I hope I named the background right, just having access to the german WP7.
Cheers
Line40
Thanks for the good work guys, as an aside, what a welcome relief to see a thread that does soemthing useful for WP7 users as opposed to whingeing about Wp7 not being WM6.5!
Line40 said:
Hello
Very nice work of you guys indeed. Might I suggest to provide versions for the light background too? Maybe there are others beside me who use that one
I hope I named the background right, just having access to the german WP7.
Cheers
Line40
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I use the light theme on my phone, but I believe that the lockscreen must always be a dark color, since no matter what your theme is, the text on the lockscreen is white. The text would be invisible on a white lockscreen background!
Here's mine.
I just posted it in the Generel XDA Thread., but can anybody point me to or post the original zune hd lock screen picture?
It looks like this:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/wpcms_produ...4/original/thumb_450_Zune_20lock_20screen.jpg
I think it would fit perfectly to our WP7s
001mic said:
I just posted it in the Generel XDA Thread., but can anybody point me to or post the original zune hd lock screen picture?
It looks like this:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/wpcms_produ...4/original/thumb_450_Zune_20lock_20screen.jpg
I think it would fit perfectly to our WP7s
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I agree, it would look quite snazzy for the WP7s out there.
New Lockscreen Theme - White Background/Red Highlight
This is a theme for the white background users! I can make it in all the colors available as a theme in WP7 (including for black backgrounds) but it would be a lot easier if I could get emulator screenshots of the different theme colors.
Nevertheless, here's the lockscreen for the white background + red highlight theme! It works really well with the device!!
Here's the Lockscreen file, view it from your phone and right click (long hold) it, then save it to your phone.
So, I found some nice "Legs" images and formatted them to fit the Windows Phone 7 screen. All in all...pretty nice
I may be going to Hell...but I accept it
And a few more, just for good measure
001mic said:
I just posted it in the Generel XDA Thread., but can anybody point me to or post the original zune hd lock screen picture?
It looks like this:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/wpcms_produ...4/original/thumb_450_Zune_20lock_20screen.jpg
I think it would fit perfectly to our WP7s
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I'm no artist, but I know how the resize button works.
Heres the resized wallpaper from my Zune HD.
Nice stuff guys!
I ended up making a few when I could. They are just cropped images I found.
Hello all,
Out of curiosity I wanted to know what accent theme color you all prefer for your device, and how often you switch (if you switch it at all) your accent theme color. Me, personally, I enjoy having the green accent theme color enabled all the time. I've switched it a few times, but I find myself reverting back to the green accent theme color for some reason. I dislike the brown accent theme color the most.
WP7 doesn't really have a color I would stay with. But I have mostly used red. Right now I'm using the ordinary blue on black. I certainly hope MS will add a boat load of color and theme options in an update. Would love to see silver tiles on white, black tiles on lite charcoal, white tiles on black and want some of those yellow tiles.
I use black on black or black on white. On my favorite teams match days I switch to navy blue on black.
I switch many times to use all colors, but mostly I use light blue, lime and green, cause Omnia7 screen simple supports more pixels with those colors (text more readable). I wish MS would add more colors to every phone. I'm wondering why some phone models/manufacturers has different colors as my phone bought in Finland. Weren't WP7 supposed to be same in every manufacturer?
JuWa said:
I switch many times to use all colors, but mostly I use light blue, lime and green, cause Omnia7 screen simple supports more pixels with those colors (text more readable). I wish MS would add more colors to every phone. I'm wondering why some phone models/manufacturers has different colors as my phone bought in Finland. Weren't WP7 supposed to be same in every manufacturer?
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They are the same. The only way currently to get other colors is by the Chevron unlocker.
eternalemb said:
I use black on black or black on white. On my favorite teams match days I switch to navy blue on black.
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Black on black must look slick. The words just float, correct? Do you have a picture?
I use brown on black
I've been staying mostly with Orange on Dark. But my other standard ones are: Blue/Dark, Green/Dark, Green or Brown/Light.
And put me down as well for better colours at some point. I find right now, 80% of them are very feminine (both magenta and pink?? Come on...)
MartyLK said:
They are the same. The only way currently to get other colors is by the Chevron unlocker.
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Oh, didn't know that!
I'd love to see a picture of black on black for those chevron guys who have it. Must be sick.
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Red Grenadine said:
I'd love to see a picture of black on black for those chevron guys who have it. Must be sick.
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The problem with Black on Black is the accent text.
The tiles look great, but any accent text becomes unreadable.
I'd post a pic, but I don't know how to do a screen capture on my Focus.
Here was a poll I made earlier regarding themes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827339
A quick google search brings up some interesting looking ones:
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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AND, LINK (wont let me embed): http://img826.imageshack.us/i/wp7blacktiles.png/
-seems to be some sort of black on black, although I think it's a mockup, not a real one
I typically go with one of my modified greens or blues (there a little bit darker). I also have a grayish-blue that I switch to. Black on black isn't as good as it sounds. It is novel, but not really that great after a few minutes.
rjohnstone said:
The problem with Black on Black is the accent text.
The tiles look great, but any accent text becomes unreadable.
I'd post a pic, but I don't know how to do a screen capture on my Focus.
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Yeah, I had thought about that. A shame because an all black tile look would be awesome on the Focus (and great for an AMOLED phone's battery life). Wonder if MS / Chevron will find a way to split text accent color and tile accent color.
sure haven't said:
A quick google search brings up some interesting looking ones:
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AND, LINK (wont let me embed): http://img826.imageshack.us/i/wp7blacktiles.png/
-seems to be some sort of black on black, although I think it's a mockup, not a real one
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lol that's weird. The black on white one on the left is mine. I posted it in the original accent color thread in the Dev and Hacking section. Guess its floating on the interwebz now...
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i really hope wp7 could change theme color by half month,like PSP...
eternalemb said:
lol that's weird. The black on white one on the left is mine. I posted it in the original accent color thread in the Dev and Hacking section. Guess its floating on the interwebz now...
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Haha seriously?? That's very odd... must be a weird feeling. I've never seen something like that happen, kinda neat.
sure haven't said:
A quick google search brings up some interesting looking ones:
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AND, LINK (wont let me embed): http://img826.imageshack.us/i/wp7blacktiles.png/
-seems to be some sort of black on black, although I think it's a mockup, not a real one
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Wow, these both look great!
@ sure haven't yeah it's a bit odd...
to those who wanted to see black on black i attached a picture, though its blurry. also, i dont have a problem with black on black or black on white's accent text because so far as i can tell it only messes up three things: missed calls (can't see the detail or time), contact details on profile, and text message timestamps. I'm perfectly fine giving up those things for a slick looking Start screen and if i do need to see those things i can simply workaround it or change the accent, look at it and change the accent back. black on black is my daily theme and im damn happy with it