Skinning and customising help, please.

[ThinkTankInk]

Hiya,

I'm working on my first skin for my Hermes and I've stumbled across a minor but frustrating issue.
The Start Menu appears see-through. Given that I have an entirely black and white theme, this makes reading half of the Start Menu really difficult.

I am wondering if/where there is an editor so that I can work around this.
I've tried WisBar 3 and I didn't get on with it. It made my system slow(er) and clunky(/ier).

Also, given this is my first time and I am a general noob feel free to throw some skinning tips or hints in.

P.S. Searched this site and Google and didn't come up with anything specifically for the SM.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/Chidori/Screenshot1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/Chidori/Screenshot2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/Chidori/Screenshot3.jpg

[wovens]

I don't believe your problem is of transparency. I think the start menu is using the same background as the Today screen. Try using something like ThemeGenCe to customise it if you are not using cubes and such.

[ThinkTankInk]

Oh, I have that. I just haven't played with it properly.
I'll have a look and see what I can come up with.

This skin (although ugly) is basically a 'My First Tomy Skin'. I was fiddling about with Photoshop to see if I could make my own clock. I could.

The next one I'll work on with a bit more colour. But thanks for your advice.

[TheChampJT]

Use QuickMenu, great start menu replacement. Then under the settings of QM, you can use a different background image for the start menu.

[ThinkTankInk]

Use QuickMenu, great start menu replacement. Then under the settings of QM, you can use a different background image for the start menu.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[paultje_007]

you probably have a background image now?
The way I choose my startmenu background color and/or image =
make a (small) bmp with only the color you want.
then open this bmp file with resco explorer.
when image is viewed press 'menu'.
and then press 'set as background'

At least works for me with my Touch Pro, it won't change the TouchFlo3d background, but it will change the Startmenu background.
To change the startmenu text color go into registry and edit the following:
HKLocalMachine -> Software -> Microsoft -> Color ->
Binary Value 39 = Startmenu Text Color
white = FF FF FF 00
Black = 50 50 50 00 (i think)

cheers