[5/4/2009 - New beta!] (Sticker) Wheee skin! - xda-developers

Ufufu · 25th June 2008, 09:34 AM

[5/4/2009 - New beta!] (Sticker) Wheee skin!

Please check out the new Wheee3 beta in the bottom of page 55 and the first post of page 56

Version 2.71 of the Wheee! skin for HomeScreen++!

Screenshot:

Now Wheee! Lite Edition too, for use with UltimateLaunch!

Screenshot:

Download the package here:
rapidshare
This theme is QVGA only!

Instructions:
1) Download and install the latest version of Homescreen++! The theme won't work with BatteryStatus!
2) Extract the archive you downloaded (Wheee_v2.71.rar). Copy the "Wheee" folder and the "Wheee.xml" & "Wheee (lite edition).xml" files to your Homescreen++ directory. Open the "Storage Card" folder, and copy the "Wheee" folder you find there to your Storage Card.
3) Customize your skin. Sadly, it is not very easy to customize HS++ skins, but I have tried to make it a little easier. Open the Wheee.xml file with any text editor, and after the lines where you see "EDIT:", edit the paths to programs or plugins with the ones you want. You also have to set up a weather plugin - I use WeatherPanel with the Diamond skin by Rumball (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401781), I will make a Sticker skin for WeatherPanel too when I find some time. Customizing the Lite Edition of the skin is much easier, you only need to change 2-3 paths.
4a) If you want the full Wheee! theme, enable HS++ as the only Today item, go into HS++ settings and choose the Wheee theme, you're done! Also remember to check all the "extra" indicators in HS++ settings.
or,
4b) For the Lite Edition of the theme, go into HS++ settings and choose the Wheee (lite edition) theme. Remember again to check all the "extra" indicators for HS++, and use HomeScreen++ in the Home tab of your UltimateLaunch setup. You're done!

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Wheee! Wisbar Advance 3 theme, v1.3
Download the package here: rapidshare
This theme is again, QVGA only.

Instructions:
1) Uninstall your version of Wisbar, and install version 3.2. Scroll a little down to "More downloads" and you'll find a link to download v3.2, thank you a lot Mr17!
2) Extract the archive you downloaded (WheeeWA3_v??.rar). Copy the Wisbar Advance folder to your Storage Card. The Wheee.wisbar file is inside that folder (you will need to locate it later).
3) Open Wisbar Advance settings. Super image tutorial follows!

More downloads:
"Text" icon pack 1: rapidshare - copy and paste these inside your Storage Card\Wheee folder for a different look.
Background pack 1: rapidshare - open them with an image viewer, and apply as today background with transparency of 0%.
WA3 v3.2: rapidshare - this is not warez, it is just an older version, you will still need an activation key!
Mr17 has made a dialer to match the "Wheee" theme, you can get it here!. See a screenshot of it here.

A big "thank you!" to:
+ David Lanham, Sticker icon set artist (http://dlanham.com/art/sticker/)
+ Chi-Tai, for his excellent HS++ today plugin (http://www.chi-tai.info/)
+ Dotfred, for his Task Manager app which I included in Wheee (http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm)
+ "henry", for the sound/mute/vibration tool (I used that one too)
+ Everyone using my skin

wheeeee thx!

ToDo list:
+ More icons on request! If you want Sticker-like icons for specific apps you use, request them here and I'll do what I can. I don't have a lot of time, so maybe once a week I'll release an icon pack with all the weekly requests.
+ Wheee skin for WeatherPanel

Last edited by Ufufu; 5th April 2009 at 05:14 PM.

Ufufu · 25th June 2008, 09:40 AM

Icon packs!

Feel free to request more Wheee icons. David Lanham's icons are 5000 times better than mine, but I can always try to make an icon you want!

download: rapidshare

sources:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008...rssfeed-icons/
http://hikaridrops.deviantart.com/ar...tuffs-59984219

Last edited by Ufufu; 8th September 2008 at 09:48 AM.

Ufufu · 25th June 2008, 09:50 AM

Old versions of Wheee here!

v2
Version 2 of the skin for BatteryStatus + WBA3 + MortButtons is posted!
Follow this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=220
Screenshots there!

Original Wheee!

Hello,
Super sorry to all people that PMed me about the theme, I didn't notice I had messages until today.
Here's a screenshot of the theme again:

And I'll try to give some instructions, but I don't think it's going to be very easy as I'm not good at explaining and the skins were made for my phone, so you will have to change some things. Anyway!
First, download the awesome Sticker icons pack from IconFactory. It's what inspired me to make the skin, many thanks to the icon creator! You can get it here: http://iconfactory.com/search/?q=Sticker

Then, to get the skin looking like my screenshot, you need to hide the softkeys. This worked for me, credits to original programmer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=392804

It's not 100% needed for the skin, but I also advise you to at least get the "Segoe UI" font. I am not allowed to post it here, but search for it on Google or some torrent site, I'm sure you will find it easily. Then copy it to Windows\Fonts on your device, and soft reset. There's an excellent guide somewhere on the forum on how to make it the system skin (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...8&postcount=21).

Then, install my BatteryStatus theme (attached below). Just unzip the archive, and copy the folder and the xml files to your BatterStatus folder. Then go to BS Options, Advanced and choose the "Wheee" Theme-File. Also, you should UNcheck "show wifi-rows", no space for that. Go to the "TrayLaunch" tab and uncheck "TrayLaunch" too.

You might have to make some changes to the xml file for the skin to fully work on your pc. For example, my alarm program is pTravelAlarm, installed in the storage card, and the path is hard-coded into the XML. Change it to your alarm program exe. Same with setVolume - I have installed it on the storage card, change the path to what you like.

Then the Ultimate Launch settings. I can't post a file here (I don't think I can export them), but here are the settings I use:
Display tab: Margins: 2 Pixel, Fixed plugin-height: checked, 271 Pixel, colorize background: color 0, blurring 2, tab headers position: bottom.
Animation tab: Slide Animation: Slide, Click Animation: Slide, Animation Duration: 300 msec.
Headers tab: Height: 50 Pixel, Show grid: UNchecked, Inactive tabs transparent: UNchecked, blurring of inactive tabs: Low.
Behavior tab: Return to start tab: checked, after 1 minutes.
XP-Icon options tab: Size: 48 Pixel.

Then,
Tabs, uh, tab: Create a new tab "Combination of tabs", with the icon for "Home" and no name. Check "Open tab on startup". Inside that tab, create a "Today-plugin" tab named "Home", and choose the BatteryStatus plugin. Also create a shortcuts-tab named whatever you want, and in it: create a "Margin", with the options: Line break UNchecked, Horizontal: 30 Pixel, Vertical: 0 Pixel. Then, create an "Application Launcher", with XP-Icon of your choice (this is the little dinosaur that announces the missed calls / SMS!) and set the "Command" to: \Windows\tmail.exe and the "Parameter" to: -service "SMS". Go to "Display", and choose: "Item Alignment": Left. Click ok/ok/ok to get back to the main UltimateLaunch settings, and add any other tabs you'd like (programs, weather plugin, etc etc).

EDIT, 2/7/2008: As it seems most people want the bluetooth and wifi icons to toggle bt/wifi on click, there's an updated Wheee.xml file that does that in post #55!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...8&postcount=55

Attached Files

	back.zip (264.3 KB, 514 views)
	wheee.zip (101.3 KB, 161 views)

Last edited by Ufufu; 8th September 2008 at 09:41 AM.

StasMan · 25th June 2008, 10:10 AM

Thanks, looks perfectly!

rainwinder · 25th June 2008, 10:15 AM

Thanks so much! This theme is very good

hiro77 · 25th June 2008, 10:19 AM

Great skin, thanks for sharing.

Hmm.. It would be better if you remove the taskbar or change the taskbar color to match with your skin..
Just an idea..

Ufufu · 25th June 2008, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by hiro77
Great skin, thanks for sharing.

Hmm.. It would be better if you remove the taskbar or change the taskbar color to match with your skin..
Just an idea..

Yes, I'll do it sooner or later, but for now don't wanna start messing with Wisbar. Maybe I'll just change it to something different than black. What I want is to completely hide or skin it though. Thanks for the idea!

Also, I just saw this thread (http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopi...d=16783495&p=1) (thanks extraducksauce!) and it gave me some ideas, so I made a couple new backgrounds. Here they are: (screenshot, then background file)

Ufufu · 25th June 2008, 10:47 AM

And best for me:

Sorry for the double post, forum didn't let me use more than 4 pictures in each post.

star-star · 25th June 2008, 10:56 AM

lol,so cute!~~~
I love it!~~

mimbo · 25th June 2008, 11:16 AM

Thanks! Nearly made it! But I don't see how to make the dialog above the little dinosaur displaying the missed calls and unreaded sms... Also, do the bluetooth and wifi signs act as buttons or are they just indicators?