Found a solution to issue number 4, updated the post.

Originally Posted by sonnysekhon

Issues:

1. I can't flash anything unless it is the full ROM. I tried jabbawalkee's base zip but no luck.

this is a solution to problem 1.
in the META-INF\com\google\android needs to have updater-script and update-binary
the updater-script needs the following line

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");

attached is a meta-inf. use it in place of your current one for flashing themes

Thanks ogdobber.

Hi,

I'm a newb to theming. Can anyone point me to the right direction to change my stock news widget to transparent?

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by cyc1120

Hi,

I'm a newb to theming. Can anyone point me to the right direction to change my stock news widget to transparent?

Thanks in advance

start with the 2 links below, you basically need to change the transparency level on the widget_background in the drawable(hdpi) folder. but it is not that easy because it is a .9 png (unless you go 100%)
[GUIDE] Want to learn how to theme?

The Ultimate Android Themeing Guide

Here is a thread by rori that he themes a bunch of stuff to transparent smoke http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625

I can't for the life of me try to figure out how to make an object in photoshop have a transparent background. I make the background transparent, add the object (eg: a number) and everything looks great. Then once I flatten the image the transparency disappears. What I don't get is up until I flatten it, the whole background is transparent. I'm completely baffled, can anyone offer an idiot some help?

Originally Posted by kenvan19

I can't for the life of me try to figure out how to make an object in photoshop have a transparent background. I make the background transparent, add the object (eg: a number) and everything looks great. Then once I flatten the image the transparency disappears. What I don't get is up until I flatten it, the whole background is transparent. I'm completely baffled, can anyone offer an idiot some help?

What image is it? And by flatten it, do you mean you are making it an indexed image?

Originally Posted by theimpaler747

What image is it? And by flatten it, do you mean you are making it an indexed image?

Its a number for a Beautiful widgets clock skin. By flatten it I mean in photoshop CS5 when you make an image with multiple layers (the layers get created automatically when I try to add anything, in this case text) in order to save it as anything but a .psd you have to flatten it (IE force all of the layers into one).

Originally Posted by kenvan19

Its a number for a Beautiful widgets clock skin. By flatten it I mean in photoshop CS5 when you make an image with multiple layers (the layers get created automatically when I try to add anything, in this case text) in order to save it as anything but a .psd you have to flatten it (IE force all of the layers into one).

Never save it as a psd for edits on android Save it as a .png

Originally Posted by theimpaler747

Never save it as a psd for edits on android Save it as a .png

Exactly, I'm trying to save it as a png but in order to do that I have to flatten the image which causes the transparency of the background to disappear.