Park Dier

Author: koaandl
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Uploaded: Jan. 05 2009
Views: 1984
Downloads: 3427
Reported problems: 0

My very very very first theme, my first try at making anything in litestep. the graphics are all hand made (even the background). It has no special functions or cool features,
just a basic clock, start button and taskbar with tray. It is designed for 1280x1024 (sorry all you who have other resolutions, im not sure just how to make it scaleable),
i might do other releases at other resolutions if people do like this skin.

---Current bugs i'm aware of

*Random purple lines on the taskbar that i haven't quiet figured out why the hell they are there yet (insight would be appreciated anyone)
*Sometimes does not select the icon properly
*Occasionally freezes when using winamp
*Takes a rather long time to load some items
*Incorrectly sized start icons

---To install and use

1. Download and run the skin
2. To build your start menu, goto the theme's root, then "Menu" and build it like you would any other directory
3. If you would like to use the backdrop, check the "images" folder for the "Wallpaper.png" file.

4. Enjoy!

Please enjoy and rate/comment!

3 Comments

koaandl wrote on January 05, 2009 at 01:17:

Gah! Sorry guys, forgot to add that if you want to Drag'n'Drop on the desktop, open the config and change the Jdekstopfolder to your desktop location!

starlight wrote on July 30, 2010 at 00:09:

To make the theme scalable use stuff like $resolutionx$-20 or 95% or anything that havent got anything to do with actual pixel values.

To test change the resolution and refresh the theme.

Example:

xTaskbarWidth $resolutionx$

xTaskbarHeight 32

$resolutionx$ and $resolutiony$ is interpreted as current desktop width and height in pixels.

The example above will expand taskbar width to the current resolution no matter what that be and lock the taskbar height to 32 pixels.

As for purple lines,it seams to me that you re having problems with using magic pink TrueTransparency instead of the AlphaMap but i ll take a look now

starlight wrote on July 30, 2010 at 01:40:

Ok,so i think this is what you need to change for the theme to be compatible with all resolutions without a single pixel change in looks.try it:

xTaskbarWidth -284 ;the width of the tray is 284 and the taskbar takes the rest

startY -40 ;as the start button image is 40 pix high

tray was already compatible with all resolutions.i tested the theme with new parameters on 1024x768 and 1600x1200 and i saw no changes or annoyances :)

there was no purple lines bug thing but in theme.rc there is an UseSolidColors parameter set to false and afterwards some solid colors for the taskbar were

specified.it seams like an error to me but maybe i just didn't pay anough attention.also i havent found the xtaskbarpainting mode .image even though the

taskbar has image background.check these two out maybe there is where the problem lies.

there is an apsolute path in jdesk for the desktop folder,i m not sure but i think you can also use .desktop (in xdesk you can) and that it would allow you

to use drag n drop that way.

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