<![CDATA[BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com - Theme Developers' Forum]]> http://forums.crackberry.com/ Like using Plazmic to make your own BlackBerry Themes? Connect with BlackBerry Theme developers here! en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:22:55 GMT vBulletin 60 http://images.crackberry.com/forum_images/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com - Theme Developers' Forum]]> http://forums.crackberry.com/ Newbie Question http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=369024&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:36:30 GMT I am brand new to theme building and have only just downloaded themebuilder so I literally know nothing!! What I'd like to know is this: I have a theme that I used on my Curve 8330. I now have a Tour 8630. Is there a way to somehow reformat, using themebuilder, this 8330 theme for my 9630? Of course, if there is and someone is willing to do it for me that would be OK too!! ]]> pryan http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=369024 How to put button for downloaded app in dock of custom theme http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368873&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:58 GMT How can I put a button for an downloaded app (Gmail, for example) in the dock of a custom theme. How can I put a button for an downloaded app (Gmail, for example) in the dock of a custom theme. ]]> taxcurmudgeon http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368873 Use of Old and New Composers with 5.0 Theme Builder http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368829&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:17 GMT I wanted to share with you all how dumb I was using the new Theme Studio 5.0 ! When I first cranked the new Studio up, I just read my older... I wanted to share with you all how dumb I was using the new Theme Studio 5.0 !

When I first cranked the new Studio up, I just read my older Composer files into the new Composer and fed them to the new Theme Builder. Everything was cool. Then I tried to add new buttons using the new Composer on the old Composer files. Is no workie.

You cannot use the New Composer (NC) to modify files made by the Old Composer (OC) and expect the New Theme Builder to accept them (other than just passing them through without modification).

You CAN continue to use the OC to make changes and feed its files to the New Theme Builder.

To use the NC on an existing custom HomeScreen, carefully document your work and the location of all icon files and then delete everything and reload icon by icon., etc. Sounds bad, but most all your work is constructing the icon files anyway.

Below are some results of adding some new buttons to my Zen Tesla Theme.

Here are the Third Party module name I used in both the New and Old Composers:

BBM - net_rim_bb_qm_peer
VZNav - VZNavigator_v4_2_22_72_480x360t
Maps - net_rim_bb_lbs
Google Maps - GoogleMaps
BlackStar - BlackStar
Memos - net_rim_bb_memo_app
Camera - net_rim_bb_camera
Opera - operetteb$2dhifi
VideoCam - net_rim_bb_videorecorder
Messages - net_rim_bb_messaging_app
WF - WellsFargo41
Nasa - com_jfisher_webshortcut6_app
AWRadar - com_jfisher_webshortcut3_app
Spam - com_jfisher_webshortcut2_app
Mail - com_jfisher_webshortcut1_app
WSJ - WSJournal_470_en_app
Reuters - Reuters_470_en_app
Browser - net_rim_bb_browser_daemon
FMPro - FileManagerPro
Options - net_rim_bb_options_app

Invisible are two DAO icons: BerryWeather and a link to the skunk-works folder I call The CON. I need see if BW is better behaved now.

Notice how VZN sweetly coughed up their module name. Opera is still not working.


Doctor Neutron :cool:
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]]> DoctorNeutron http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368829 Theme Builder 5 - call buttons? http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368741&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:36 GMT I cant find (if they exist) the number pad buttons/background to change it? everything else is easy enough to find.. Thanks! I cant find (if they exist) the number pad buttons/background to change it?

everything else is easy enough to find..

Thanks! ]]> StaticFX http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368741 Landscape Home Screen svg issues http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368695&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:56 GMT I am, obviously, using Theme Studios 5.0 and creating theme for the Storm. I already have a perfectly working animation (svg) on the Portrait Home... I am, obviously, using Theme Studios 5.0 and creating theme for the Storm. I already have a perfectly working animation (svg) on the Portrait Home Screen. Now when I put a second svg file on the Landscape Home Screen, the following issues occurred:

1)the portrait home screen animation icons sometime open, sometime not. And they behave erratically.
2)the TIME font blue highlight is shorten to a square instead of covering the whole font
3)the Storm started slowing down big time

The Landscape animation file was first created with the canvas size of 480x360 and this caused huge problems on the Portrait Home screen. I then created another svg with 360x480 for the Landscape Home Screen and this help a bit, but the Portrait Home Screen still does not work as expected.

Anyone run into this? Got any solutions to make the Landscape Home Screen animation work without causing problem for the Portrait Home Screen?

Did RIM even test this out? Can the phone handle two svg files in each Home Screen?

Thanks! ]]> rorschack http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368695 Tour 9630 OS 5.0 and theme builder/plazmic http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368689&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:31 GMT Hello. I currently have OS v4.7.1.61 on my Tour. I've also created a customer theme using plazmic cdk 4.7 (with the patch). If I wanted to load the latest leaked version fo OS 5 (.230 I think it is) would my custom theme still work? Would I have to create it from scratch and if so how? I read that the theme builder 5.0 is for Storm2 and 9700 only.

Thanks! ]]> joviedo http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368689 Landscape mode icons bleed through. Help... http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368643&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:01:32 GMT I'm trying to make a simple theme so I can get pratice with landscape mode.

My question or my problem is, I make an SVG with 5 icons at the bottom for Home screen mode. Then I make an SVG also with 5 icons at the bottom for Landscape mode. Import them into TB5.0 like normal. Now when i load it to simulator or even my phone it has what I call a bleed through effect.

Basicly when my phone is in the Portriat view I can still click the screen where no icons are but it will open up the icons that are on the Landscape view with out me even turning the phone on it's side.

I hope I explained this well enough to get some advice. I have tried everything I know to do. Seems like it is a bug with TB5.0 or it could just be me.

If anyone else has seen this or knows the solution please let me know before I pull out all my hair. ]]> jalaw http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368643 using colors to change default colors in theme builder 5.0 http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368598&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:54 GMT just started using theme builder 5.0 and i have a question for people using this application. how do i change the color of my tab cursor? the default... just started using theme builder 5.0 and i have a question for people using this application. how do i change the color of my tab cursor? the default is blue, and i want to change it to match my theme, and i cant find a way
any help? also how do i change the size of the app icons on the home screen. i can only fit 2 right now ]]> timtones http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368598 A couple of theme issues I need help with :) http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368560&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:52 GMT I am using Theme 5.0 and I am very new to BB. I have never worked on themes before. I have done a couple of themes and I have found some issues... I am using Theme 5.0 and I am very new to BB. I have never worked on themes before. I have done a couple of themes and I have found some issues that I am curious about.

First, when changing themes on your device, is it normal for all of your hidden icons to show up again and have the icons pretty much default back to factory defaults? I noticed that when I switch to my themes, all of my third party apps end up in my download folder, Facebook and AIM end up back in the Instant Messaging folder, etc.. I normally place these on my home screen, so it's pretty annoying to have to completely reset everything everytime I change themes. Is there any way to change this?

Also, on the themes I made for OS 4.6 (I made a Bold 9000 and an 8900 theme), when I am in the menus, the font is all screwed up. I can see through it and it's almost like what is behind it is showing through making it very hard to read. I made a theme for OS 5.0 (Bold 9700) and this doesn't happen. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Heif ]]> Heifzilla http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368560 Hidden Today and Weather Icon in Composer http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368433&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:06:03 GMT Alright.. First of all Hi!! :)

I searched the **** out of every possible site and search engine and still couldn't find the right answer for my problem. I don't really like to start a new thread for every itsy bitsy little question or problem I have but I had no choice :)

I'm currently trying to add hidden today features and a weather icon on a standard zen-type theme. I tried one using the builder and the weather app just stays too big and always has an icon frame which I don't like.

Then I tried making an SVG file and exporting it but then I ran into the problem of the weather icon being the first in the application list and showing up at both places in the home screen. (First on the dock and at the top)

My latest solution was to keep the theme buttons I put in the composer below the home screen and just assign their respectful order in the app screen. Now I have an invisible navigation system which is; scrolling down from the selected icon selects that same icon again and I don't see any highlights whatsoever on the home screen. BTW I added hidden today sections to some icons so if I stay on the icon even when it is scrolled down it still shows the hidden today area :)

If there is anybody generous about time and effort to explain a decent solution to me I would reeeeeeeally appriciate it, because I closed the composer last night with berserker screams and frothing mouth at the end! :D

Another simple-genius solution would be to make just one icon in the composer which would be the 7th or any other app on the order that I can use as a weather app and export it to the hidden today featured theme I made in the builder. (Seems extremely simple when I write it but trust me Kevin Michaluk's bold 9700 battery door struggle seems quite and peaceful compared to my rage) :) ]]> serseri http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368433 hotspots? http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368406&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:41:35 GMT What is exactly a 'hotspot' is that a hidden third party app icon on the homescreen? ]]> kylegelliott http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368406 Today feature question http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368313&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:08:29 GMT What apps are able to utilize the homescreen Today/Hidden Today feature...i know that Messages, Calendar, and Phone. What about Tasks and Memo? Any... What apps are able to utilize the homescreen Today/Hidden Today feature...i know that Messages, Calendar, and Phone. What about Tasks and Memo? Any other apps possible? I hope this isnt a stupid question. :confused: ]]> Moon4Sun http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368313 Will pay for some to make a hidden dock svg http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368310&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:04:17 GMT I will happily pay if someone would help me with a hidden dock theme... I have already made the dock in photo shop and I will happily build the rest... I will happily pay if someone would help me with a hidden dock theme... I have already made the dock in photo shop and I will happily build the rest of the theme... I just need help with composer... if anyone is willing to help, and put up with me... please PM me and let me know what you would charge...Thank you... ]]> izzyncade http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368310 Android Icons http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368120&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:29:22 GMT Anybody know where I can get the original Android icons, like come on the G1? I have searched everywhere and can't find them. Thanks! ]]> blackberon http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=368120 Today stays after navigating away http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=367530&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:11:17 GMT I have some customer buttons I built in Composer for Calendar and Messages (among others). I import them into TB and they work great. The only issue... I have some customer buttons I built in Composer for Calendar and Messages (among others). I import them into TB and they work great. The only issue I'm having is that when I navigate off of Calendar or Messages, their respective today texts stay there until I scroll 2 spots away.

I've search the forums but can't find anything. Any ideas? ]]> Foppa_21 http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=367530