"Community Skin" testers needed.

[MixMan]

By the way, if the only plug-ins using GeneralText and SelectedGeneralText were mine, they are not hard coded. They are defined in the skin file and can be changed.

Jeff

It is Sub that hardcoded the text in Search. :-(
It used to be ListText. Probably a mistake... I hope.

[Fatman_do]

To a lesser degree, AddressBook does also.

(SelectedGeneralText and GeneralText)

It is really limited and shouldn't be a factor in any case. The sizes for texts are restricted, and if you change the textstyle names, the plugin uses textstyle "default" from baseskin.xml

I think we can work around its color values using defined colors in baseskin.xml

[Fatman_do]

To tease a little more about some advanced features that will improve compatiblity.

We moved background.jpg out of the skin root. That broke the fallback method since 'Blue' xml's were looking in skin root.

I added this to the baseskin.xml file

Code:

    <CompositeImage name="ScreenBackground" size="720,480">
        <DrawImage filename="..\_CommonImages\background.jpg" loc="0,0" size="720,480"/>
        <DrawImage filename="..\_CommonImages\Title_Bar.png" loc="0,0" size="720,60"/>
        <DrawImage filename="..\_CommonImages\button_close.png" loc="685,5" size="25,25"/>
        <DrawText text="@ScreenName" loc="15,5" size="600,55" textStyle="ScreenName" align="Left"/>      
    </CompositeImage>

This will make v98+ 'blue' default plugins work with this skin.

To have the same functionality with this skin, the 98+ version will strip out those same lines in plugin files and use this instead:

Code:

        <CompositeImage name="Background" size="720,480">
            <DrawCompositeImage name="ScreenBackground" loc="0,0" size="720,480" parameters="@ScreenName=Gmail"/>
.....

PM me if you want the 98+ test version of the Gmail plugin

[MixMan]

Speaking from a non-skinner, and somewhat of a developer, I do hope you reconsider at some point in the future. You have greatly contributed to GBPVR and it would be a setback to lose your abilities and input on matters such as these.

Brian

Thanks for your comment.
The Advisor/Baseskin has all features that the Community skin has + some more. I will support the Plugin skins CommonImage naming, but it will be easier for me to change the skinfiles, than change all Themepacks and and the Advisor skin itself, so the Advisor skin will not support the SkinPlugin.

[Fatman_do]

Updated sudoku to accomodate transparent buttons.

Also added remote control blue button hint.

It is a separate download, follow the links in the first post of this thread.

[Fatman_do]

Just a reminder to anyone testing this skin, the baseskin.xml file right now is basically set up for testing and development.

Any text that is the result of selecting should be yellow.
Any non-selected text should be Light Gray.

If you spot anything different, drop a note.

Some plugins are a little more complicated and may not exactly follow this to the letter. The My Series uses various different colors to depict more than just if an item is selected. It uses colors to depict additional information like if something had been watched or not. Plugins that use that type of method do not have to follow any strict formating since those are special cases.

The default look of this skin is also open to suggestion. If the BlueMCE2 look is desired to be maintained (no yellow for that text), then the final version will be made to look like that.

If a 'Blue' version is considered better, it will reflect that design.

An entirely new look could be constructed also.

All design variants will be availible as a theme that can be chosen with the SkinPlugin to suit individual tastes.

[Fatman_do]

Theater Listings skin for new version 6.6 added.

See CommunitySkinFiles wiki page for download.

[Fatman_do]

Test release2 is planned for Monday-ish (check local listings in your area).

What will be new:

• Went through all plugins and converted to CommonTextStyles
  
• Installer created and needs testing (to see if I missed something).
  
• Installer will "find" where gbpvr is installed on your HTPC and install skin to proper directory.
  
• Installer will ask if you want to set the community skin as the current skin.
  
• Installer will ask if you want run GB-PVR at the end of the installation.
  

Todo:
Double Check all plugins for textstyle and image naming.
Add SkinPlugin to installer as an option to install.

[Fatman_do]

Test release2 is planned for Monday-ish (check local listings in your area).

What will be new:

• Went through all plugins and converted to CommonTextStyles
  
• Installer created and needs testing (to see if I missed something).
  
• Installer will "find" where gbpvr is installed on your HTPC and install skin to proper directory.
  
• Installer will ask if you want to set the community skin as the current skin.
  
• Installer will ask if you want run GB-PVR at the end of the installation.
  

Todo:
Double Check all plugins for textstyle and image naming.
Add SkinPlugin to installer as an option to install.

Ok, I was not able to spend as much time on this over the holiday weekend so I am a little behind. I think I have the installer all ironed out. Just have to double check as many plugins as possible and update rev levels in the xml files. Hopefully I will have something up in a few days.

[Fatman_do]

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Skin/CommunitySkin

Test Release 2 uploaded. I have not gone through and updated "last updated" blah blah blah in the xml files, I will do so when I post them on the individual files wiki page. Right now, all those files are now obsolete untill noted otherwise.