BaseSkin 2.0

[MixMan]

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2006-05-20 Udated Photo Library skin in support thred
2006-05-18 Udated Wiki with MCE2 Aqua Theme
2006-05-17 Udated Wiki with UpdaterTheme for OSD update
2006-05-15 Updated Wiki with BaseSkin v2.2
2006-05-14 Posted update for new Photo Library here:
2006-05-12 Updated Wiki with Avance Theme for ThemesManager
2006-05-04 Updated Wiki with Mayhem3 Theme
2006-05-04 McBainUK Updated Wiki text to make it more "readable"
2006-04-20 Created a support thread for BaseSkin and ThemePacks (see below)
2006-04-20 Updated Wiki with images for Mayhem3 and HDeeTV Theme
2006-04-17 Posted an Update for BaseSkin (2.1) with XBOX Theme (beta)
2006-04-11 Updated Wiki with MCE Theme
2006-04-11 Updated Wiki with Pirates Theme
2006-04-11 Updated Wiki with Contour Green Theme
2006-04-11 Updated Wiki with MCE2 Gold Theme
2006-04-11 Updated Wiki with MCE2 BlueAM Theme
2006-04-04 Updated Wiki with MCE2 BlackMetallic Theme
2006-04-04 Updated Wiki with MCE2 BlueGold Theme
2006-04-11 Updated Wiki with MCE2 Steel Theme
2006-04-04 Updated Wiki with SharperEdge BG Theme
2006-04-04 Updated Wiki with Horizon Theme
2006-04-01 Release BaseSkin 2.0

BaseSkin
Please give me some feedback on the skins plugin functionality.

New or added features v2.2
* Photo Library included
* ThemesManager included
* UbuStream included
* ThemePacks v2.2 installs to /BaseSkin/Advisor.XXXXX directory
* Updated - Sudoku, SystemStatus, Archive,
* Included a ThemePack for ThemesManager - Advisor.GBPVR
* Now installs fonts included in ThemePacks.
* Popup skins improvement in System.
* New ThemePacks v2.2 with new `OSD.xml's, to work with the new GBPVR 97.7 OSD Record Until feature.

New or added features v2.0
Fixed a lot of popups looks for better quality feeling
Support for allmost all existing plugins
Changed TitleLogo width to 720 px, to allow icon in upper right corner
Changed buttons X position to 0, to allow button coming out from left side of screen
Support to change Task Images for all Plugins
Support for image behind channel logos in TV guide menu.
Support to change OSD background in LiveTV
You will find new Language.xml files in the skin.

Support
The BaseSkin and ThemePacks are discussed in the Skin Suppport forum
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=15551


Download skin
BaseSkin v2.2
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Skin/BaseSkin

ThemePacks at the Wiki
The skin comes with the SharperEdge Theme, but it is also compatible with new version of Advisor ThemePacks. So there will be around 10-15 different graphical layouts avaliable.
Tell me what ThemePacks you would like to be uploaded next.
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Skin/...ThemePacks

[MixMan]

Updated incorrect link to ThemePacks in previous post.
Please download and test functionality. I wuold like to have some feedback.

[MixMan]

On a request from pjharrus, I updated Wiki with the Advisor Theme Horizon.
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Skin/...ThemePacks
What theme do you want to see next?

[MixMan]

Updated Advisor Themes on the Wiki with a variant of ShaperEdge Theme.

SharperEdge BG - Darker Background and Blue-Green buttons

[MixMan]

Updated Wiki with Advisor MCE2BlueGold Theme

[MixMan]

Updated Wiki with Advisor MCE2BlackMetallic Theme

[MixMan]

Update Wiki with Advisor Theme MCE2 Steel

[wannabepvr]

Some feedback.

Really like the MCE2 steel theme - but the yellow text with gold buttons (as in recordings menu) is nearly impossible to read on a CRT TV.

Keep up the good work.

[MixMan]

Thanks for the feedback
I have fixed that and some other things that didn't have good visibility/contrast. Download and test the MCE2 Steel theme now.
I also uploaded some more themes.

[Fatman_do]

I like the look of the latest themes (this posting date). I finally have time this weekend to run thru and make my skin a little more compatible with the BaseSkin Themepacks. I noticed some more images (element plugin separation) that I was thinking of using as well (search plugin .png's and such.) I like that you were thinking along the same lines and took that approach. It will take me some time though to follow that lead.

Looking at the Pirates themepack right now, I noticed the episode subtitle is out of whack in the ListBarDetail... for the Recordings plugin.

It overlaps the status and "breaks out" of the listbar. If you would like, look at what I did in this plugin about this. I moved the status to the second line as well to make room.

You may want to also include themepack specific preview.jpg's of the themepacks so the user will know what they get in the Config utility.

Ahhhh....Skinning is fun. Two steps foward, one step back sometimes. I noticed I "broke" some things in mine that I need to post updates for as well.

Good job.....