Novice User seeking clean screen

[itsall_cooool]

Treo 700WX user

Hey all just looking for a nice clean theme with easy to see text on a darker background, maybe with a large time display and a button on screen for dial pad. I love the picture dialer but the pics are kinda small so if they can be bigger would be great also. I havent acquired the skillz to tweak myself yet so a simple to install theme is what i am after. I purchased the new SPB Shell recently but havent played yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[JackSchitt28]

moved you to the Themes threads. good luck on your search, there are tons of themes available.

[cincy1020]

Originally Posted by itsall_cooool

Treo 700WX user

Hey all just looking for a nice clean theme with easy to see text on a darker background, maybe with a large time display and a button on screen for dial pad. I love the picture dialer but the pics are kinda small so if they can be bigger would be great also. I havent acquired the skillz to tweak myself yet so a simple to install theme is what i am after. I purchased the new SPB Shell recently but havent played yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

This is exactly what I'm looking for also. If you don't have a square screen there are some great themes in the WM 5 & 6 Themes thread. Unfortunately I have a Treo 750 which has a 240x240 screen, so I am not able to use them. Hopefully you can

[combatcupcake]

I would also like something similar for the Mogul. Just a black/dark grey theme, no wallpaper. clean without too much on the screen, etc.
I cant believe there is no really good resource for themes. What I have found is buried in forums, a lot of which is hard to tell if it does in fact work or is outdated.

[brianb]

I thought the exact same thing as you guys, and I really didn't want to get into trying to make a theme of my own..but I finally did, and it's quite easy!

The bottom line is, no one's going to make a theme that you like best..we each have our own unique tastes, and though I found some very good themes from talented people, I never really found something that I felt suited my tastes perfectly.

ThemeGenCE has somewhat of an annoying UI, however there aren't too many options so that you feel completely lost..you can kind of feel your way through it relatively quickly and painlessly.

The easiest thing to do is download this program and download a plain theme that you like the basic idea of. Load that theme into the program and start making changes. This probably won't end up being your final theme, but it's a real easy way to get used to the program.

Unfortunately, a theme will only get you so far. Themes only apply to the colors used throughout your GUI as well as your background/start pictures/icons. To get, for instance, that large beautiful clock display with easy access contacts, weather, and music player..you need something else.

That something, is the HTC Home Plugin (AKA HTC Kaiser Home). Couple this with the HTC Customizer (provided on these forums) and you can make that home screen look pretty darn cool!

That's really it..you don't need anything else, imo, to make your PPC look fantastic. If you wish though, there are further plugins such as the HTC Kaiser dialpad as well as the HTC Kaiser Communition manager (both look really cool with a black metal appearance). I personally don't think the slowdown from those two are worth it, however.

I hope I've helped, and just in case this helps anyone..I am attaching a theme I made last night which I'm currently using. It uses an abstract art image from digitalblasphemy (fantastic site!) for the home screen and then uses the same image slightly photoshopped for the start menu to give the start menu a sort of "vista glass" look to it. I think it's pretty neat..if you agree, I'd be happy to hear!

OH, almost forgot to mention. This theme was made for my WM6 based HTC Mogul..I can't guarantee it working on anything else, but feel free to try! FYI, it's very easy to make themes for any sized screen with the above themegence program, and if some of you guys would like my theme in a square format I'd be happy to modify it for ya!

Here's some shots..and yes, the theme properly re-positions for landscape view..

[NARC_CHARGER]

I to am a novice I just bought the 6800 Mogul I want to change the main screen. What programs do I need to download. My 1st PDA so sorry if I ask stupid questions. Also Brian B can I just sync your zip file to my Mogul is that how I change the theme? Thanks guys.

[brianb]

Originally Posted by NARC_CHARGER

I to am a novice I just bought the 6800 Mogul I want to change the main screen. What programs do I need to download. My 1st PDA so sorry if I ask stupid questions. Also Brian B can I just sync your zip file to my Mogul is that how I change the theme? Thanks guys.

The cleanest way to do it is to unpack the .tsk out of the zip and copy/paste that into the documents folder within your phone..you can accomplish this by hooking your phone up to your computer via usb and accessing its file structure through my computer.

After that's done, the theme will automatically appear in your available themes.

[NARC_CHARGER]

Originally Posted by brianb

The cleanest way to do it is to unpack the .tsk out of the zip and copy/paste that into the documents folder within your phone..you can accomplish this by hooking your phone up to your computer via usb and accessing its file structure through my computer.

After that's done, the theme will automatically appear in your available themes.

Cool thank you. Where can I pick up more of these cool themes? I loved this one.

[brianb]

Originally Posted by NARC_CHARGER

Cool thank you. Where can I pick up more of these cool themes? I loved this one.

Glad to hear you like it!

That's the only one I've made personally..however there are tons of themes in the stickied theme thread at the top of this forum..check it out!

[Icemann]

hey whats up this zip folder is completly empty I opened it and there is nothing in there