Linking programs and custom themes

[gruven98]

1. i hope that i'm asking this right, but do you have to do a reghack inorder to lauch other programs from the spb shell skin buttons? meaning i have the little mail button, the sms button, the phone button, and the star button and i want to link the mail button to flexmail, the sms button to SMS-Chat, and the phone button to the dialer on PhonEx and not the call list.

right now when i click on the mail button it takes me to pocket outlook (i think that's what it is), the sms button takes me to the omnia's text program, and the star button takes me to some items menu.

2. is there a full "how-to" create your owm themes for dummies thread? like from start to finish and what's needed? i see some people modding ST2, MD-something, and some others. right now i just have mobile shell installed. do i need to install something else and what tools do i need to make my themes?

thanx for any help