Nice theme storyr, the big buttons are really nice....except on the radar/images screen (especially on 240x240) as they cover up probably half of the visible area :)

I use the 240X240 +130 theme.


I know nothing about making themes, so I'm curious as to why the moon phases won't work on clear themes. Can you give a brief explanation, just so I know what works and what doesn't, for when I have time to start making some themes?

Thanks.

storyr never ceases to amaze!!!! :thumbleft:

Nice job. Looks like a cross between PhatPhinger and Commuter - PhatCommuter ;-) Which button did you push to get that layout on the right?

Thanks. Well, considering the theme - big buttons were kind of the point. I attemped a balance between usability and functionality...

Thanks - I appreciate that!

Did you try the 124 (which was recently added to the theme download)?

OK, you asked for it ;-) so here goes:

Background

• The Commuter-240 theme uses a concept that Doreen and I came up with: "Actual Moon Phase". She used the same concept in her "Vista Alive" theme.
• Weather icons, numbered from 0 to 47, are a combination of day icons, night icons and "dual mode" icons - those that are used whether it's day or night (such as "cloudy").
• Night icons are numbered 27, 29, 33, 45, 46, 47. These are the only icons where the moon should be visible in any way. In weather icon sets, they normally display a full moon.
• In addition to the weather icons, are moon icons - which correspond to the moon phase, but are treated differently than weather icons.

How "Actual Moon Phase" concept works

• The layout uses a background image, plus three layers of icons stacked on top of each other.
• On the bottom is the background image. In the case of Commuter-240, a black field:
  
  Code:

  ---

  ;IMAGE
dark_view_panel.png
1,1

  ---

• Next is the moon phase icon (this is the "actual" moon phase):
  Code:

  ---

  ;IMAGE
#MOON-LARGE#
8,4

  ---

• On top of that is a "moon blocker" icon. The purpose of this layer is to only let the moon show through when it's a night icon. Basically, it's a repeat of the background image for each icon - except for icons 27, 29, 33, 45, 46, 47 (the night icons), which are transparent. This way, the moon phase will be visible at only the correct times. All other times, it's "blocked" by the repeat of the background image.
  Code:

  ---

  ;IMAGE
#ICON-CUSTOM-MOONBLOCKERDARK#
2,2

  ---

• Last is the actual weather icon itself - with a twist: The moon has been removed from all night icons. This way, if it's a night icon, the actual moon will be visible behind it.
  Code:

  ---

  ;IMAGE
#ICON-CUSTOM-HUGE#
0,-6

  ---

Even if none of that makes sense (I babble): The reason it won't work on a clear theme is the "moon-blocker" level. You can't block the moon phase on a clear theme - you would see the moon behind your icons all of the time...

Sorry for the lengthy response, but it's rare to find someone who actually apprectiated that feature in Commuter-240...

Hi blpalmer76, is your image you create available for sharing??
hope to give it a try..
Thanks!!

Yes, I will post my theme only tomorrow. You can download the icons from the beginning of this thread.


Storyr,
I also love the moon phase and that is why I went back to 240. Is there a way to make it work with my set up since my background is black? Also your question about what button I pushed I do not know what exactly you are asking. If you are referencing the button you had on the right I replaced it with an invisible button and placed it over the temp symbol so it is easy for people to remember where to press. For the the time, temp, city & fells like text I just edited your code to place them over there and yes it does look like the 240 and I like that set up. I personally think it looks cleaner and the weather image pops more. Let me know about the moon phase. You can look at the code changes I did when I post the theme.

Just to let everyone know I edited the 240x240 145 but I incresed the pixels to 161 fo fill my screen with Phone Alarm installed.

I did try both the 124 and 127 for the 240X240. I think that I need something like 120 but for 240X320

storyr, I tried both the 124 and 127 and it froze and wouldn't do anything. that's what happened.

Here is the a version in 161 pixels high. This only supports the 240x240 screens.Enjoy.

This has been corrected so you will not get the storage card error message.

It was a pic from a article online about a cellphone throwing contest. Loved the pic so I am using it. :)

Hi blpalmer76,

Thanks for the version that support for the 161 pixel but i think i encounter some fault.
1) when i click on the temperature, its show a blank page without any icon for me to select and show :"Weather Panel: Waiting for storage card... or invalid layout file" - Screen002.jpg

2) the icon still not in position -Screen001.jpg

Please advise..
Thanks!!!

some error
 

Hi blpalmer76,

Thanks for the version that support for the 161 pixel but i think i encounter some fault.
1) when i click on the temperature, its show a blank page without any icon for me to select and show :"Weather Panel: Waiting for storage card... or invalid layout file" - Screen002.jpg

2) the icon still not in position -Screen001.jpg

Please advise..
Thanks!!!

For your icons being off center it looks like you are using icons from a different theme. Download the icon set from the beginning of this thread. Even my clouds are off to the right because that is how the icon was built. These icons were centered around the sun I beleive. Switch to a city that has sun and see if it is centered.

For you storage card problem I need to adjust the code. Sorry, that was my mistake. I renamed the files right before I posted them so the file name would match the pixel hight of the theme. I will correct this and repost it.

The storage card error is now fixed.

Thank you for the explanation. The moon phase is an important feature to me, so I'm glad to know how it works. One of these days I plan to try making some themes, so it's nice to have some background info (for my inner geek).

Thanks for all the great themes you've created, btw.

Hi, Thanks Alotz!!!!
its working fine and perfect!!!!

im having problems with phat finger i think im installing these files wronf what would i need besides the files your providing to make this work ? the only thing that showing up is weatherpanel and 2 big buttons on the side after installing phat finger what did i do wrong? can some one help please my newbie arse is stuck on this and i wanted to have this installed by tonight "><"

You need...

* WeatherPanel
* The WP authorizaion update, so WP actually updates
* The PhatPhinger theme and icons

Remember to go to settings and select the PhatPhinger theme, a PhatPhinger layout and the PhatPhinger icon set.

i did download the wp from storyr http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...t=weatherpanel < i downloaded the cab file that suppose to include all of the files in one after that i set up the wp were i live then i downloaded phat phinger and read the instructions provided after installing phat phinger nothing happened i soft reset the 700wx and still nothing i did select the theme layout and icon set to phat phinger i did everything that was told in the instructions and now for some reason wp is not updating i live in nj its about 62 degrees it shows up at 12c lol what the hell is going on i soft reseted the device i even unistalled wp and reinstalled it same problem wp is connected threw vision it dials but no update?so anyways to my conclusion i ended out deleting phat phinger from my ppc
but kept wp since i noticed when i reinstalled it that wp rapped itself around the registry so hopefully with out me having to hard reset my phone and go threw all the insatllation of resco explorer, memmaid, spbbackup sorry for my noobness i guess i wont be having wp or the phat phinger theme working for tonight ;(

It sounds like you had everything installed correctly.

Question: Which city did you select? When adding a city, make sure you enter the city name into the Search For field, tap the Search button, then select the city from the list that's returned.

Also, because you have a Treo (square screen), there are some settings that you can't see - because they're cut off. To see all of the settings, access the WeatherPanel settings through the Today settings:

Start -> Settings -> Personal -> Today -> Items tab -> highlight WeatherPanel and tap the Options button.

You should then get a vertical scroll bar that allows you to scroll down to the settings that you can't normally see, such as Units (on the Cities tab) - yours sound like they were set to Metric...

thanks for the up on this i appreciate your feed back would you happen to know what are the files in the registry that would need to be deleted so i can start fresh with this install?

Sure. To completely remove WeatherPanel:

1. Uninstall WeatherPanel
2. Uninstall any icon sets/themes that were installed via a CAB
3. Delete these folders (if they exist):
   • Program Files\MarsWare
   • Storage Card\Program Files\MarsWare
4. Using your registry editor, remove these keys (if they exist):
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Marsware
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Marsware-Install
   • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apps\MarsWare WeatherPanel

Hey storyr, did you ever do the layout in a 115 or 120 for me since the 124 and 127 didn't do anything for me? if you can I'd like to have in 240x320, thanks

I can't shrink it any further without totally reworking the layout. Do me a favor a post a screenshot of your setup - with the 124 layout showing...

This is such a great theme storyr, thanks again!. :D

I did have time to slightly mod the 240x320+145 layout to my liking. 8)

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...007_233629.jpg

Storyr
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTT... for a guy with fat (phat) fingers and a 700wx tiny screen, this is PERFECT... I WAS a son of commuter fan prior to this, but... just AWESOME...
Now, focus all of your mystical wizard powers to create a wp pilot to work with pocketbreeze...
Thanks again storyr... you are awesome.

BIGRIC

Looks good budney. I can see that the CLOCK is very important to you ;-)
Thanks - glad you like it. I did figure out why WP-Pilot doesn't work in PB. PB screws up the window names, which is how WP-Pilot finds the WeatherPanel plugin. I'm planning to revisit it and see if I can develop a workaround...

Hey storyr...I have used this theme for about a week and absolutely love it and ALL of it's functionality. I do miss a couple of the Son-of-Commuter functions though like the ability to display a radar image from the today screen, also the theme has reduced my image space considerably when viewing radar images and I no longer have the ability that I can find to zoom in or out of images...thoughts?

WeatherPanel, when programmed to display a specific radar image (1-8, in this case) does not show the zoom/play buttons by default. Just place your phat phinger on the image and hold for a second and they'll show up...

I can't see the currrent & forcast temperature
 

Your theme & icons are extremely fantastic. I love it so much.

The one problem is that I can't see the current / forecast temperature.

Are there anyone who can help me with it?

It's beautiful!!! The one problem is that I can't see temperatures.
Are there anyone who can help me? Pls?

Drats!!
 

And double drats!! This is the second coolest thing I've seen so far, Lazyboy had the first "pimpin out" - he was the first thing I saw, since I signed up and the links don't work anymore! I'm just in an endless loop of tease, tease, tease!

Sam - Can you elaborate or post a screen shot that illustrates the problem?

There is not a theme in existence that comes anywhere close to how good this is. Excellent, excellent work.

One wish though: if only the buttons on the radar image could be made bigger so I don't need the stylus to use them.

I love it! Is there any way to turn off the beep that sounds when I click on the icons, though? I couldn't find a setting in WP for that.

Thanks!

Wow - I appreciate that! As far as your wish: I'm working at that - maybe this weekend. Someone suggested enlarging only the zoom in, zoom out and play buttons (leave the others small) - thus covering less of the image. What are your thoughts?

Thanks. No, as far as I know, there's no way to turn off that beep :silent:

is there a way to speed up the button press/transition?? its kinda slow and id like it to be a little more snappy..

great work, still lovin it! makes life easier!

I think that's just how WP works.