[Updated 15 Aug] Diamond WeatherPanel Theme v5.3a - Throttle Friendly & 5 Day Layouts

Release History:

Version 5.3a - Aug 15, 2008: http://asapload.com/147589
- fixed layout bugs with regular (non-Throttle Launcher) 5-day forecast layouts
- Pop-ups (non TL versions) will now go to the bottom of the screen and cover up your lower task bar in Windows Mobile.

Direct Links:
DepositFiles: http://depositfiles.com/en/files/7249452
Sharedzilla: http://sharedzilla.com/en/get?id=185028

Version 5.3 - Aug 14, 2008:
- Added a new 5-day forecast layout that you can now chose from in step 8b
- Added single day and 5-day forecast layouts specifically designed for use in ThrottleLauncher. Choose "Manila-TL.wpl" or "Manila-TL-5day.wpl" in step 8b when installing.

Notes on 5 day forecast:
- The 5 day forecast skin requires more space on your screen. The 5-day layout is 236 pixels tall to fit everything If it is too large to fit on your today screen you can adjust its height. Look under the FAQ section below for instructions.
- Make sure you install the "Manila WP Icons" folder that is included in this Diamond WP Theme v5.3 zip file. This directory includes the "SMALL" icons which are needed for the 5 day forecast tab. This also include the "MOON" icons that were missed in the last release.
- For those that want the 5 day forecast icons to be animated, you can find some for download at http://www.marsware.net/WeatherPanel/skins.htm . Simply download the "Regular" size animated icon set you want and place the png and wpa files in the "Manila WP Icons\SMALL" directory...overwriting the small static images included with my theme release. The Stardock Animated set at the bottom work particularily well with this theme! The 5-day forecast image above is using the Stardock Animated images

Special note for ThrottleLauncher Users:
- ThrottleLauncher is unable to correctly draw and refresh pop-up windows generated by WeatherPanel. To work around this issue I have included two new themes that are specifically designed for use with ThrottleLauncher (the theme layouts with -TL in their name). One important instruction to note when using these TL layouts is that any time you open up a pop-up window (such as Radars, Graphs, etc) that is full screen, there is no longer an "OK" button to push to close the window. To close these windows you will need to click on the City name at the top of the screen. This will return you to the today desktop screen. One bug that exists in ThrottleLauncher is that when you close one of these full screen pages, ThrottleLauncher will not immediately redraw the icon tab/footer along the bottom. It will refresh once you click down there.


Note: if you are updating just perform steps 1, 2, 8 and 10. There is no need to redownload the animated icon sets


Description

Here's my first attempt at releasing a theme for Marsware WeatherPanel (http://www.marsware.net/WeatherPanel/main.htm). I tried to make it look as close as possible to the HTC Diamond's weather application. Tapping on the centre of the screen will bring up the detailed weather report as well as control buttons to gain access to Setup, Update, Radar Images, 6-Day Forecast, and Charts. Tapping on the centre again will return to the simple Diamond weather screen.

To install:

First of all, make sure you've installed Marsware WeatherPanel 2.5 (http://pixel.citadel.org/weatherpane...c2cfeb2f41a18b).

1. Download and extract the latest version of "Diamond WeatherPanel Theme" file. Link provided at beginning of post.

2. Copy "Manila" folder into your WeatherPanel\Themes folder on PPC

3. Copy the two font files into Windows\fonts folder of PPC

4. If you want the diamond background, use the included Diamond.tsk today theme

5. Download one of the Diamond WeatherPanel LARGE icon sets. The icon sets available are;


"Looped Animated Icon Set" (http://asapload.com/140647)- Trial version of animated weather icons that will play the animation, pause for 2-3 seconds and then repeat
"Static Icon Set" (http://asapload.com/138366)- No animations...just the basic static weather images based off of the new graphics.

6. Extract the icon set you downloaded in step 5.

7. a) If you have WeatherPanel installed on your device's main memory, you'll need to place the icons on your storage card since they are too large to go in the device's main memory. Copy "Manila WP Icons" folder into the root of your PPC storage card. Path should be "\Storage Card\Manila WP Icons"

OR

b) If you have WeatherPanel installed on your Storage Card, simply copy the the "Manila WP Icons" folder into your weatherpanel icons folder.

8. In WeatherPanel options;
a) set Theme="Manila"
b) set Layout="Manila.wpl", "Manila-5day.wpl", "Manila-TL.wpl", or "Manila-TL-5day.wpl"
c) select "Update Time"
d) clear "Don't Display Arrows"
e) if you performed step 7a then set Icon Set="Default", otherwise set Icon Set to "Manila WP Icons"

9. If you performed step 7a then edit your PPC registry and change "HKCU\Software\Marsware\WeatherPanel\weatherIc onPa th" value to "\Storage Card\Manila WP Icons" (NOTE: This step will have to be repeated if you ever go in to the WeatherPanel options tab and change the settings)

10. The Diamond WeatherPanel Theme zip file now includes a "Manila WP Icons" folder. Copy this to the same location as the full icon set downloaded above in step 7. Overwrite any existing files. The zip file does NOT, however, include any LARGE icons. These are downloaded and installed separately. See step 5.

11. Soft-Reset your PPC

Enjoy!

FULL VERSION!!!!!! Animated Icons Single Play

http://rapidshare.com/files/13764388...Play_.zip.html

[khall4u44]

full version icons links are not working

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by khall4u44 ”

full version icons links are not working

looks like the developer removed it so it wouldnt be spread around

no worries, ill upload it to rapidshare and post the link soon

[Mike20PR]

full version uploaded!!!!!!

[lowpro3210]

I installed this app and so far I like it EXCEPT for I do NOT have the 6 Icons that the picture shows on post #1, with the HOME, WEATHER, MUSIC etc tabs, can someone please help.

thanks

[jr5416]

U have to go throttle conf under general n check tabs that u want there u should be fine after

[khall4u44]

i got everything working, except i keep getting trial popping up with the animations.

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by khall4u44 ”

i got everything working, except i keep getting trial popping up with the animations.

im guessing that you are using the looped version, it happened to me too, if you dont crack the app, you will get the trial text, but this doesnt happen with the full version single play icons

[khall4u44]

i tried uninstalling & reloading everything now I don't have any animations...i'm trippin, i know it's something little i'm not doing. By the way I have ulitimate launcher not throttle launcher.

[khall4u44]

Got it Working!!:yahoo: Sorry for all the posts & Good lookin out for this program!!! Thanks

[lowpro3210]

Ok, got that part down, but throttle launcher is all the way at the bottom. How do I get it to be posted right above the "Calender" & Contacts" because neither of those soft keys are showing now...thnx

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by lowpro3210 ”

Ok, got that part down, but throttle launcher is all the way at the bottom. How do I get it to be posted right above the "Calender" & Contacts" because neither of those soft keys are showing now...thnx

right your not going to have the softkeys showing... there is a setting in the throttle config where you can change that to having the taskbar back.

[khall4u44]

how do I resize the 5 day forcast it's to big, I have the Mogul.

[JDMSOHC]

“ Originally Posted by khall4u44 ”

Got it Working!!:yahoo: Sorry for all the posts & Good lookin out for this program!!! Thanks

well at least one of us got this working... perhaps this doesnt work with the official wm6.1 rom, TL keeps freezing, and WeatherPanel can't find my city... ay ya yi...

[reebis44]

Got it runnin beautifully. Thanks a lot. (Already hit that rep)

[reebis44]

Oh, last minute thought. Is there anyway to make this a plugin to be used on with TL? (same question for other apps, like Contacts and such, if anyone knows how to do such a thing)

[slick78]

how do you get the traffic cameras showing for your area, when i click on mine nothing shows up

[Physicks]

“ Originally Posted by slick78 ”

how do you get the traffic cameras showing for your area, when i click on mine nothing shows up

I would love to get this feature to work as well

[meansixx]

thanks for the update. i got the trial version on right now and they are tight!

[rev800x]

The five day is showing the default icons and not the manila icons. Is there a way to fix this. Everything else looks good.

[Im1badazchick]

Hey Mike(Borikua Modz) did you know that this has been updated again to version 5.4?....He has animated all of the icons(small, medium, and large and even includes some for vga devices) in the new release but...the main icon and even the 5 day forcast at the bottom are all the diamond animated icons and it looks sick with them all doing different things at once

[jr5416]

hey guys in 7a how do i change the registry path i have sktools ive looked in there to c if i could do it from there but couldnt find a way help thanks

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by jr5416 ”

hey guys in 7a how do i change the registry path i have sktools ive looked in there to c if i could do it from there but couldnt find a way help thanks

theres an option on the bottom that says (go to) and choose HKCU and follow this path...

"HKCU\Software\Marsware\WeatherPanel\weatherIconPa th" and change the value to "\Storage Card\Manila WP Icons"

[jr5416]

oh ok bro ic wat ur saying now im very close to getting it done but how do i change it do i delete the old go wit new ?Thanks bori puerto rico stand up

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by jr5416 ”

oh ok bro ic wat ur saying now im very close to getting it done but how do i change it do i delete the old go wit new ?Thanks bori puerto rico stand up

you just edit the string value.

[jr5416]

sry dash but can u explain how sorry im being a pain just dont know

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by jr5416 ”

sry dash but can u explain how sorry im being a pain just dont know

just change the value to the one given

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

just change the value to the one given

lmao right there is no other way to explain it

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

lmao right there is no other way to explain it

LOL thats right bro

[jr5416]

yea It was hard to find got that thanks now for the large icons can I use the ones from previous manila icons ?

[jr5416]

well i change the path n all n i cant c the large icon i bought the full set any help Thanks

[jr5416]

Bori Dash? plz help guys

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by jr5416 ”

Bori Dash? plz help guys

bro someone that knows the problem will respond here when nthey gt a chance... please be patient.

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by jr5416 ”

well i change the path n all n i cant c the large icon i bought the full set any help Thanks

do you have the folder in the root of the storage card named (Manila WP Icons) ???

[jr5416]

sry guys n bori I do I c the lil 5day icons,my city,an all except the large icon one that goes in the middle thanks sry again for buggin

[jr5416]

Well i did wat u said noo luck i only c small icons large icons r no where to be found

[jr5416]

Well i got large icons working wat i had to do is erase small icons n they came up

[sickaccord]

once i've download it where do i store it??

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how do i activate once installed in my phone?/