wp7 theme SPB Shell
MSkip ProPlus Windows Phone 7 Theme for Mobile Shell 3.5.3
Contains the following:
+ All new layout with invisible buttons at top of Home Hubs for Carousel (top left) and menu (top right).
+ Links on right side of Home Hub 1 to main functions (top button to sound profile, middle invisible button to connections profile and bottom invisible button to task manager) which can easily be changed if desired.
+ 2 Home Hubs (slide up and down to scroll between them) which you can populate with a selection of panels or make up your own.
+ Panels are mostly made up of shortcuts and custom shortcut skins so easy to change images or look (if desired).
+ New menu bars in mobile shell screens.
+ All Screens fully set up for LandScape mode.
+ Lots more that I cant think of right now. Find out for yourself
ChangeLog:
2nd April 2010
+ Released VGA and WVGA versions (20100402)
+ Added more functions to MSkip’s ProPlus WP7 folder in Start Menu, Programs:
Change number of pages on any Hub (Hub Pages),
Backup the whole of the current layout with 1 touch,
Restore Saved Layout or Restore Original Layout at any time,
Refresh Background if you try to change it through the Menu button and it doesnt change.
+ Added 3 new Batterys (Horizontal for top or bottom of screen, White panel and Coloured Panel:
(use with medium white battery text for best alignment).
+ Added new Digital Clock for panel.
+ Added new short date widget (add digital clock and change skin) for use in Digital Clock Panels.
+ Added 2 new icons (YouTube and FlashLight).
+ ALL Big Box Icons skins now have fully transparent background so you can use them with the theme colours.
+ Added prebuilt Back and White boxes which you can add as Picture Frames (BigBox). These are in Program Files\ MSkip Tools.
[TUT] How to make up a panel to an spb screen on the Home Hub?
1. Goto Menu, Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus and select from the list.
2. click on the widget that has been added to the screen and then ‘Change Skin’ to your desired panel image. Example: Add a shortcut link to ‘Favorites’ and then change its skin to ‘Hub People (WP7)’.
[TUT] How to make up some of the custom panels.
Agenda Panel: Add an Agenda Shortcut (or whatever program you want it linked to) with the Hub Agenda Skin, then add the Agenda widget and change its skin to ‘Agenda Hub (WP7)’.
Digital Clock Panel: Add a Spb Clock Shortcut (or whatever program you want it linked to), change its skin to ‘Big Box Hidden (WP7)’ and move it where you want it on the screen. Now add a Digital Clock Widget, change its skin to ‘WP7 Hub’ and place it over the Blank panel. Lastly add a Current Date Widget, change its skin to ‘WP7 Hub’ and place it over the Blank panel.
[TUT] To make up your own Hub Image.
Create your image with resolution 172×172 and save as a jpg on your storage card where you can find it.
Add a Picture Frame widget and change its skin to ‘BigBox Hub (WP7)’.
Click on the Picture Frame and ‘Select Picture’ then browse to your desired image and select it.
Remove the existing Hub that you want to replace and drag your Custom Hub to the desired location.
Goto Add Widget, Shortcut, Spb Menus, and choose what you want your new Hub to open (favorites, Games Hub, Lifestyle Hub).
Now change its skin to Invisible Hub Big (WP7) which is found after the Wide Box and move it over your Custom Hub Image.
[REF] Picture Frame Sizes to fit on the Hub Screen.
You can double the sizes of these dimensions if you want as long as the aspect ratio is the same, the image will just be resized on the screen.
BigBox Hub (WP7) – QVGA/WQVGA = 86 x 86, VGA/WVGA = 172 x 172
WideBox Hub (WP7) – QVGA/WQVGA = 176 x 86, VGA/WVGA = 352 x 172
[TIP] The Background image wont change on the Home Hub..
Goto Start Menu, Programs, MSkip’s ProPlus WP7, Background Refresh
Do the following to make your own custom background file for Home Hub 2.
1. Unzip the qa_fundotelapro.dat file (found in your Spb Mobile Shell folder) to a folder using the password: b0fm18zq
2. Make 2 backgrounds to use as follows:
For QVGA version (240×400 saved as Background.bmp and 400×240 saved as BackgroundL.bmp)
For VGA version (480×800 saved as Background.bmp and 800×480 saved as BackgroundL.bmp)
3. Move the 2 new background files into the folder you made in step1 (overwriting the originals)
4. Zip the 3 files back up with password protection (using password: b0fm18zq)
5. Rename the new file to qa_fundotelapro.dat (for Home Hub 2) and copy to your Spb Mobile Shell folder on your phone (overwriting the original)
6. Soft Reset your phone
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Install Procedure:
1. Install ProPlus Windows Phone 7 Theme to DEVICE MEMORY (same as MS3.5.3 is installed)
2. After installation completes, soft reset your device
3. Job done. Congratulations you have now expanded the potential of Mobile Shell
Update Procedure:
You do not need to uninstall an older version of ProPlus WP7 if you are just updating to a new version. Just run the new version from a File Manager,
then when it says the previous version will be removed select ‘OK’. It will then uninstall the previous version and go ahead with the new one (this might take a few minutes so be patient).
NOTE: Please ONLY install the version matching your phones resolution or the layout on all screens will be all wrong.
QVGA: 4Shared (20100327), RapidShare (20100327)
WQVGA: 4Shared (20100327), RapidShare (20100327)
VGA: 4Shared (20100402), RapidShare (20100402)
WVGA: 4Shared (20100402), RapidShare (20100402)
Backup Program *HERE* (added to MSkip’s ProPlus WP7 folder) to back up your layout if desired BEFORE installing the latest version. INSTALL TO DEVICE MEMORY!! Only needed if you are updating from a version BEFORE 20100402. Uninstall this program after you have made your backup (before you install the newest version).
The developer will be adding widgets based on this theme but will try to keep the size down as much as possible. If you want to add any of the ‘older’ type of widgets then Vostradamus Mobile Shell Manager works very well with this Theme and is recommended by the developer.
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