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Change and remove items from Basichome

The Basichome file is located here:
....\Skin\Black & White 1080\BasicHome.xml

Remember to take a backup before you start modifying this file.
To edit it you have to open this file in a text editor. For example: Notepad. Word and similar programs are not recommended.

Each item on the Basichome page consists of four values: Hyperlink, icon, label and hover.

Hyperlink
The value is used to forward the user to the corresponding plug-in.

Icon
This is the icon in the middle of the item.

Label
This is the text label beneath the icon.

Hover
This is the large image on the right side, which fades in an out when you select an item.

How to change an item:

Each item consists of four lines; One for each value.

For example item 1:

<define>#item1hyperlink:1</define>
<define>#item1icon:basichome_tv.png</define>
<define>#item1label:605</define>
<define>#item1hover:hover_my tv.png</define>

You’ll need to replace the red text with the corresponding values for the plugin you wish to change it to. For a list of supported values:
Plugins - Native MediaPortal plugins supported by Black & White 1080
Plugins - Supported by Black & White 1080
Plugins - Not natively supported by Black & White 1080

How to remove an item:

Replace hyperlink with “35” and the three other values with “-”

<define>#item8hyperlink:35</define>
<define>#item8icon:-</define>
<define>#item8label:-</define>
<define>#item8hover:-</define>

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[Paranoid Delusion]

Just a quick thanks for the tutorial

Cheers

[papas]

indeed cheers for the tutorial.

lets hope some people will start posting there basichome.xml along with the icons etc.

cheers again

[Nemulate]

Hi,

does this turorial still work as my basichome looks all wrong now I did copy back the media files but still not working! But still happy with the skin and all your hard work

[2BitSculptor]

To edit it you have to open this file in a text editor. For example: Notepad. Word and similar programs are not recommended.

I'm finding XML Notepad handy at adjusting and moving XML around.... Makes it easy enough, even for me, to shuffle through the skin files to find and change things the way I want.

XML Notepad download page

Chuck

[aj1405]

Originally Posted by Nemulate

Hi,

does this turorial still work as my basichome looks all wrong now I did copy back the media files but still not working! But still happy with the skin and all your hard work

If you get some white text on the top of the screen displaying, #location and #temp. You need download the latest version 0.6 R2. Version 0.6 had a bug, so I release v0.6 R2 just an hour later to fix this problem.

The only change in basichome xml v0.6+ from previous versions is 2 new lines to support RSS ticker and weather. Maybe you can attach a screenshot?

[VashStampede]

Thanks! It's a good and clear tutorial (so far only removed some items, but adding must be just as easy )

[revs]

A tip - you need to have the basichome_* folder for every icon on screen - otherwise thins go wierd! (trust me, i spent 30min trying to figure out what was wrong!)