1.4.x Themes: BasicHome, Clear Art's support for Titan, Weather icon on screen, bugfixes and more. (6 Viewers)

[HTPCSourcer]

Nice look!

After having worked for quite a long time with Titanius, I am now turning to your modified Titan theme because powermarcel10 has unfortunately only limited time and support in the last months has been weak.

I now wanted to use your BasicHomeEditor to adjust the tiles. In my setup skinfiles are also stored centrally on the server. When I now run the BasicHomeEditor from ...\ajs Theme\BasicHome.Editor I am getting an empty screen:



The path information for the centralized skin, databse, etc location is stored in C:\Users\Username\Documents\Team MediaPortal\mediaportaldirs.xml. Ideally your editor would do a lookup in the respective location and if the file exists, pull the path info from there. Alternatively, is there a way to trick the editor so that it reads data from the server path?

Regards,
HTPCSourcer[DOUBLEPOST=1448904949][/DOUBLEPOST]Ah, stupid me! You set the path on the "Main" tab...

So for perfection this could be automated. But don't bother, not many people will use central locations and now that I know, I am absolutely okl

 

[ajs]

So for perfection this could be automated. But don't bother, not many people will use central locations and now that I know, I am absolutely okl

This is an alpha version, I think it is like to expand, to be able to change themes that require the replacement of flowers in XML, not only the substitution of images. Those. it still works, just to work. But I am at the moment it is completely satisfied. Moreover, the editor can be any thing that he could edit my template file.
If that is not the case, say, try to correct, add. But this theme, I have a major until one error in it I did not find. Although I use daily for 3 computers.

 

[ajs]

After having worked for quite a long time with Titanius, I am now turning to your modified Titan theme because powermarcel10 has unfortunately only limited time and support in the last months has been weak.

I've tried it, but as for me, it is overloaded with all sorts of effects. But if there is something interesting, I can try to transfer it to his theme.

 

[ajs]

It is a pity that the @kiwijunglist added so little Christmas pictures on the home screen.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Some more questions:

• The editor allows some customization but has limited choices in terms of moving content from page 1 to page 2 and vice versa.
  • For example there is no way to have WorldWeather showing on page 1. And on page 2 it is bound to the upper middle tile.
  • Any plans to make this fully customizable.
• When making changes, the OK button stays greyed out - I can't save

 

[ajs]

For example there is no way to have WorldWeather showing on page 1

Position on first page?

And on page 2 it is bound to the upper middle tile.

Position on second page?

The editor allows some customization but has limited choices in terms of moving content from page 1 to page 2 and vice versa.

It depends on the set of buttons that are located along the path of "Titan\Themes\ajs Theme\BasicHome.Buttons\..."

When making changes, the OK button stays greyed out - I can't save

Hmmm, plz screenshot Main tab and Basic Home tab ...
It is not pressed if the editor has not found 3 File: MP Config file, Titan config file, and template file (checkboxes on screenshot)...

 

[ajs]

@HTPCSourcer
If path in editor - M:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\
then:
MP Config file - M:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.xml
Titan config file - M:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Titan\SkinSettings.xml
template file - M:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Titan\Themes\ajs Theme\BasicHome.Blank.xml

 

[HTPCSourcer]

MP Config file - M:\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.xml

Ah, here is the trouble: the config file is obviously not centralized but specific to each client and stored locally. However, your editor is expecting them in the same path.

In order to use this in connection with mediaportaldirs.xml you would need to modify your code so that

• it checks for the existence of C:\Users\Username\Documents\Team MediaPortal\mediaportaldirs.xml
• reads the path information from there

Without this I will not be able to use the editor, and without the editor I can't use your theme, at least not easily. I would then need to have the skin installed locally, make the modifcations locally and then copy to the central location.

Would you consider modifying your code?

 

[ajs]

Would you consider modifying your code?

I will change while you can simply copy, where the editor is looking for an empty file with the correct name, it will suit him at 100%.
Then you can remove it.

 

[ajs]

@HTPCSourcer
Or try ...