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<blockquote data-quote="mbuzina" data-source="post: 1001972" data-attributes="member: 12382"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">4. Initial look</span></p><p>OK, I want to have a tile at the top, a clock in the right, along with date & if available weather information. Weather should not be realistic image but needs to be iconic. So after looking around I found @legnods Titan mod (<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/titan-flow-theme.115278/" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/titan-flow-theme.115278/</a>). Currently only 64x64 pics but maybe he has them in high resolution as well. I want a backdrop for each menu item, either fixed or fanart and I want a slow scrolling transparent overlay on that (similar to the Win 8 Modern start screen backdrop), I want horizontal menu with an optional submenu & uo to 3 overlays in parallel. A footer completes with a ticker and, if media is running lower left preview & song information.</p><p> </p><p>The text needs a viewport / background, but it needs to be transparent to show the fotos beneath. Color schema should be easily changeable, lets start with white, transparent dark grey and an orange highlight color.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">5. Configurability</span></p><p>I do not like the current external menu editors and I still want everyone to be able to customize their own HomeScreen. That is quite a challenge I put up for me here. But I want to put the following (current state) options in SkinSettings.xml which then can be edited in MP (I hope I will finish my skin ;-o ):</p><p>[CODE=XML]<entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Label">Play Disc</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Backdrop">hover_play disc.png</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.WW">r1</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestRecordings">r2</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestMusic">r3</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestVideos">r0</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestMovies">r0</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestSeries">r0</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.ClickfinderPG">r0</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.SubMenu">r1</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Hyperlink">1</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.HyperlinkParameter"></entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Action"></entry></p><p> [/CODE]</p><p>Each of these entries are available 10 times giving me 10 menu items.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Label empty --> Menu not shown.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Backdrop can be one of the following acc. to plan: empty -> no backdrop, WORLDWEATHER -> current weather backdrop (thanks @<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/legnod.115719/" target="_blank">legnod</a> again for the pics, tell me if it is not OK to use them), FA_MUSIC, FA_MOVINGPICTURES, FA_MYVIDEOS, FA_TVSERIES, FA_PICTURES, FA_GAMES. Other ideas are welcome.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Overlays: Value r0 -> Overlay not shown, r1 -> Overlay in row 1, r2 -> row 3, r3 -> row 3 giving me 3 places to have overlays (sizes will be defined). I hope I can manage focus throwing here...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hyperlink & Parameter: As they are</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Action: Will probably have to go as MP becomes unstable when a button has an action defined as being a skin setting. Probably a bug?</li> </ul><p>Submenu:</p><p>But that is not all in parameters. Each group (of 10 menu items) gets another 4 x 10 SkinSettings (yes, 400 settings!) each submenu will be defined by:</p><p>[CODE=XML]<entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.Label">Recordings</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.Hyperlink">1</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.HyperlinkParameter"></entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.Action"></entry>[/CODE]</p><p>Note: Again, Action might have to go.</p><p> </p><p>The menu will get up to 3 additional entries for exiting MP & shutting down, controlled by the following settings:</p><p>[code=XML]<entry name="#BasicHome.ShowExit">True</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.ShowRestart">True</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.ShowShutdown">True</entry></p><p><entry name="#BasicHome.Shutdown.Action">992</entry>[/code]</p><p>Note: Shutdown Action will be replaced by 4 True/False settings controlling the Shutdown action. With this skin you can define what shutdown does and have only one shutdown button. WAF security from the design on ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbuzina, post: 1001972, member: 12382"] [SIZE=5]4. Initial look[/SIZE] OK, I want to have a tile at the top, a clock in the right, along with date & if available weather information. Weather should not be realistic image but needs to be iconic. So after looking around I found @legnods Titan mod ([url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/titan-flow-theme.115278/[/url]). Currently only 64x64 pics but maybe he has them in high resolution as well. I want a backdrop for each menu item, either fixed or fanart and I want a slow scrolling transparent overlay on that (similar to the Win 8 Modern start screen backdrop), I want horizontal menu with an optional submenu & uo to 3 overlays in parallel. A footer completes with a ticker and, if media is running lower left preview & song information. The text needs a viewport / background, but it needs to be transparent to show the fotos beneath. Color schema should be easily changeable, lets start with white, transparent dark grey and an orange highlight color. [SIZE=5]5. Configurability[/SIZE] I do not like the current external menu editors and I still want everyone to be able to customize their own HomeScreen. That is quite a challenge I put up for me here. But I want to put the following (current state) options in SkinSettings.xml which then can be edited in MP (I hope I will finish my skin ;-o ): [CODE=XML]<entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Label">Play Disc</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Backdrop">hover_play disc.png</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.WW">r1</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestRecordings">r2</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestMusic">r3</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestVideos">r0</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestMovies">r0</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.LatestSeries">r0</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.ClickfinderPG">r0</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Overlay.SubMenu">r1</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Hyperlink">1</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.HyperlinkParameter"></entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.Action"></entry> [/CODE] Each of these entries are available 10 times giving me 10 menu items. [LIST] [*]Label empty --> Menu not shown. [*]Backdrop can be one of the following acc. to plan: empty -> no backdrop, WORLDWEATHER -> current weather backdrop (thanks @[URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/legnod.115719/']legnod[/URL] again for the pics, tell me if it is not OK to use them), FA_MUSIC, FA_MOVINGPICTURES, FA_MYVIDEOS, FA_TVSERIES, FA_PICTURES, FA_GAMES. Other ideas are welcome. [*]Overlays: Value r0 -> Overlay not shown, r1 -> Overlay in row 1, r2 -> row 3, r3 -> row 3 giving me 3 places to have overlays (sizes will be defined). I hope I can manage focus throwing here... [*]Hyperlink & Parameter: As they are [*]Action: Will probably have to go as MP becomes unstable when a button has an action defined as being a skin setting. Probably a bug? [/LIST] Submenu: But that is not all in parameters. Each group (of 10 menu items) gets another 4 x 10 SkinSettings (yes, 400 settings!) each submenu will be defined by: [CODE=XML]<entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.Label">Recordings</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.Hyperlink">1</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.HyperlinkParameter"></entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.B0.0.Action"></entry>[/CODE] Note: Again, Action might have to go. The menu will get up to 3 additional entries for exiting MP & shutting down, controlled by the following settings: [code=XML]<entry name="#BasicHome.ShowExit">True</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.ShowRestart">True</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.ShowShutdown">True</entry> <entry name="#BasicHome.Shutdown.Action">992</entry>[/code] Note: Shutdown Action will be replaced by 4 True/False settings controlling the Shutdown action. With this skin you can define what shutdown does and have only one shutdown button. WAF security from the design on ;-) [/QUOTE]
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