Change and remove items from Basichome (3 Viewers)

[aj1405]

Drive free space added to SVN:
black-white-1080 - Google Code

Weather & RSS
Check that the plugin is enabled in MediaPortal Configuration

 

[ltooz_audis]

Yes, I checked, and both rssnews & MP-rss ticker are enabled.
Something else is missing since I uninstalled mediaportal and reinstalled it to debug the internal video player problem.

Thanks,

 

[ltooz_audis]

Got it tonight... weather temperature is showing on the screen.

Cheers,

 

[fullspam]

Hello everybody,

I have just start in the htpc world, and after try other software like xmbc or elisa, I think mediaportal is more easy to build a customized version...
...at least, I thinked it last saturday

I have spent two days reading in the forum to begin with a small modification.
To begin and understand the BasicHome.xml file, I´m trying to do a start page with only one icon (for music), and later, adding more.

Finally, Ihave find this post and I read:

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>

I have tried it (changing all item to 35 hyperlinkk and "-" for icon, label and hover... and of course, I have erased C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Cache\*), but it doesn´t work for me


I have tried also to erase -not only to change <define>s- and do a file like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<window>
<id>35</id>
<defaultcontrol>5</defaultcontrol>
<allowoverlay>yes</allowoverlay>
<disabletopbar>no</disabletopbar>
<define>#category:2143</define>
<define>#itemcount:</define>

<define>#item5hyperlink:501</define>
<define>#item5icon:basichome_music.png</define>
<define>#item5label:2</define>
<define>#item5hover:hover_my music.png</define>

<controls>
<import>common.window.other.xml</import>
<import>common.rss.xml</import>
<import>common.weather.xml</import>
<import>common.panel0.xml</import>
<control>
<description>5 - Button</description>
<type>button</type>
<id>6</id>
<posX>40</posX>
<posY>580</posY>
<width>300</width>
<height>180</height>
<textureFocus>basichome_focus.png</textureFocus>
<textureNoFocus></textureNoFocus>
<hyperlink>#item5hyperlink</hyperlink>
<label></label>
<onright>7</onright>
<onup>2</onup>
</control>
<control>
<description>5 - Icon</description>
<type>image</type>
<id>1</id>
<posX>125</posX>
<posY>590</posY>
<width>130</width>
<height>130</height>
<texture>#item5icon</texture>
</control>
<control>
<description>5 - Text</description>
<type>label</type>
<id>1</id>
<posX>40</posX>
<posY>720</posY>
<width>300</width>
<height>40</height>
<label>#item5label</label>
<align>center</align>
</control>
<control>
<description>5 - Image</description>
<type>image</type>
<id>1</id>
<posX>1300</posX>
<posY>260</posY>
<width>580</width>
<height>580</height>
<texture>#item5hover</texture>
<animation effect="fade" time="1000">VisibleChange</animation>
<visible>Control.HasFocus(6)</visible>
</control>
</controls>
</window>


but after erasing C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Cache, there is no changes in the skin

I have to erase any other temporary file?
am I wrong and I have to change other file?

I have search around the forum and in the web page, but I don´t find any differeces about what I have done.


Any help about this modification will be very helpfull for me!

thanks in advance

 

[ltooz_audis]

Fullspam,
I know it may be ridiculous to ask this, but did you use notepad to edit? and when you re-save, did you save it as "all files" = .xml or .txt? Make sure you save it as .xml and not default .txt or .htm in ie or firefox.

Cheers,

 

[fullspam]

Fullspam,
I know it may be ridiculous to ask this,

no more ridiculous that my previous question (I don´t understand why it doesn´t work for my)

but did you use notepad to edit? and when you re-save, did you save it as "all files" = .xml or .txt? Make sure you save it as .xml and not default .txt or .htm in ie or firefox.

Cheers,

I have saved it as .xml (with notepad, and with vi under linux after a try to run the pyton script)

anyway, thaks for the fast answer!


There must be other temporary files in vista, because if I erase the BasicHome.xml, the cached files and run MP, it runs without any problem!! `:\

 

[ltooz_audis]

Forget it... You defined them already.

 

[aj1405]

I've just tried your code and it works on my installation.

You don't have to delete any cache files for the basichome modification to work, only restart MediaPortal. The cache folder only contains the graphics files.

I would triple check your save location. Should be "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Black & White 1080\BasicHome.xml" and that your saving the file as XML.

 

[fullspam]

I was wrong,

the code I have done works, so it wasn´t the problem...

...but the problem is that when I start MP, I see this other screen -a list skin-. I have to go to seetings to select the same skin to see the icons screen.

I have run Configuration.exe to select black&white as default skin -and remove the other skins-, to be sure that it´s the skin I wanted

Probably it´s a stupid question, but I don´t find any option to choose betwen list and icon...
...and I think BasicHome.xml was this home screen, and in my code only music option must be listed, but as you can see in the second image, the start screen it´s a list with every options.

I have to customice other xml file???



thansk

 

[SilentException]

first: you need to have blue skins installed or strange things happen.. so do not remove them

this "list view" is home screen (myhome.xml). the "icons view" is basic home (basichome.xml).

to switch between them, you can press "h" on keyboard. or use third button in topbar. or go to configuration, in general settings there should be option "Start with basic home screen". if this is selected MP will start with basic home..

hope this helps a bit