Theme: BasicHome goes Classic with Backdrops | NEW: Editor available (3 Viewers)

[Zoidberg77]

What file(s) are changed for 2.1?

Submenus (here were some IDs wrong) and backgrounds (conditional visibility was missing for some backgrounds of submenus)
Just did a quick fix and only little testing. If anything is still wrong please report and I will check later this evening.

 

[emphatic]

It works now! Would be cool if the submenu backgrounds had three different sizes depending on how many submenu items are active, but hey, Rome wasn't built in one day.

Emph

 

[Zoidberg77]

Would be cool if the submenu backgrounds had three different sizes depending on how many submenu items are active

Done

V2.2
Added: Two new graphics for submenu background. Will fit now number of items in submenu.
Fixed: Visibility of LatestMedia for movies and series when submenu is visible
Fixed: Navigation in submenu won't focus invisible items anymore
Minor fixes

Changed Files:

• 2 new files in Media
• BasicHome.LatestMovingPictures.xml
• BasicHome.LatestTVSeries.xml
• BasicHome.submenus.xml

Changes does not affect the "configuration part" in the upper part of BasicHome.submenus.xml, so you can copy-paste your own submenus from version 2.1

 

[emphatic]

How do I get the new submenu background images to work? I get the "three menu tall" ones even if I only input two submenu items. Shouldn't this work even if they are set to "false" or do I have to delete the lines for the third one from the xml?

Emph

 

[Zoidberg77]

It should work right away, there is no need to delete anything. In my tests it works without problems; just enter your submenus as before.

<!--	SUBMENU of LABEL5	-->
<define property="true">#submenu5.label1.hastext:True</define>
<define property="true">#submenu5.label1:TEST</define>
<define>#submenu5.hyperlink1:531646542</define>
<define>#submenu5.hyperlinkparameter1:</define>
 
<define property="true">#submenu5.label2.hastext:False</define>
<define property="true">#submenu5.label2:</define>
<define>#submenu5.hyperlink2:</define>
<define>#submenu5.hyperlinkparameter2:</define>
 
<define property="true">#submenu5.label3.hastext:False</define>
<define property="true">#submenu5.label3:</define>
<define>#submenu5.hyperlink3:</define>
<define>#submenu5.hyperlinkparameter3:</define>

results in

and

<!--	SUBMENU of LABEL2	-->
<define property="true">#submenu2.label1.hastext:True</define>
<define property="true">#submenu2.label1:TEST</define>
<define>#submenu2.hyperlink1:161613213</define>
<define>#submenu2.hyperlinkparameter1:</define>
 
<define property="true">#submenu2.label2.hastext:True</define>
<define property="true">#submenu2.label2:TEST2</define>
<define>#submenu2.hyperlink2:5341643541</define>
<define>#submenu2.hyperlinkparameter2:</define>
 
<define property="true">#submenu2.label3.hastext:False</define>
<define property="true">#submenu2.label3:</define>
<define>#submenu2.hyperlink3:</define>
<define>#submenu2.hyperlinkparameter3:</define>

in

If it doesn't work for you, please upload your submenu.xml and I will have a look. Or maybe you will have to delete the skin cache?

 

[emphatic]

Works now, must have been some memory/cache thing (I switched to another skin, installed the update, deleted the cache for TITAN, then switched back to TITAN - all this with MediaPortal running ).

Where do you define what item in the BasicHome is the default one? It's TV (item #3), I'd like to change it to item #2 (Series).
Emph

 

[Zoidberg77]

Where do you define what item in the BasicHome is the default one? It's TV (item #3), I'd like to change it to item #2 (Series)

In BasicHome.xml right in the beginning is

<defaultcontrol>1903</defaultcontrol>

change it to

<defaultcontrol>1902</defaultcontrol>

 

[emphatic]

So am I correct in assuming that the last digit corresponds to each main item then? If I'd wanted to have FILM as #1, I'd set the defaultcontrol to 1904? Perhaps you should add a comment about this in the Basichome.xml.

Emph

 

[kiwijunglist]

You should consider adding to the theme thread to share your mod with others
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/titan-community-themes.114553/

Just post a screenshot and a link to the first post in this thread.

 

[emphatic]

Sadly, I can't use this mod for TITAN, as it somehow eats up all of my free Video memory. Maybe it's the FanArt defines in two places, I don't know, but with the built-in TITAN themes, MediaPortal works just fine.

Emph