POGOSHELL THEMES

 this FAQ was submitted by Jorge Schrauwen aka GBA_Boy ( http://www.jorge.be/ )

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1. What is a theme?
2. How do I make them?
2.1 What do I need?
2.2 The icons.bmp file.
2.3 The Gui.cfg file.
3. How can I publish them?
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1. What is a theme?
Themes are Skins that pogoshell can have. Like it can look like windows Xp or Mac OSX.

2. How do I make them?

2.1 What do I need?
1. A good image editor like PSP or adobe illustrator.
2. Some drawing skills (optional but recommend)
3. A nice idee!

2.2 The icons.bmp file.
You make theme by modifying the base template.
In the sub folder Theme\orig.
Look for a file called Icons.bmp
Then open it in Paint shop pro or other powerful image editor.
But remember the image can/may only be 256 colours!!
the image should exist out of the following:
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Title Bar
Status Bar
Window Bar*
Icons
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* is optional

2.3 The Gui.cfg file.
The base config file look like:
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tb_height=12 = the height of the title bar (top most bar on the screen.)
sb_height=12 = the height of the Status Bar (The bar at the bottom of the screen)
wb_height=0 = the height of the window bar (the bar on top of information boxes)
icon_width=16 = the width of the icons
icon_height=15 = the height of the icons
fgcolor=0 = the foreground colour
bgcolor=15 = the background colour
num_icons=13 = the number of icons on the screen in one time
icons=.shell/icons.bmp (leave as is!!)
font=.shell/nokia.font = the font to use.
 

3. How can I publish them?
By sending the theme to me or Herg so he/I can include them in the next version of PS or PSM.
My e-mail: Webmaster@jorge.be site: http://www.jorge.be