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Skinners, Artists, Coders, and Testers Needed: Community Suite

Happy Birthday!!

https://forums.wincustomize.com/?aid=174881
from WinCustomize Forums

After the success on the Troll Thumping Day Suite some members of the Mother Thumpers are coming together to create the "Happy Birthday Suit(e)".

I envision this suite centered around a DX gadget that counts down to your birthday. On your birthday the gadget will prompt you to download the most recent incarnation of the suite components so for your special day, your desktop will celebrate with you.

At this point we have some components assigned to artists but this is a collaborative project and welcome input and assistance from everyone. Please jump in and help out if you'd like.

WB - theAVMAN - complete, uploaded
Vista Logon - RickJF - complete, uploaded
Dream - Carguy - complete, uploaded
Tabbed Docks - mommaTee - complete, uploaded
Zoomer Docks - mommaTee - complete, uploaded
XP Logon - RickJF, sAARge - complete, uploaded
Winamp - TheD2JBug - complete, uploaded
Avatar - Hog56 - complete, uploaded
SoundPackage - Robjk - complete, uploaded
DX Birthday game  - Haptork - complete, uploaded
DX Clock - theAVMAN - complete, uploaded
Dock icons - RickJF - complete, uploaded
RightClick - Lantec - complete, uploaded
Rainlendar - 2of3 - complete, uploaded
Bootskin - RickJP - complete, uploaded
IconPackage - MommaTee - complete, testing
Sidebar - Mike - complete, uploaded
Xion - alibear123 - complete, uploaded
Cursor - sAARge - complete, uploaded
Sysmetrix - Lantec - pending - drafts posted in thread
DX Countdown Widget - theAVMAN, milksama
DX Weather - puterdudejim - complete, uploaded
DX Calendar - puterdudejim - complete, uploaded


Launch date: Unknown at this point
(Happy Birthday Karma and Snowy! - Original date May 6th, 2008)

Please see the link below for the original suggestion.

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Reply #926 from WinCustomize Forums Top
alibear: Thanks for the notice as to what icons I have yet to finish ;p. I know I've still got a ways to go, but I plan on sticking it out. As for converting them to .ico or an IP package, thanks, but I can do that meself. I haven't converted them yet because I don't think it's necessary till I have the entire set done. Thanks, again, though!!

Haptork: Thanks!!
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #928 from WinCustomize Forums Top
But would you like a copy of the app?
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Most folks here use Icon Developer, Icon Packager (both by Stardock) or Axailis Icon Workshop.

Alibear, I still think the XION skin needs work to blend.  Go back and look through the comments in this thread to see what you can do.
Reply #929 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No, I mean the app that I've written to go straight to the search page without opening an internet browser. And I told you some of the problems that I had with the Xion skin.
Reply #930 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And I told you some of the problems that I had with the Xion skin.
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Are you done with it then?  Do you need someone to take it over and finish it off?

No, I mean the app that I've written to go straight to the search page without opening an internet browser.
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If we were to go along this route, it's probably work best to use the WebBrowser activeX control in DX to launch the search page.  That way the user would not have to have a unknown, untested, unsupported app running.
Reply #931 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok then, and I can have a crack at the Maxthon skin. I'll email you the latest updates of the Xion skin now - the uploaded version isn't the latest...
Reply #932 from WinCustomize Forums Top
alibear123 there is a saying Jack of all trades master of none I think you would be better of working on your Xion skin learn how to skin it correctly before moving on to your next project.

If you have problems post them here and chances are that someone will help you over come them.

It is up to you give up and move on if you want.
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Reply #933 from WinCustomize Forums Top
converting what to what
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 :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL:  ohh zu ...

okay ... got pngs from AV ..... so i can start cursor ...

a candle among horizantle angled lines ..... with animated flame ... is it okay ???
Reply #934 from WinCustomize Forums Top
a picture is worth a thousand words.

most likely ok we trust you. :NOTSURE:
Reply #935 from WinCustomize Forums Top
a candle among horizantle angled lines ..... with animated flame ... is it okay ???
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Sounds good.  we may have a similar cursor done my a super-secret guest skinner too.  :)
Reply #936 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Zubaz ..newest graphic packWWW Link

On the cowntdown widget were you thinking along the lines of a cake eruption so to speak?
Reply #937 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks theAVMAN!  Anyone who wants to take a crack at teh Xion skin or use the images from teh clocks . . they are there.  Many thanks to alibear123 for taking this from V1 to V3.x.  Great work getting it this far.

On the cowntdown widget were you thinking along the lines of a cake eruption so to speak?
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I'm not an artist so I'll trust you on that.  I really like the style of RomanDA's Holiday Countdown widget.  That could be a loose guide.
Reply #938 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Zubaz ..newest graphic packWWW Link
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In regards to the clock widget... very interesting development. I had no idea what Winky sounded like until now ;)
Nice work on that, btw :)

On the cowntdown widget were you thinking along the lines of a cake eruption so to speak?
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If need be, you could throw in some cake shrapnel that I could give some random velocity vectors.


Mike

Reply #939 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Milksama, what do you think of on the birthday day launching a browser control to search for "birthday suit(e)" or do you have something cooler/better?  Originally I thought it would be good to download and run all the components . .but that might be a bit much.  A MyColors-like option to select your components might be fairly intuitive also.
Reply #940 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think having something like that, where it opens a dialog and gives you some options about what to download might be interesting. I could have it initiate a search and parse out the results to include direct links to each of the themes.

Having it download them automatically would definitely be doable I think, but might become more complicated if there is a download limiter in effect because the user is not a current subscriber/customer. I was thinking of something like what ThemeManager would do though, where there could be multiple components for a suite not all downloaded, then you could pick and choose what you wanted to download and apply.


Mike

Reply #941 from Stardock Forums Top
I was thinking of something like what ThemeManager would do though, where there could be multiple components for a suite not all downloaded, then you could pick and choose what you wanted to download and apply.
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Brilliant!  I know we have  a few walls and logons and soon cursors.

Sure is nice to have smarter people than me around.  ;)
Reply #942 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Help file:


Still chugging away :HOT:
Reply #943 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Your do a grand job thereClapping 8
Reply #945 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm not an artist so I'll trust you on that. I really like the style of RomanDA's Holiday Countdown widget. That could be a loose guide.
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I took a look and got some ideas !I will post a image when I get one :)

In regards to the clock widget... very interesting development. I had no idea what Winky sounded like until now
Nice work on that, btw
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1st neither did I
2nd Thank you

If need be, you could throw in some cake shrapnel that I could give some random velocity vectors.
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That sound great !

I got a cool little scene going on in my head where on the day of your birthday the top of the blows cake shrapnel confetti balloons etc...
Reply #946 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I got a cool little scene going on in my head where on the day of your birthday the top of the blows cake shrapnel confetti balloons etc...
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I dig that too!
Reply #947 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That sounds awesome, AV!

HTML file and .TXT file (.RTF and .WRI same as .TXT):





I tried to make the writing look like icing. I think it turned out alright.
Reply #948 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Maybe something along these lines (Starting point maybe)
Reply #949 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can work with that.   It's awesome :)

Notes:
  • platform may need to be shorter/thinner/smaller . . not sure
  • winky may need to be closer
  • paintbrush may need to be replaced with something  . . birthday-y
  • "Happy Birthday: text needs to be supported by  . . . something
  • needs a config button somewhere
  • needs a mini-mode (Maybe a present?  Maybe not)
  • min/max button (not sure about this based on next paragraph)
Config panel needs
  • date-time to countdown to
  • message to be displayed
Milksama . . is it possible to build a gadget so that it could be given away?  Let's say I know when Bichur's birthday is.  I want to add it to the widget and then give it to him.  He runs it and it sits in his systemtray or desktop counting away until it's go time.  On the day of (or the start of week of) it goes from minimode to maximode; always-on-top.  At X time on go-day it does it's magic and the user can pick what to skin.
Reply #950 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Notes:

* platform may need to be shorter/thinner/smaller . . not sure
* winky may need to be closer
* paintbrush may need to be replaced with something . . birthday-y
* "Happy Birthday: text needs to be supported by . . . something
* needs a config button somewhere
* needs a mini-mode (Maybe a present? Maybe not)
* min/max button (not sure about this based on next paragraph)

Config panel needs

* date-time to countdown to
* message to be displayed
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Just some thoughts.

What about getting rid of the days,hrs,min,sec. sections and just using d,h,m,s and putting them on the same section with their respective numbers.

Maybe moving the cake to the right a bit and putting Winky to the left of the cake and instead of getting rid of the paintbrush just change its color and use a matching color to write Happy Birthday across the front side of the cake so it looks like Winky just "painted" (with frosting of course) it on the cake. Then maybe a present with some balloons hovering over it to the right of the cake which you could utilize as your config and min/max buttons.

And for the message to be displayed maybe a streamer/banner that rolls out attached to the front bottom of the platform itself.


And don't get me wrong not trying to put the work down at all AV. Just some ideas to accomplish the things Zubaz suggested.