how to port ?

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ok ive done some work on the thredz desktop X theme by pjpowell (made it compatable with the new version of desktopx ). and made a weather meter and calendar useing his graphics and SS gokus scripts. how do i go about getting permission.i know he ported it from the litestep theme. do i need the litestep themes creators permission as well as pjpowell's ? any help would be appreciated. this my first attempt at upload a skin here and would like to make sure i have everything covered ... oh and would i post all as a theme or upload the weather and calendar components as seperate objects ? heres a screen ...

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You'll need permission from all parties concerned, even for the scripts, I would think. Copy all the email correspondence to a text file, and save it as permission.txt. Include this with your upload. Give credit to everyone in your upload description, and mention the permission text is included. All bases are now covered.



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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
cool ok 1 more question .. id tried re zipping a desktopx theme and i get a message saying its not a valid desktopx theme .. is there something im doing wrong wit winzip?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
eww i cant get a hold of zodiaq~ he dont have a e mail addy listed here i used a few of his bp-xpg icons in the them ..
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
(SS gokus scripts.)
Actually the Calendar script is by MARTIN and the Weather script is by BRYAN COOKE

But of course Koasati is right , You need permission from all parties . Back to your problem . When i make a new theme i simply right click on the icon in the taskbar and click save theme.
Then i just go to my docs and right click and make a new compressed folder then go to my DesktopX folder /Themes/copy the theme to the folder in my docs ....
I don't even mess around with WinZip in this situation .Hopefully this will help you out if not you can e-mail me to discuss it more
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You have for sure look for permission by Thredz also (who is the original creator of the graphics). But PJ is at updating the DX theme also, so Your work might eventually be obsolete. Anyways, a good thing would have been e-mailing pjpowell first of all before making it public.



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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i had already e mailed pj b 4 i posted this. but i havent gotten a response yet ...if pj is doing a update,thatd be great. i was mainly wondering abt the weather and calendar objects. thx for the info tho abt makin it public, as id said this my first attempt at uploadin a skin here and wasent sure of the proper way to do it ..il eventually get the skinning edicate.


fivesballs thx il try that .. the desktop x has a way to just clik and save your theme but it dont allow for adding a read me file .. or not that ive found . i was trying to get ready to add a permission file if i can ever get all the permissions.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can rename the file with a zip extension and then add the readme, then change the exntension back to the DX format one.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
cool hippy il try that
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

well i have just abt everyones permission. bryan cooke if u read this please E mail me @***********  i need ur permission to use your weather script..

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bryan Cooke is BoXXi. You can find his email by clicking the About link on the left side of the page.



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