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CarbonG4 · 09:38 AM

Still not able to change thread titles, so hopefully everyone will let the old thread sink.

Announcing Watercolor v1.5 with the 4th color variant, Strawberry:

Proceed to my website to download the theme. (The theme is located in Main page > "Themes" > "Proceed to Watercolor..")

Enjoy
//Carbon

Stuphalina · Mar 20, 2003, 07:13 AM

Okay, I can load the preview but the new theme doesnt seem to be anywhere on the site!

Its so pretty!

CarbonG4 · Mar 20, 2003, 09:35 AM

Hmm, that's odd... once you load the main page ( http://www.621.org/~carbon/ ) click on the "Themes" button. Then, choose "Proceed to Watercolor page". That should take you to the page with the preview images and the download links at the very bottom.

Please let me know if others are having problems getting the new site to load, I've tested it with several different browsers on many machines and all is well.

//Carbon

Stuphalina · Mar 20, 2003, 09:57 AM

Carbon - That's exactly what I did. I even redownloaded it but its not there. Only the original three - silver, blue, and olive show up.
Hmmm.

Beer Penguin · Mar 20, 2003, 10:32 AM

Originally posted by Stuphalina:
Carbon - That's exactly what I did. I even redownloaded it but its not there. Only the original three - silver, blue, and olive show up.
Hmmm.

It should be in the same package as the others, .dlta allows the theme creator to include all the different variants in one package.

Stuphalina · Mar 20, 2003, 10:35 AM

It should be in the same package as the others, .dlta allows the theme creator to include all the different variants in one package.

I know, but it wasnt there when I redownloaded it.

wagmedia · Mar 20, 2003, 11:09 AM

I should have the Strawberry version of the icons up by early next week.

stndrddc · Mar 20, 2003, 11:12 AM

now i just need rad-e8 to release the strawberry snow e2 icons! this is great, thanks Carbon

mrbiiggy2 · Mar 20, 2003, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by wagmedia:
I should have the Strawberry version of the icons up by early next week.

we really need iContainers for those...

Brien · Mar 20, 2003, 02:01 PM

Yes, we do. And a strawberry DP.

CarbonG4 · Mar 20, 2003, 02:17 PM

Stuphalina
I know, but it wasnt there when I redownloaded it.

I. Was the file you downloaded named "Watercolor150.zip" or "Watercolor142.zip"?

II. Maybe your browser has an older version of my page cached and you just need to refresh or empty the cache. I had left the Watercolor142.zip file up over night but I've just removed it. The only thing I can think of is that you were getting the older version.

III. If you were getting the Watercolor150.zip package you should definitely have all of the components of the Strawberry variant, I've only tested this theme with ThemeChanger 0.5... make sure you're using that.

Maybe I just messed up the main.themescript, although I tested the theme before packaging it. Can anyone else confirm that they've downloaded WC 1.5 and can get Strawberry to show up and install fine?

wagmedia
I should have the Strawberry version of the icons up by early next week.

Sounds great man, I also agree with the suggestion of the iContainers as an option. I've no idea how to create iContainers myself because I haven't had the time to look into it, but if you don't want to or don't have time to package them that way I don't mind doing it. Maybe shoot me an email sometime next week on what you think about this when you've got some free time.

Thanks again
//Carbon

Stuphalina · Mar 20, 2003, 02:33 PM

it?s really weird, but I got it! Thanks man!

wagmedia · Mar 20, 2003, 03:03 PM

Sure, I could do them as iContainers. Not a problem.

phillryu · Mar 20, 2003, 05:58 PM

I can't get Themeswitcher to switch to this.. it just hangs when launching helper or something (the very first step). I tried reinstalling Themeswitcher, but it didn't fix the problem. I was looking for the prefs file to delete it.. but I couldn't find it. Any advice?

CarbonG4 · Mar 20, 2003, 06:16 PM

The only theme installation utility I have tested and that I currently support is ThemeChanger v0.5 from http://www.clichesw.com/

Give that a try.

phillryu · Mar 20, 2003, 06:29 PM

Heh, I'm sorry, but I meant Themechanger. That's the one I'm having problems with..

EDIT: I tried again, and it said "ThemeChangerTool terminated with status 4 ("Operation Failed"). However, I think this may be because I had to force quit themeswitcher before when it hung forever in that first step... let me try relogging in and trying again.

phillryu · Mar 20, 2003, 06:44 PM

Well, I relogged in, and it just did the ole hang forever in the launching the themeswitching helper app stage. I found and eraserd its preferences before this btw. Not sure what's wrong.. I hope this will be fixed.

CarbonG4 · Mar 20, 2003, 07:54 PM

phillryu: This sounds like an issue between your system and ThemeChanger. The only thing I can recommend to you is to run the latest version of AquaFix on your system, and then make sure you have the latest version of ThemeChanger and re-install it. You should be good to go with installing any theme for Jaguar after doing that.

//Carbon

phillryu · Mar 20, 2003, 08:12 PM

All right... I'll try that in a few minutes after I finish burning a cd.

phillryu · Mar 20, 2003, 08:30 PM

It did not work. Same error. (This time, it decided not to hang, but go straight to the error first switch.) Ehhh I'm debating about whether to do an archive/install just for themes.. don't know if its worth it

joltguy · Mar 21, 2003, 10:01 PM

Just wanted to say this:

Carbon, thanks for an awesome theme. Exactly what I was looking for! Only problem I had was that the brushed metal apps weren't brushed anymore (and I kinda like the brushed effect). But that was easily fixed with ThemePark.

wagmedia, can't wait for those iContainers!

fireside · Mar 22, 2003, 12:50 AM

Carbon- how come you upload stuff as .zips? .sits are smaller :/

cool theme btw.

fireside · 01:36 AM

nevermind i figured it out

phillryu · Mar 22, 2003, 01:06 PM

Update: I got theme switching working with Duality GT. Watercolor Strawberry looks really nice

(However, you need an appropriate desktop background. The aqua background I had really clashed with this.)

Stuphalina · Mar 22, 2003, 02:44 PM

However, you need an appropriate desktop background. The aqua background I had really clashed with this.)

Agreed, and I find that this guy has great pics with the same tint of pink to them! Check him out anyway.

phillryu · Mar 22, 2003, 03:57 PM

Hmm I don't see any pink there... however, here are some red desktop backgrounds I found at pixelgirlpresents:

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/ima...elPop_1024.gif

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/ima...ector_1024.jpg

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/ima...usion_1024.jpg

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/ima...er_1152870.jpg

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/ima...n-red-1024.gif

Some of these are very nice. I was always wondering if there'd ever be a theme that would fit these.

joltguy · Mar 23, 2003, 08:51 AM

I found some incredible red desktops here

www.xanthic.net

Enjoy!

Stuphalina · Mar 23, 2003, 09:16 AM

Hmm I don't see any pink there...

I had the theme on my computer and many of his pics worked amazingly. You just have to go through them all.

Lyric OS 13.0 · Mar 29, 2003, 01:20 AM

Carbon--

Strawberry gets my vote--Excellent Job. Now all we need is a Skin for Skinadock...

philzilla · 08:59 AM

okay. i never used themes before. never saw one i liked. however, i thought this one would look good on my strawberry iMac, and i threw it on last night. lookin' good

on the subject of desktop pics, i find this one compliments it quite well. i found it somewhere on macdesktops.com, i think? can't remember now, i've had it here for ages:

(click for 1600x1024 version)

godzookie2k · Mar 29, 2003, 10:38 AM

hmmm... it hosed my clock and menulings, had to reupdate 10.2.4....

actually, every theme I've tried recently has done that.. wtf am I borking in the process? any one have any ideas?

wagmedia · Apr 1, 2003, 02:08 PM

I've posted the Strawberry Icons. I still don't have them as iContainers...but hey, at least I did them finally

http://icons.wagmedia.com

smeger · Apr 1, 2003, 03:13 PM

philzilla, I dig that desktop pic. Do you have a copy that doesn't have the Apple stuff on it? Or a download link?