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May 10, 2003, 06:35 PM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
Ok, now for the dumb question:
Where do I put the themes in my iDisk so people can download them just by clicking the preview from my SS site? I dont want to have to forward them to my actual iDisk and that horrible UI.
Put them in your sites folder.

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May 10, 2003, 06:38 PM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
Ok, now for the dumb question:
Where do I put the themes in my iDisk so people can download them just by clicking the preview from my SS site? I dont want to have to forward them to my actual iDisk and that horrible UI.
The 'Sites' folder.

Btw, I have not had any problems with my homepage going down due to bandwith use, not since iTools became .Mac.
     
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May 10, 2003, 08:58 PM
 
The link would be: http://idisk.mac.com/ [Your User Name] /Public/ [Whatever.dmg]

Right?
     
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May 10, 2003, 09:34 PM
 
Yep. I file for me would be: http://homepage.mac.com/mrgaskell/filename.dmg

The file will just download from there.

Swiz, I have about 50mb of unused space on my .Mac account you can use as well.

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May 10, 2003, 10:05 PM
 
Thanks for all the input folks as well as the offers for disk space. I'll be sure to keep you in mind when I need it. Right now all of my GUI files total 44mb so hopefully it wont be for a while.

Now, back to working on Studio Pro.

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May 11, 2003, 12:47 PM
 
hey swiz....

pardon my ignorance, but how do you do this:

     
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May 11, 2003, 01:57 PM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
Thanks for all the input folks as well as the offers for disk space. I'll be sure to keep you in mind when I need it. Right now all of my GUI files total 44mb so hopefully it wont be for a while.

Now, back to working on Studio Pro.
When is it going to be ready? I'm dying to try it out
     
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May 11, 2003, 02:21 PM
 
Hey p.h..i...l....,
http://www.big.or.jp/~crane/

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May 11, 2003, 02:23 PM
 
Originally posted by bbxstudio:
When is it going to be ready? I'm dying to try it out
Definitely less time left than what has been spent so far. Im now gettting into all the carbon elements and then it is onto the localized.rsrc then the nuances. Not much longer.

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May 11, 2003, 04:01 PM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
Hey p.h..i...l....,
http://www.big.or.jp/~crane/

cool, thank you! btw, really looking forward to your theme........
     
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May 11, 2003, 04:59 PM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
Hey p.h..i...l....,
http://www.big.or.jp/~crane/
Yeah, thanks swiz, I wanted to ask this too, but was too shy.

Can't wait to try out your Studio Pro theme, been lurking here following it's progress since day 1 =]
     
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May 11, 2003, 05:50 PM
 
Not to go offtopic, but swiz I was wondering what you are using for you're "now playing" banner? I've been looking for somthing to do that, but I can't find one that does images like that. And the SS Studio Pro look you've got for it is cool too.
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May 11, 2003, 08:48 PM
 
Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
Not to go offtopic, but swiz I was wondering what you are using for you're "now playing" banner? I've been looking for somthing to do that, but I can't find one that does images like that. And the SS Studio Pro look you've got for it is cool too.
Its kind of a pain in the ass since I dont know how to change the display of the track info so I just had to make a background .png which works moderately well with the current track display. I can post the file I made so you can see how I set it up if you wish.

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May 12, 2003, 12:19 AM
 
Hay sure, it's through Kung-Tunes then?
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May 12, 2003, 01:18 AM
 
No its using the app I pointed p.h..i...l... to in a post a little ways back in this thread. Its called "Now Playing".

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May 13, 2003, 01:02 PM
 
Ah cool thanks for the link.

test:

How did you get you'res as a jpg thoguh?


To get back on topic, how's the theme?
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May 13, 2003, 08:28 PM
 
Nope mine is a png still.

The theme is coming along very well. IM doing the sliders now, then on to the extras and then beta testing for QA purposes.

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May 13, 2003, 08:58 PM
 
IIf you need a tester, I'm here.
     
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May 13, 2003, 09:12 PM
 
me too, beta me
     
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May 13, 2003, 09:24 PM
 
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May 13, 2003, 10:09 PM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
Nope mine is a png still.

The theme is coming along very well. IM doing the sliders now, then on to the extras and then beta testing for QA purposes.
Yes, if you need beta testers please add me to that list. Thanks!
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May 13, 2003, 11:08 PM
 
ditto.
     
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May 14, 2003, 04:09 PM
 
If you're still looking for hosting space I may be able to help.

I am planning on clearing out and archiving most everything I currently have on Gonzaga University's CS and main file servers.

I think I have 300-400 megs of available high speed hosting space on the CS server. It's an HP 9000 box which is typically under little load so it might be a good place to post themes. I'll have to see what restrictions there are on the account, I haven't used it in a while.

The only problem would be that you'd have to have me upload files to the server because I'm not willing to give out my login and password.

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May 14, 2003, 08:40 PM
 
NathanA,

I dig the new Sig...

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May 17, 2003, 03:48 AM
 
Ok so the main theme is done. Here is a pretty full screenshot showing many of the elements. Im hanging onto it though until all of the other components are ready to be released also. Look for it before monday.


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May 17, 2003, 04:45 AM
 
Originally posted by swiz:
[B]Ok so the main theme is done. Here is a pretty full screenshot showing many of the elements. Im hanging onto it though until all of the other components are ready to be released also. Look for it before monday.

wow, this is damn nice
     
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May 17, 2003, 05:13 AM
 
swiz:
That looks FANTASTIC! Thank you swiz.
     
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May 17, 2003, 06:30 AM
 
OMG! Those progressbars look fantastic! Great job Swiz!
     
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May 17, 2003, 06:52 AM
 
Swiz, this screenshot looks fantastic. I hope the theme will be ready for downloading as soon as possible :-D

Just perfect!
     
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May 17, 2003, 06:58 AM
 
It looks great! I would say your best theme ever. Is the theme cover brushed resources too? Hope so~

I cant wait to download!
     
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May 17, 2003, 09:17 AM
 
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May 17, 2003, 11:42 AM
 
WOW!

I had to close the window and open it again just to believe it was real!

Excellent!!


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May 17, 2003, 01:42 PM
 
Oh my goodness gracious me, that is so great!

I so cannot wait.

Just two suggestions for your future releases, judging from the screenshot:

1. The scrollbars seem a bit out of place... maybe give them a little less depth? For example, the Aqua scrollbars and push buttons have essentially the same depth, but the SSSP buttons are much flatter, so I think it would look better to make the scrollbars a bit flatter looking.

2. Also, I think it would be nice to do what Max did and make the Apple menu two pixels smaller... the "default" size is a bit cramped.

That said, you've done a fantastic job.
     
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May 17, 2003, 02:55 PM
 
What will brushed metal look like with this theme?
     
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May 17, 2003, 05:37 PM
 
i think the other progress bars looked cooler. but all in all, its an awesome theme. btw, dont mess with the brushed metal resources.
     
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May 17, 2003, 05:39 PM
 
Swiz, that looks awesome as always. I have a couple of suggestions as well:

1) Perhaps the toolbar buttons on the window should be recessed as well, and...

2) I'd like to maybe see a little bit darker of a menu highlight.

Again, looks awesome, and I'll be checking this thread constantly before Monday for the release. I can't wait
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May 17, 2003, 06:12 PM
 
Looks great man! I'll be using this one, that's for sure.
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May 17, 2003, 06:38 PM
 
Holy ****! That is so awesome!

Will you make the dock color to match main color?
     
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May 17, 2003, 07:02 PM
 
Yes, the other Progress Bars were much cooler. In fact, that was my favorite part!
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May 17, 2003, 07:04 PM
 
Yes, not to put you down, but I hate the new progress bars, and love the old ones...
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May 17, 2003, 08:08 PM
 
Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
Yes, not to put you down, but I hate the new progress bars, and love the old ones...
Same here. Awesome theme though. Maybe a version with the old progress bars can be made later, I want this ASAP!
     
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May 17, 2003, 10:19 PM
 
Ahhh! All your progress bar complaints are going to slow him down

I... kind of liked the old ones more but its still a fabulous release!
     
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May 18, 2003, 11:08 AM
 
The progress bars you see in the screenshot are the indeterminate progress bars, the normal progress bars are still the same.

And its not putting me down if you dont like them its Apple designed remember.

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May 18, 2003, 12:11 PM
 
Darn. I saw you had posted, Swiz, and I thought you might have provided the download to this them. You said it might be ready before Monday...let's see it. Come on! I'm psyched.
     
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May 18, 2003, 12:18 PM
 
I post this in practically every theme thread.. but rounded title bars? Also is the vertical line progress bar still there, or just the barber pole style? They all green now?

Either way it's looking sweet, it's the dark aqua theme that all other dark aqua themes wished they were.
     
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May 18, 2003, 02:14 PM
 
Rounded titlebars will be available when I do my version of Studio Pro. The version which is available as of this post ! ; is only the variant meant to look identical to Apple's DVD SP2. I am wayyy busy right now so I wanted to at least get this version out there for all those waiting for it. My version is forthcoming.
Also, I want to apologize to those who I was going to provide beta test versions to. I simply had to get this out now while I had one of my last free moments to do so.

If there are any shortcomings, now you know why; no one else had an opportunity to QA this.

That being said, please let me know anything that is inconsistent or any suggestions to be iimplemented into my variant.
Thanks for all the kicks in my arse to get this thing started and completed.



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http://swizcore.com/SS/macOSX.php

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May 18, 2003, 02:19 PM
 
YAY!!!! *goes to download*
     
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May 18, 2003, 02:29 PM
 
This one is my favorite theme and it is way good.

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wtf?

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