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I still can't seem to get away from SDV so here it is for april too.....

I just love using this skin....

 

Just for today...because it's 4/20

Is that the "Mardi Grass" theme?

LOL.  I married a stoner -- this is my expression of love for him.  On "International Talk Like A Pirate Day" he wears a tricorn hat and eyepatch to show me he loves me, because that's one of my favorite holidays, and this is my way of showing my appreciation to him.  It's not yet fit for public consumption here--but I released the beta version over at DA. 

Excalpius -

How were you able to modify the Sidebar gadgets? Or did you build them from scratch?

Netbook with Carbon Fibre skins.

 

Very nice k10 and ID

The info gadgets on the rightmost monitor are Rainmeter gadgets, HUD skin.  I'll update the description with that info.

The only sidebar gadgets are the Full Moon one (available on the MS site) and the slideshow gadgets that I did indeed modify.  Assuming you mean the latter, here is some info...

All the MS gadgets appear to be programmed in Javascript (with XML interface templates) which means they are trivial to debug and edit in Notepad if you have any programming experience at all (basic or higher).   They can be found in your C://Program Files/Windows Sidebar/Gadgets directory.

Because they are MS delivered OS gadgets, you'll have to remove their security settings. 

I made a copy of the SlideShow.Gadget directory, then renamed the current one to SlideShow.Gadget.old (make sure no slideshow gadgets are running).

Then copy the directory back and start tinkering with its files!  The images are easy to edit in any common paint program.  For example, I turned the images/on desktop/slideshow_glass_frame.png to an entirely clear, frameless version in Photoshop.

The main code is found in the en-US/js directory.  I made a backup copy of slideShow.js as slideShow.js.old and started tinkering.

Some items are obvious like changing certain variables right at the beginning...

var maxUndockedWidth    = 320;  changed to 400
var maxUndockedHeight   = 240;  changed to 400

and, because I have a LOT of images in a lot of directories...

var gFolderCountMax     = 500;     changed to 10000
var gImageCountMax      = 2000;  changed to 500000

The rest were coding tweaks, made necessary due to the above changes breaking something, hehe...

gUndockFlag = true;
    with(document.body.style)
        width=360,                     changed to 440
        height=280;                   changed to 440

and...

with(pictureFrame.style)
        top=16,left=17,width=320, height=240;

changed to...

with(pictureFrame.style)
        top=16,left=17,width=400, height=400;

I did some other tweaks, like adding addition time length options, etc. but these are the major tweaks with made the slideshows larger and borderless.

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In short, the idea is to backup the original data and then experiment a little.  Swapping out the images is the easiest way to customize any Sidebar gadget, but you can also tweak the code if you want to. 

I hope this helped.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Excalpius -

Thanks for the quick response. My programming experience is limited, but you gave enough to start monkeying around.

I'll give it a shot, and see what happens.

 

Thanks again

That's all it takes, amigo.  Have fun!  Worst thing you can do is break the script, but that's why you make a backup, copy over the broken one, and try again. 

My new SDV wall....

Nice work Robbie...

Excellent  Robbie !

Now make it an animated wall with glowing fluorescent lights!

And don't forget a viola and a smurf. 

Hey! Someone throw a net over that guy above me! I think he's been raiding the medicine cabinet! And he's eating everyones Karma!

I hate you.

But your karma tastes yummie. 

Karma Whore!

C'mere, Sailor....

Love that Carbon Fibre, ID! Funny thing is that I used that skin all through its development, and now that it's done, I've been stuck on Light Mark!

You did really good work with the docks, Mg....btw, they're fullt functional, now! Thanks for the help gettin' them where the should go. 

My SS.... Zing! this month Wall is Metal01 from dA....next month who knows?

Anytime Doc, anytime.