[cartman13]

Thanks so much. Awesome post! Makes it so easy to pick and choose parts between various themes! I had no idea how to do that before!

[ahiska4ever]

hi ! i made my own SMS theme with a turkish flag so how can i load that theme in to the Cydia so other people can download that sms theme ... help me please

[athynz]

Thanks to all of you guys - I made my first theme! I can't say I made the icons though... I just grabbed a bunch from different sources and added them in. It's not a complete themes, it just mods the dock, status bar, and several icons. It's still a work in progress but I made some progress when I was able to get it on my phone and running with winterboard. Just reading through this post was a tremendous help. Thanks again!

[Proserpine]

Hi everyone, this is my first post here in the forums.


Thank you, opusandbill, for posting this wonderful tutorial. I have already made a battery skin, and I'll be starting a new theme from scratch. All that reference material will be a great help!


Do you think Apple will ever allow Winterboard in the AppStore? It sure would be nice if we could make some money from our themes. I had no idea there was such a large community behind it! Apple would be foolish not to accept us.


Proserpine

[bonus4]

Thanks for this great tutorial.......... but im having a problem with creating a keyboard.

I downloaded the package for the images i wanted to edit and finished it today.....but when i put the keyboard into my ipod the bottom row of the ipod (Space button, return button and etc) didn't change. I then found out how to change the 123 button and the one next to it but i dont know how to change the space and return button......

Can anyone help??

Thanks!

[funkystuff]

what about custom fonts?

[Leeii15]

I have extracted the other.artwork folder and modified a few images and then created a Winterboard theme folder called Test (I also tried naming it Test.theme). Inside the test folder I have Bundles folder which is empty and a UIImages folder which I placed my modified Other.Artwork files in. However, I have respringed and rebooted my iphone and the modified images are not displaying. Am I missing something?

[THEdAY]

Leeii15, best advice I can think of is to download a UI theme from cydia and then extract the UIImages folder from that theme.
You can then compare the file names from that theme to your UIImages folder to see if yours are correct.

[Leeii15]

Thanks for the suggestion THEday, but unfortunately that didn't work.

I guess custom UIImages don't work anymore. I downloaded the Vista Mobile theme in Cydia which has plenty of custom UIImages.

For example, I was looking at the UIButtonBarBadge.png which would change the badges in the phone app for missed calls and voicemails. I have been modifying these by extracting the Other.Artwork using iPhoneShop. I just would rather not modify that file so that I can make several themes.

Well the Vista Mobile theme includes a custom UIButtonBarBadge.png but even it is not replacing the image in the phone app.

Any help here would be appreciated.

[THEdAY]

Hi Leeii15,

Regarding the "UIButtonBarBadge.png", I have that image in my UIImages folder and it works fine.
First off, I'm on a 2g running 2.1.

The image is 22x23 pixels in size.

here are screenshots to show:


Are any of your "UIImages folder" images showing up in your theme or just that specific one.

I would check to see if permissions are set to 755 or 777 for that image or the folder itself just to be safe.

Also make sure your theme is higher than other themes in the Winterboard app since Winterboard works on a hierarchy with the themes within.

[Leeii15]

Hi THEday,

It seems as though none of the UIImages are showing up. I even downloaded the Perfect Storm theme to try it and still a no go with that theme.

I did try to set permissions to 755 and then 777 and still nothing.

For all of these I have moved each theme to the top in Winterboard and only enabled it and no other theme mods.

Thanks.

[THEdAY]

So basically everything in the theme works except for the UIImages.

I don't know what else to try... I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.

I do remember that a couple months back I had a theme in which everything worked except for the springboard strings in that theme. I tried everything to get it to work and nothing helped.

Hopefully, someone else will chime in with a workable solution.

But If I find a solution I will post back.

[Leeii15]

That's pretty much it...just the UIImages aren't working. Kind of crazy. I have tried everything including uninstalling WB and removing the themes folders then re-installing. Sort of wiping the phone entirely I guess I will have to unpack/pack the Other.Artwork file until I find a fix or someone else has any idea.

I appreciate you suggestions THEday.

[Om3r]

Is there a way to skin the Keypad when we edit the Contacts phone number? If yes, where are the .png located for that? thx

[Patou]

useful indeed