Creating My Own Rockbox Theme

[SataniK]

Hey guys I am interested in making a Slipknot rockbox theme.  I was looking around and could not find any tutorials or templates.  I have my .bmp image already so could you guys point me in the right direction.

[pixelma]

The wiki is such a nice source of information (and has a search feature ):

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CustomWPS
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToWPSMaking
and more (for example about custom icons).

Studying the code of other WPSs teached me a lot too.

[SataniK]

Thanks for the help man this seems like a lot I don't know where to start is there a place where I am aloud to do a request for a theme?

[Chronon]

It's really not that bad.  Start simply and see what the tags do.  I'd advise getting a simulator built (either compile your own or download a pre-built one) so that you can quickly test out changes to your theme without having to Connect/Update/Disconnect your player every time you want to see a change.

If you want to download a pre-built simulator check out the "extras" link in the side panel.

[SataniK]

Well I was reading through it so I can just copy and paste the text there right so I don't have to know it or memorize it right?

[Chronon]

I definitely don't think memorizing every single tag is necessary for your first theme.  I think many people start with an existing theme (provided permission has been given to modify it) and edit the code to coerce it into something they like.  Eventually, you'll know what all of the tags do and you'll be able to kind of compose a theme from scratch.

I know I have done this when I was first learning HTML.  I would go to a page and view the source and then strip out the parts I wanted and alter the references to the media I wanted to display.  This gave me a way to get decent looking webpages without an exhaustive knowledge of HTML.  But eventually I became much more familiar with HTML and this was no longer necessary.

[Mikerman]

The Simple Guide noted above really is a great walk-through of an "organic" approach to creating a WPS.

In the end, I find it easiest to think of what I want, and then perusing the WPS commands to see what is available to get there.  And then tackle it line-by-line--it's not as big that way.

Additionally, ravaging other WPS's for images especially, and code for a specific aim (e.g. album display, I suppose), can be helpful as well.

[SataniK]

Ok I think I will try just modifying one that I like just till I get more comfortable with this.  How do I go about asking permission to modify a WPS.

[GodEater]

< Email/MSN/Hold a seance with > the author.

[bascule]

Ok I think I will try just modifying one that I like just till I get more comfortable with this.  How do I go about asking permission to modify a WPS.

Well, if you are just using it for yourself, it does not matter. You only need the authors permission if you wish to make it available to others.

[SataniK]

Alright then.  I stumbled upon this and I would like you guys to read it to see if this is reasonable

http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=52954

[Febs]

Alright then.  I stumbled upon this and I would like you guys to read it to see if this is reasonable

http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=52954

What exactly is your question?

[SataniK]

^^  On how to create my own Rockbox theme I found the above link but something doesn't seem right how do I set the .bmp file as my backdrop in Rockbox?