"Official" Beautiful Widgets Skinning Thread

[Buzzy]

BW doesn't change your wallpaper.

That image that has the squares background that looks 3d, any idea on where to get that? I must have misunderstood then. I click on skins to update and change it, is that only the clock?

The skins are for the Beautiful Widgets widget only. Some are naked, meaning they have no background. Just the weather image and the fonts for time and date. And some have solid or transparent backgrounds. The only area you will see change is in the widget itself. Not your wallpaper. What you are probably seeing is some people match their wallpaper to their BW skin so it all blends together.

Thanks for bring that to my attention! Its a great widget, I am just trying to find that damn 3d block text on the initial 1st page and not having any luck finding it!

Thanks again!!

-Buzzy

 

[gmack35]

here is that 3d cube wallpaper i think you are looking for.

 

[mikespe]

I was wondering if anyone could make a few Star Trek themed skins...maybe the various Lcars computer graphics from the different eras of Star Trek? Yea I know...start trek on a cell phone is a cliche....Oh well...I'm old!

Thanks!!

 

[rkeller62]

Or he could be talking about the pyramid wallpaper which can be found in the wallpaper section of the site.

 

[Buzzy]

here is that 3d cube wallpaper i think you are looking for.

Thanks!! That is what I was looking for!!

 

[EVILOLIVE]

AWESOME !!! Any chance we could get this same background with black numbers and gray bolts ? That would be great. TIA.

Would something like this work?

EXCELLENT - thanks so much......[/QUOTE]

question - How do you get the status bar up at the very top to be black, like here, instead of the light grey?

 

[A.Brooks]

here is that 3d cube wallpaper i think you are looking for.

Man, that is slick lookin

 

[gardobus]

question - How do you get the status bar up at the very top to be black, like here, instead of the light grey?

You have to root your phone and either apply a theme or install a rom that is themed.

 

[LoveAlwaysJami]

Dave.. in your sig.. the 4th example.. how did you get the picture small on your background? I need to figure out how to do this because Im have trouble with my widget clashing with a wallpaper picture. Thanks!

 

[LoveAlwaysJami]

Dave.. in your sig.. the 4th example.. how did you get the picture small on your background? I need to figure out how to do this because Im have trouble with my widget clashing with a wallpaper picture. Thanks!

nevermind.. found it on page 79..wow that was some reading!

 

[Fingers25]

This doesn't work for me

Due to all the questions about how to use and install skins in Beautiful Widgets I decided to make a "Beautiful Widgets for Dummies" , a user manual to make things easier for those not familiar with it.

Installing and Using Beautiful Widgets Home (and Smaller Home) Widget and Skins.

Step 1: Purchase and Download Beautiful Widgets from the Android Market
Note: Beautiful Widgets is a WIDGET and not a APP, you will not find it in the App Drawer after installation.

Step 2: Long Press in the open area of your Home Screen where you want to add the Beautiful Widget and the “Add to Home Screen” pop-up will appear (see 2nd screen capture)
Note:If you are planning to use “Beautiful Home” it is a 4x2 Widget and you will need 2 empty rows on the Home Screen where you want to add it (see 1st screen capture below). IF you are planning to use Beautiful Smaller Home it is a 4x1 Widget so you will only need 1 empty row on the Home screen.

Step 3: Tap “Widgets” and the "Choose Widgets" pop-up will appear. Select either “Beautiful Home” or “Beautiful Smaller Home” depending on the version you want to use (or the room you have available).

Step 4: After selecting 1 of the 2 widgets the Configure Screen will open. Make the appropriate choices on this screen and then tap “Skins” at the bottom right....
Note: The screen capture shown is “stitched” together, you will have to scroll the screen to see all the options shown.

Step 5: The Skins Screen. Note at the top you have 2 “Tabs”, the one on the left is the “Installed Skins” which displays the Skins you have downloaded or manually installed. (This is the default screen that displays when you visit the Skins Screen).

The right tab is the “Download Skins” and is where you see what skins are currently available to you on the Beautiful Widgets server. When you tap that tab you will see the “Loading Skins” pop-up. Depending on your data connection and server load it can take a minute or more for the skin previews to download, be patient.

Once the Skins List is populated from the server you will see a list of Skins available for you to download and the “Download Skins” tab is now highlighted..

Step 6: You can now scroll through the list of Skin Previews and decide which one(s) you want to download and install. When you are ready simply tap the Skin you want to download and you will see the Download confirmation pop-up.

After selecting “Download” you will see this “Downloading” pop-up…

Once that has completed you can download other skins if you like. Once you are finished tap the left “Installed Skins” tab at the top of the page to return to the Installed Skins screen. The skins you just downloaded will now be displayed on this screen (along with others you may have installed).

Step 7: Decide which of the installed Skins you want to apply to Beautiful Widgets and tap the Skin preview. You will get the confirmation pop-up “Do you want to Apply this Skin”..

Once you tap “Yes” you will notice a small message near the bottom of the screen “Applying Skin”. Once this is completed then tap the “Save and Apply Skin” button at the bottom of the screen.

If you followed the steps correctly your Beautiful Widget will now display on your Home Screen….

After you have successfully installed the Widget you can easily change the skin by following these steps.

Step 1: Tap the area where the weather is displayed on the Widget and the Forecast/Animation Screen will appear..

Step 2: Tap the Phone's “Menu” key and the pop-up menu will appear at the bottom of the screen..

Step 3: Tap the “Skins” button and follow the previous steps above starting at “Step 5: Skins Screen” to Download and /or install another skin of your choice. If you plan to use skins you have already downloaded you can skip “Step 5” and start at “Step 6”.

Enjoy!!

I'm using the smoked glass v5.0 rom and this doesn't work for me. I followed to the "t" these instructions…..any ideas?

 

[gardobus]

What part of it doesn't work? It will work with any rom/theme.

 

[darklipslide]

Kinda disappointed this Brightness app only has two brightness levels: 11% and 100%

 

[mootsucks]

It would be great if someone could make a htc sense clock with a transparent background that was offset a bit from the top of the screen. I dont know why but it looks ugly for it to be in direct contact with the status bar when every other version has a gap.

 

[anjoga]

I need help from someone with better photoshop skills than I. One of my favorite skins is "blueneon2", but I don't like the way the number 2 looks in this skin. The top of it loops all the way around and kind of looks like a cross between the number 2 and number 9. It would be greatly appreciated if one of the talented guys here can change the number 2 to look a little more conventional, as in not making a full hook around.

Please help, and thanks in advance!