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    Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes

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    • Stuart2773S
      Stuart2773 @ruckage
      last edited by Stuart2773

      @ruckage

      Im glad you like my mock-up AB, just after i realised that, it would look better if the ratings was balanced out on the right box , but obviously you had the same idea as me lol,

      "C" is my favorite, if i was you i would just go ahead and make those changes and then release the next version :)

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        A Former User
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        D>C>B>A

        E is gonna be great. ;)

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        • DigitalMonkeyD
          DigitalMonkey Banned
          last edited by

          Lets just skip to F & upload that version!

          ;)

          Only joking, D looks great.

          I want the D!

          Wait....that doesnt sound right.....

          xD

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @dankcushions
            last edited by

            @dankcushions

            i choose the mystery box!

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            • SystemLogoffSAS
              SystemLogoffSA
              last edited by

              http://i.imgur.com/WXh7kr9.png

              I'm adding to the pile, but since you look at the box art first, wouldn't having the Rating/Played/Players work better on the right?

              As a bonus, it starts matching the the tiled layout on the mini:

              alt text

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              • ruckageR
                ruckage
                last edited by

                Thanks for the feedback everyone, I appreciate it.

                I think we could go on forever rearranging things and everyone would have there own idea of which looks best so I'm going to go for option D as the official layout.

                However what I'm going to try and do is make it so that the positioning of those elements is super easy to modify for those who would like to do so (it will probably be a single line change in the main XML with instructions for how to change it in the readme) does this sound like a good idea?

                SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                  backstander @mediamogul
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                  @mediamogul
                  love that movie! I haven't watched it in awhile though.

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                  • DigitalMonkeyD
                    DigitalMonkey Banned @SystemLogoffSA
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                    @SystemLogoffSA said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                    http://i.imgur.com/WXh7kr9.png

                    I'm adding to the pile, but since you look at the box art first, wouldn't having the Rating/Played/Players work better on the right?

                    As a bonus, it starts matching the the tiled layout on the mini:

                    alt text

                    I was thinking the same but didn't want to say it!

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                    • ruckageR
                      ruckage
                      last edited by ruckage

                      As I said I will be making it very easy to customize so everyone can set it up how they like, it will mean editing an XML file but it will be no more than changing a single entry.

                      For ease it will probably be an xml called layout.xml that will need changing and you would just change a line that will look something like this:

                      <include>./../layout_a.xml</include>

                      And you would only need to change the 'layout_a.xml' to 'layout_b.xml' to have a different layout (I will include a picture showing the different layouts with the corresponding letter for each).

                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                        bjose2345
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                        ruckage this is a great theme and i wanna give you the thank you, please keep the good work, there is any chance to add a few more systems? Atari Lynx, Sega Dreamcast, Sega SG-1000, Sega 32x and Nintendo VirtualBoy, I think with that is more than complete, in any case again thanks for this great great work

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                        • ruckageR
                          ruckage @bjose2345
                          last edited by

                          @bjose2345
                          Hi. They are on the list but I can't say exactly when they will be ready but I will get to them eventually.

                          ~~~ PROGRESS UPDATE ~~~
                          I'm progressing well with the updates, it's quite a lot of work as a lot needed to be modified. The background and metadata containers are now separate elements, and the metadata containers are actually further split into separate elements so every element can be colored and positioned within the xml. The layout system seems to be working well so there will be a wide variety of ways to arrange the metadata so everyone should be happy :) .

                          SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                          If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                            bjose2345 @ruckage
                            last edited by

                            @ruckage Glad to hear word of you progress, take your time buddy, we know this is a hard work but you are doing very well. Many thanks again.

                            Kind regards

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                            • ruckageR
                              ruckage
                              last edited by

                              The metadata layout system is in and fully working now. I think there should be a layout to suit most peoples needs now so hopefully everyone will be happy :) (there are 24 options to choose from).

                              0_1492381757311_nes mini layout options.png

                              Still a few things to be done but I hope to have a new version ready sometime tomorrow.

                              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                              If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                              • Stuart2773S
                                Stuart2773 @ruckage
                                last edited by Stuart2773

                                @ruckage

                                Wow, someone's been busy, great guide, can't wait to try the new version :)

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                                • cellyC
                                  celly @ruckage
                                  last edited by

                                  @ruckage looks excellent!

                                  Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                                  • OmnijaO
                                    Omnija
                                    last edited by

                                    Could i request a simplified version? where every system would share the same background with the exception of system logo?

                                    Systems: Raspberry Pi 2
                                    Overclocked: 1050 | 525 | 350 | 425 | 256
                                    My Themes: Metro Theme | Simpler Turtlepi | Future Mini

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                                      SuperSirLink @ruckage
                                      last edited by

                                      @ruckage woah! very cool!

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                                      • ruckageR
                                        ruckage
                                        last edited by

                                        Work is going well but unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll have a new version ready today. I should definitely have new versions of both themes ready sometime tomorrow though.

                                        SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                        If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                        • Stuart2773S
                                          Stuart2773 @ruckage
                                          last edited by

                                          @ruckage

                                          today perhaps?

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                                          • ruckageR
                                            ruckage
                                            last edited by

                                            Oops, sorry. Had a few unforeseen problems which delayed things but I think I should have new versions ready today (better late than never).

                                            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                            If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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