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Tracker 3.1 Skins

31 replies · 13,007 views · Started 16 October 2003

Howdy fellow All About Symbianites! It's me MR-6T9R. Haven't been on for a while. So I thought I'd submit my first attempt at a Tracker 3 skin to make up for it

I call it Mini XP 😃

Enjoy 😎

Attachments: desktop.jpg

Hey Buddha,

I love it, how do I use the Icons? I mean I'm not a teckie so I'm not sure if I have to go to the apps folder and change the Icons of each app or if there is something on tracker that allows me to connect each Icon to it's app.

Other than that it'a great and clean!

Originally posted by Me
Hey Buddha,

I love it, how do I use the Icons? I mean I'm not a teckie so I'm not sure if I have to go to the apps folder and change the Icons of each app or if there is something on tracker that allows me to connect each Icon to it's app.

Other than that it'a great and clean!

Hey there Me (am I talking Me self?) 😛

The use of the icons are as follows:

Unzip and transfer all of my icons to your P800 (either internally or externally)

1) Click "Start"

2) Select "Desktop"

3) Select "Create Shortcut"

4) Leave it on "Application" if you're intending to link it to an application

5) Check "Use custom icon"

6) Select "Original picture size" (if you select any other, my icons won't appear as sharp and crisp because Tracker uses some form of icon compression system)

7) Check "Make transparency"

8) Click "Next"

9) Select the application you're wishing to make a shortcut to. Example: Select "Communicam". Then click "Select"

10) Select the icon you're wishing to assign to it Example: Select the Communicam icon (if you're wishing to view all the icons quicker without browsing through your existing pictures, go to the top of your image browser and bring down the drop menu and select "Unfiled" in either internally or externally (depending where you saved them)

11) Once you've done that... just click "Select" and voila! You have your new shortcut.

Add and align as many icons you want. If you want to get rid of an icon, just click and hold it and a "Recycle Bin" will appear. Drag the icon into the bin and it's gone.

Once you've finished, click "Start" then select "Lock icons" (this well prevent you from accidently moving your icons.

I hope this basic tutorial made some sense. Come back here for future skins as I create them 😛

Hi,
I'm really new to p800 infact just bought it 2days ago, was suppose to wait for p900/810 but couldn't wait no more...I loveee ya destop theme thingy..how do i go abt doing it?? izzit a freeware? where do i download?

Originally posted by bbowden
Buddha,
I love the icons, but why are they inside a Windows skin?

cheers
bruce

I dunno really. As I said. It's my first skin. However, what do you think of the new skin I'm working on????

Attachments: se-project.jpg

Originally posted by jiveong
Hi,
I'm really new to p800 infact just bought it 2days ago, was suppose to wait for p900/810 but couldn't wait no more...I loveee ya destop theme thingy..how do i go abt doing it?? izzit a freeware? where do i download?

Well you made a good move jiveong. You are now the proud owner of one of the best phone in the world. 😃 (the P900 in my own opinion isn't much better than the P800)

Anyways, to utilise my skin you'll need Tracker 3.1 which is available as a trial download at

http://www.symbianware.com/product.php?id=tracker3_p800&pl=se_p800

It best to download Tracker 3.1, Taskman and Fileman (don't know why they chopped up the two essential tools to it this time round) 😕

Once you've installed them, unzip and transfer the default.ztr file to your device. Open FileMan. The file you just uploaded should be in your "Documents/Media Files". Hightlight "default.ztr" then click "File" then selct "Move". A window will pop up asking where you want to move it. Scroll through to "System/Apps/Tracker/Skins" and then submit it. Open tracker then click "Start" then slect "Select skin" then select "default.ztr".

Now as for the icons, just follow the procedure mentioned above.

Cheers 😛

hmm...trail so i presume its not a freeware heh..the triall meaning it's a duration trial or it lacks some feature?
heh sorry really wanna know more and make the best of my p800.

Originally posted by jiveong
hmm...trail so i presume its not a freeware heh..the triall meaning it's a duration trial or it lacks some feature?
heh sorry really wanna know more and make the best of my p800.

Yes it is a trial, but no, it's fully functional. Worth every penny if you want your device to be personally customised 😉

Originally posted by Justin
Many thanks for the icons and stuff - good work! How about a zip of your new one?

Will do when I've finished it 😛

hi its me again...think this question mite sound dumb to some of u, but how do i set the Skin? I mean i tried to transfer it to the phone but it doesn't work?? it's a .ztr and when i try to transfer it to picture folder it wouldn't accept..

Originally posted by Buddha
I dunno really. As I said. It's my first skin. However, what do you think of the new skin I'm working on????

i love it man, can i request? can you make me one? The Party Boy at the background. thanks in advance😊

Originally posted by The Party Boy
i love it man, can i request? can you make me one? The Party Boy at the background. thanks in advance😊

Sure 😃

Only if I knew what/who the Party Boy was :P

Maybe you could email me some resources to work with on [email][email protected][/email]

Originally posted by Buddha
Sure 😃

Only if I knew what/who the Party Boy was :P

Maybe you could email me some resources to work with on [email][email protected][/email]

bro it's up to you,but the background color is blue and the word The Party Boy is there. thanks man really appreciate it😊

Originally posted by The Party Boy
bro it's up to you,but the background color is blue and the word The Party Boy is there. thanks man really appreciate it😊

I'll get onto it straight away for you 😛

Meanwhile, try out this skin....

Attachments: screenshot.jpg

My first attempt at making a skin. I removed the Today view because i dont use it and replaced it with a full screen time/date page (kinda like Psiloc Clocksaver).
Could somebody tell me where to get high quality icons from?

cheers
Tissue
loves
Jessica Alba

Attachments: jalba.gif

Heres an updated version of my skin. If anyone is interested, let me know. The actual pic quality of the skins are much better but due to the upload size, i had to reduce the quality of the screenshots.

cheers
Tissue

Attachments: jalba_v2.0.jpg