Custom SevenForums Gadgets

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Well i got most of it working after several hundred tries, but now I get this (note I didn't edit the gadget).

I get this with all dimensions by the way, well all that my monitor can hold.

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[Lordbob75]

I had a good idea for the gadget, based off of M$ Outlook and GMail notifier.

Could we get little taskbar pop ups? Like with M$ OutLook, when you get an e-mail the little bar pops up, or like with steam (that is what just gave me the idea). Perhaps a little pop up when someone replies to a thread we are subscribed to, or when we get a PM or chat message.....

Think about it. I would love it! I am never just sitting on my desktop, so that would really help me out.

~Lordbob

 

[zigzag3143]

Tutorial on gadget making

Anyone got a starting point on gadget making? I would like to experiment with skinning and sizing a couple of gadgets

TIA

Ken

 

[Airbot]

Here you go Ken, near the bottom of this post by Limneos, where it says "Related Links"


http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2930-sevenforums-gadget-35.html#post51963

 

[OEM]

Well i got most of it working after several hundred tries, but now I get this (note I didn't edit the gadget).

I get this with all dimensions by the way, well all that my monitor can hold.

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Have you changed the DPI of Windows7 ?

When I was using the gadget, was having the same problem until reseting the dpi back to the default 100%.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Have you changed the DPI of Windows7 ?

When I was using the gadget, was having the same problem until reseting the dpi back to the default 100%.

It was at 100%, i changed it to 125% then logged out, then changed it back to 100% and logged out, still no difference.

 

[OEM]

It was at 100%, i changed it to 125% then logged out, then changed it back to 100% and logged out, still no difference.

I didn't mean trying to change it back and forth, ...sorry bout that. If you had it at its default, then it has nothing to do with the dpi.

I just meant that I had the dpi always set at 125% and the gadget looked like yours did. When I changed the dpi back to its default 100% it was fine.

Have you tried:
http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2930-sevenforums-gadget-22.html#post48709

Above is a post within this thread about editing the file sevenforums.html and fix the overlay.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I didn't mean trying to change it back and forth, ...sorry bout that. If you had it at its default, then it has nothing to do with the dpi.

I just meant that I had the dpi always set at 125% and the gadget looked like yours did. When I changed the dpi back to its default 100% it was fine.

Have you tried:
http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2930-sevenforums-gadget-22.html#post48709

Above is a post within this thread about editing the file sevenforums.html and fix the overlay.

Oh, well sometimes things are screwy like that and just changing it to something else, and back to what it was can fix it. Was worth a shot

I'll take a look at that post.

EDIT: Problem with that post, it was made back when the gadget was first out, a lot of things changed within the gadget between then and now. Like there is no Sevenforum.html file! lol =P

 

[OEM]

Oh, well sometimes things are screwy like that and just changing it to something else, and back to what it was can fix it. Was worth a shot

I'll take a look at that post.

EDIT: Problem with that post, it was made back when the gadget was first out, a lot of things changed within the gadget between then and now. Like there is no Sevenforum.html file! lol =P

R U sure? I have one, its an .html that you have to open with notepad.

Goto start menu, type " shell:gadgets " in the search (w/o quotes)

Open the folder that appears, then open the sevenforums.Gadget folder.

If your default browser is IE, you should see a IE sevenforums.html file.

Right click and choose open with... browse to the system32 folder to find notepad and click on it to open the html in notepad. Then follow the instructions to adjust the height/width.

Unless the gadget I downloaded just the other day was old. I used the zip file in one of limneos's posts. 2.5 final.

There does appear to be a different version when on the first page of this thread in the first post and you click the blue download button. I'm not sure which is the newest, that one or the 2.5 final zip in another of his posts.

Post with zip:

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2930-sevenforums-gadget-35.html#post51963 (you can also get to this post, when you click in limneos's sig for the 2.5 final.)

I did check both versions tho, and the sevenforums.html does appear to be in both. ...dunno

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

R U sure? I have one, its an .html that you have to open with notepad.

Goto start menu, type " shell:gadgets " in the search (w/o quotes)

Open the folder that appears, then open the sevenforums.Gadget folder.

If your default browser is IE, you should see a IE sevenforums.html file.

Right click and choose open with... browse to the system32 folder to find notepad and click on it to open the html in notepad. Then follow the instructions to adjust the height/width.

Unless the gadget I downloaded just the other day was old. I used the zip file in one of limneos's posts. 2.5 final.

There does appear to be a different version when on the first page of this thread in the first post and you click the blue download button. I'm not sure which is the newest, that one or the 2.5 final zip in another of his posts.

Post with zip:

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2930-sevenforums-gadget-35.html#post51963 (you can also get to this post, when you click in limneos's sig for the 2.5 final.)

I did check both versions tho, and the sevenforums.html does appear to be in both. ...dunno

Oh you were right, I found it. It wasn't in A-Z order so i must have skipped over it.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Okay I did all the edits in that post you referred to earlier, still the same.

It just doesn't seem to be loading the sub-forum icons.

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[OEM]

Okay I did all the edits in that post you referred to earlier, still the same.

It just doesn't seem to be loading the sub-forum icons.

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Yea, ...Wow, that really looks bad. Tons of overlay. Thats about all I've seen regarding overlay. The sevenforums.html edit & checking the dpi is everything I'm aware of.

Did you install it to the shell:gadgets location?
Myself, not thrilled about installing it there,
I'd rather install at: C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets
but don't think it works well there.

Where you able to verify which version is newer and that you have the latest one? Sorry Mate, thats all I got.

Send a PM to limneos, although not sure how often he comes on.
It's odd that you have this issue as I was sure it was corrected for the most part in the latest version.

I'm out of Ideas, ...Good Luck

P.S. I see you added the edit system specs in your sig, ...Cool Beans. lol Hope people use it.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Yea, ...Wow, that really looks bad. Tons of overlay. Thats about all I've seen regarding overlay. The sevenforums.html edit & checking the dpi is everything I'm aware of.

Did you install it to the shell:gadgets location?
Myself, not thrilled about installing it there,
I'd rather install at: C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets
but don't think it works well there.

Where you able to verify which version is newer and that you have the latest one? Sorry Mate, thats all I got.

Send a PM to limneos, although not sure how often he comes on.
It's odd that you have this issue as I was sure it was corrected for the most part in the latest version.

I'm out of Ideas, ...Good Luck

P.S. I see you added the edit system specs in your sig, ...Cool Beans. lol Hope people use it.

EVERYTHING HATES ME! *Cries*

Anyways, yeah I'll send a PM to him explaining the problem, what i've done to attempt to fix it, and yes i have the final version.

v2.5 final yes?

I seriously think it just hates me.. with a passion.i

oh and zig told me about the system spec link thing (told me you told him) so I figured may as well add it

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Okay.. I deleted the gadget, and downloaded it again. Changes the settings in 'settings.ini' BEFORE opening it. Put it in Shell:gadgets. I thought it worked because BAM! It was all perfect then it refreshed 5 seconds in (which is what I set it for) and back to the way it way =.=

 

[Cashis]

Wowzers this is a cool Gadget works great Thanks

 

[zigzag3143]

Customize size

Night Hawk

Here is a snip of the height and width adjustments in ver 2.5 of gadget
Ken

 

[Night Hawk]

Night Hawk

Here is a snip of the height and width adjustments in ver 2.5 of gadget
Ken

Thanks! But I found out I still had the 1.0 version on and needed to replace that with the 2.5 version. "one of those days!"

 

[holo88]

is there still a chat thingy? if so how does it work? i just d/l'd this and there aren't any instructions (aside from installation).

-edit-

n/m found it

 

[cuteand89]

this is great... thks

 

[grouchpunk08]

Whoa man the clock gadget is great. I'm using skin number 2, and it meshes nicely with my other gadgets. I'd rep you, but there aren't any scales in this thread (idk why)