Theme: CenterSage for SageMC

[bialio]

AH - I should have thought of that. I just assumed anyone using SageMC was using the dynamic menus.

IF you want to use the normal menus, in the theme.properties file towards the bottom this line is commented out :

#Background/Main_Menu=center_sage.jpg

Change it to :

Background/Main_Menu=main_background.jpg

btl.

[scm]

Bialio,

Very Nice! I updated last night and this looks great on my 50" plasma! My daughter loves it (she's only 5), but I have to wait until tonight to see if the wife likes it. I think she will.

One possible minor bug. I played around with minor movement of some features to fit my screen better. In dynamic submenus, I cannot get the text under the focus icon to move down. I can move it up, right, left--just not down. May just be my system.

Thanks for a great job!
Steve

[bialio]

Originally Posted by scm

Bialio,

Very Nice! I updated last night and this looks great on my 50" plasma! My daughter loves it (she's only 5), but I have to wait until tonight to see if the wife likes it. I think she will.

One possible minor bug. I played around with minor movement of some features to fit my screen better. In dynamic submenus, I cannot get the text under the focus icon to move down. I can move it up, right, left--just not down. May just be my system.

Thanks for a great job!
Steve

That's a pretty common bug in the core SageMC - I run into it all the time. One way to work around it is use the number pad (7, 8, or 9) to move the object to the bottom of the screen. Then you can move it up from there.

btl.

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by bialio

That's a pretty common bug in the core SageMC - I run into it all the time. One way to work around it is use the number pad (7, 8, or 9) to move the object to the bottom of the screen. Then you can move it up from there.

btl.

Hey, could you guys give me a list of everywhere you see this happening? I'll try to squash all of these annoying little bugs for the next release. Thanks.

Aloha,
Mike

[bialio]

The main place I saw it happening was moving Icons in the Fixed Focus Free Layout mode around. However, it wasn't 100% of the time. Sometimes it works......

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[cncb]

Great skin - thanks. Is there any way to get the green selection bar when using the standard (text) menu style in the main menu and sub-menus? It seems to be using the blue selection bar from the iTV theme.

[bialio]

I'll take a look.

btl.

[QueOnda]

I haven't downloaded yet. I will this weekend. Looks sharp.

Where is the preview video window placed? Or isn't it?

[bialio]

There isn't a preview video by default.

[evilpenguin]

I just tried this out on my Plasma TV last night and it looked *awesome*, great work!

[Addict]

Out of curiosity, does the SageMC engine allow for animation when transitioning from one option to another? Because THAT would be AMAZING!

<great theme, by the way...very cool interface>

[bialio]

If you are talking about the main menu items (TV, Videos, Music, etc) animating as they circle around - yes. If you don't have animations enabled on your main menu you are missing out!

Settings->SageMC->Main->Global UI Options->Animations

I'd turn them all on if your system can handle it.

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[Addict]

Huh. I know I already have animations on...I wonder what's wrong. I'll double check it when I get home today!

[bialio]

Originally Posted by Addict

Huh. I know I already have animations on...I wonder what's wrong. I'll double check it when I get home today!

There's also a setting at :

Settings->SageMC->Main->Screen Specific Options->Main Menu->Main Menu UI Animations

make sure that's one is enabled also.

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[unkyjoe]

Ok stupid question.

I use SageMC all the time but never delve into the inner workings, how do you get the menus to do the slide thing, all of my menu items are in a row and I scroll up and down.

Thanks for helping the newbie!

[Addict]

Originally Posted by bialio

There's also a setting at :

Settings->SageMC->Main->Screen Specific Options->Main Menu->Main Menu UI Animations

make sure that's one is enabled also.

btl.

Yeah, I'm an idiot. I was trying it on a test client and they weren't all set like my live systems. Wow, SO much nicer with the animation!

[camus]

Originally Posted by unkyjoe

Ok stupid question.

I use SageMC all the time but never delve into the inner workings, how do you get the menus to do the slide thing, all of my menu items are in a row and I scroll up and down.

Thanks for helping the newbie!

I would like to know this too, I can do it vertically but not horizontally.

[bialio]

There are a few steps involved, but none of them are difficult.

1) Apply the .layout file. This changes from the vertical text scrolling you are seeing to the horizontal icon based scrolling that I designed for CenterSage. To do this, while at the main menu, hit the Options key (by default this is mapped to ESC on the keyboard). This brings up a dialog box that has 2 options - you want the bottom option. That will bring up a new dialog box, and the item highlighted by default is "Import/Export" or something to that effect. Select this, and then choose the "Import Main Menu" option. It will bring up a file browser, and you should see a CenterSage folder. Navigate into that folder and select the .layout file that doesn't have "Sub" in the name.

2) Icons - you will probably have to modify the icons for some of the menu items to point to the icons I provided in the theme. To do this, navigate around until you have the icon you want change highlighted. Then hit options (ESC) again. This time you want the top option (Main Menu Options I think it's called). Then select Edit Menu Item on the left side of the screen that pops up, and you should see a "Set Icon" button on the right side. The icons are in the SageMC/Themes/CenterSage/MenuIcons folder - and are named "hover_*.png". Select the icon you want, then back out of the menu.

Very important - you have to save the changes to this in order for it to stick. From the main menu, hit options (ESC) and then under File select "Save Menu File"

That's pretty much it. Just play around with those menu's and you'll see how they work.

btl.

[unkyjoe]

WOW!

Thanks for the help, I didnt even know those options were there!

THanks so much for the help!

[GollyJer]

Anyone else having trouble downloading this theme?