Friday Feature – 9 April
Today we’re looking at 2 themes – variations for QVGA and WVGA screens!
Based on the endlessly popular LCARS Star Trek UI, theme builder genei09 dropped Treking for high res screens on the Sweeter Home theme list a little while ago, then updated this to TrekingForBuild7 which had some small updates due to a change in the Sweeter Home springboard framework.
Then dethduck got up and edited the theme down to a QVGA size released as Treking320; the perfect compliment to genei09′s version.
Find them in the Sweeter Home theme list:
- Search for “Treking”
Theme Previews: You’re doing it wrong
April 8, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
Well, not all of you are… but a LOT of you are doing it wrong. When you upload your Sweeter Home theme to the theme browser on the Sweeter Home server (that’s the list where others can view and download your themes) a screen shot of your theme in edit mode is automatically added as the theme preview. The problem there is that your theme is now presented to others like this:
Not so good. Using this method you’re not presenting how your theme actually looks in active mode.
Here’s what you should be doing when sharing your themes:
- When you’re ready to share your theme with the Sweeter Home world, choose an active screen that looks great
- Hit the menu button and press More
- Press Screen Capture
- Make sure Use as Preview for upload is checked
- Press Save
- THEN go into Edit Mode and upload the theme immediately
Choosing a good preview that really represents the best your theme has to offer is the difference between getting 20 or so downloads, or thousands of downloads like the themes below.
Friday Feature – 26 March
March 26, 2010 by Lemon · 5 Comments
And… Friday Feature is back!
This week we have a 320×480 (G1, Magic, Moment etc) theme from signals23, called TF3Dv2.
Find it in the Sweeter Home Theme List:
- Search Author: “signals23”
- Search Themes: “TF3Dv2″
Read more at signals23.blogspot.com
Back on deck… mostly
March 24, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
Hi everyone. Yes, I’ve been very quiet lately. This has been due to me moving house (which was a total mission), the death of a work mate, and flooding at work thanks to the worst storm in 80 years leading to us relocating the entire business!
I’m back on completing (slowly) the Sweeter Home documentation (want to help?) and planning some tutorials for new users to work through which will get them building faster. Have ideas for some basic tutorials? Leave them in the comments!
I fly to NZ this Friday night to visit family for 10 days so will be mostly off the grid until after that. Once I’m back you’ll be getting more videos and tips & tricks.
Thanks crew. I miss you! lol.
PS – ThrillhoRedux is updated and you guys have pushed it into the top 20 downloaded themes: THANKS!
PPS – I’m lining up to get a Nexus One or a Desire in the next couple months, which means I’ll be hitting you guys with high res themes soon-ish!
ThrillhoRedux
March 22, 2010 by Lemon · 14 Comments
*Updated
Due to popular demand here’s my SH2 version of Thrillho: ThrillhoRedux. This version offers a slightly longer menu list as well as clean Growl inspired springboards. Enjoy.
Built for G1, Magic etc.
Find it in the Sweeter Home Theme List:
- Search Author: “Lemon”
- Search Theme: “Thrillho”
Planned:
- Search widget
- Extra buttons on SMS, Contacts, Agenda with direct links to apps
- PSD dev kit for you guys
Looking for editors
I need help with editing and adding to the official Sweeter Home documentation. This is a user project but editors will be chosen by me. To participate you need to be a full time Sweeter Home user, with good theming skills (looking for power users) and you’ll need to have examples of your written support (doesn’t have to be Sweeter Home specific).
Please don’t harangue me if I don’t choose you, or get back to you. I only need one or two contributors and the decision to choose or not shouldn’t be any indicator of your skills or passion about SH. 
If you’re interested please post in the comments on this post. Leave your SH user name and any links to forum or blog posts etc where you show organised written communication skills. I’ll contact you back via the email address you use in the comment form.
Sweeter Home 2 Beta – NEW BUILD
March 3, 2010 by Lemon · 4 Comments
There is a new beta build now up that contains bug fixes and a couple of small feature additions.
PLEASE UPDATE TO THIS LATEST VERSION:
Sweeter Home 2 BETA [UPDATE] Download
This build contains bug fixes, improved memory handling, and some new widget handling.
Important info:
- Please ensure you download and install the correct build for your phone (1.5, 1.6 or 2.0+).
- If you experience bugs or crashes please log them!
- Remember this is a BETA with all that beta means and entails.
If you’re new to Sweeter Home:
- On starting the app create an account and log in
- Sweeter Home Forums
- Sweeter Home Documentation (work in progress)
- Sweeter Home FAQ
- More!!!
Apologies
February 18, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
Hi all. Apologies for being light on posting lately. Things at work have gone bananas and will continue like that for about another month. As well as this I’m also trying to find somewhere to live – so at this stage real life is eating up most of my free time.
I’ll still be posting Friday Features, and once my life is back under control I’ll be getting some more videos and tutorials up for you all.
Keep following me on this blog, and on Twitter.
Friday Feature – 12 Feb
February 12, 2010 by Lemon · 3 Comments
Today we feature not one theme but three! These themes are by ookamikuroi and all three are in the top 20 most popular themes on the Sweeter Home theme list as of today.
Built for Droid.
Left to right they are: SimpleModified, Manitou and Kuroi.
Find it in the Sweeter Home Theme List:
- Search Author: “ookamikuroi”
- Search Themes: “SimpleModified”, “Manitou”, “Kuroi”
Friday Feature – 5th Feb
February 5, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
This week we feature MetalDock by rufinorosado. As well as using a slick custom dock graphic, rufinorosado has shown great creativity in dealing with a paradigm of Sweeter Home and using it to an advantage of his design. Sweeter Home requires ‘blank’ screen space to drag from screen to screen, so here we see an arrow tab which allows you to swipe to the bottom screen revealing the apps tray. It’s a great solution, looks cool and works well. (You can see the tab in mid-swipe on the right below). MetalDock is available for download now.
Built for G1/Magic (320×480).
Find it in the Sweeter Home Theme List:
- Search Author: “rufinorosado”
- Search Theme: “MetalDock”
Read more and post comments:
http://www.sweeterhome.com/boards/10/topics/1291