book of shadows desktop widget
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Vampothika | Discussion: Skinning
Id like to make a book of shadows desktop widget, basically everyday the page will turn and a new spell will be present,
is this possible? and what program would I need, and is it a widget or a desktop gadget?
I will probably need help with coding too..... im looking your way eve.....
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Reply #2 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 4:11 PM
ooooh.... sounds cool! You would need DesktopX for this Kitty, and if you wanted it to be a gadget you would need DX Pro. Gadgets are standalone apps that don't need DX installed, and widgets DO need DX to be installed (but not actually running). I think I'm right in this.....
It all sounds a bit difficult to me, but I'm sure Eve will tell you whether it's possible........
Good Luck with it. 
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 7:07 PM
I've been away from DX for awhile but I would think the best way to do it would be to use a calendar object/widget as the base and simply change the graphic states.
Reply #4 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 7:24 PM
ahhhh very cool! thanks for that phoon and Bry.. ill look into it. xxxxx
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 7:43 PM
You are correct....sounds awesome!!
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 8:26 PM
To put it mildly. I would so love to see that. Good luck with it Kitty.
Reply #7 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 10:15 PM
what about the program desktop gadgets i have that ...does that mean anything? or do i need desktop pro. ill buy it next fortnight if i need it.
Reply #8 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 10:39 PM
No Desktop Gadgets is something else. You will need DX Pro, if you want Gadgets.
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 5, 2011 7:21 AM
Cast a spell on Koop, he might send you DX Pro.......
I'd heard you were a bit of a Bitch er........ Witch. 
Reply #11 Thursday, January 6, 2011 4:01 PM
omg you will pay for that! i hear you like boney m Bry............
Reply #12 Thursday, January 6, 2011 4:24 PM
You don't scare me...............
(Although Boney M ARE quite scary!!) 
Reply #13 Thursday, January 6, 2011 7:28 PM
Sounds similar to the word-a-day widget. Definitely seems possible, as far as displaying a different spell every day and animations, etc.. I think the more complicated part is where you get the spells from. Are you pulling them from a website, or writing them up yourself?
Reply #15 Friday, January 7, 2011 1:48 AM
Could work like the "Wanda" widget in Winstep. Each time it's clicked it gives a different "answer".
Here's a Codex of Wordpress Widgets: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
Or, I went searching and found a verse-o-matic type of plug-in.... looks adaptable... hope it works for you.
http://butlerblog.com/verse-o-matic/
Otherwise, you'll be doing this....
Reply #16 Friday, January 7, 2011 2:09 PM
Anyone else remember this? https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktopx_widgets/233/
So friggin' awesome!
Reply #18 Friday, January 7, 2011 3:42 PM
Paid a visit to this thread. Found my nic inserted in comment #3 dated 2004. I left a note to have it deleted.
Reply #19 Friday, January 7, 2011 4:40 PM
Your name was shown because the poster wrote "/ME" like we do on IRC and coding replaced it by the name of the registered people viewing the page. I Edited it to delete the "/".
Reply #20 Friday, January 7, 2011 5:25 PM
I was just poking around the javascript for the above referenced widgit. It's really well done for what it does. Simple, efficient. I've forgotten how much I love DX and what it can/could do.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 3:47 PM
is it also possible to have animations on each page when its opened as well....?
i personally dont care if it takes me a year to make....its something id love on my desktop.