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book of shadows desktop widget

January 4, 2011 3:46:13 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

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 #1 January 4, 2011 3:47:22 PM
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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.

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Reply #2 January 4, 2011 4:11:01 PM
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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.

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Reply #3 January 4, 2011 7:07:34 PM
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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.

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Reply #4 January 4, 2011 7:24:44 PM
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ahhhh very cool! thanks for that phoon and Bry.. ill look into it. xxxxx

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Reply #5 January 4, 2011 7:43:28 PM
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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.....

You are correct....sounds awesome!!

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Reply #6 January 4, 2011 8:26:28 PM
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sounds awesome!!

To put it mildly. I would so love to see that. Good luck with it Kitty.

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Reply #7 January 4, 2011 10:15:45 PM
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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.

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Reply #8 January 4, 2011 10:39:54 PM
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Quoting Vampothika,
reply 7
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.

No Desktop Gadgets is something else. You will need DX Pro, if you want Gadgets.

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Reply #9 January 4, 2011 11:51:04 PM
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okay no worries, ill get dx pro.

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Reply #10 January 5, 2011 7:21:14 AM
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Cast a spell on Koop, he might send you DX Pro.......

I'd heard you were a bit of a Bitch  er........ Witch.

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Reply #11 January 6, 2011 4:01:28 PM
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omg you will pay for that! i hear you like boney m Bry............

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Reply #12 January 6, 2011 4:24:55 PM
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You don't scare me...............

 

(Although Boney M ARE quite scary!!) 

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Reply #13 January 6, 2011 7:28:17 PM
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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?

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Reply #14 January 7, 2011 12:26:40 AM
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nah just making them up myself

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Reply #15 January 7, 2011 1:48:32 AM
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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....

Look here

 

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Reply #16 January 7, 2011 2:09:04 PM
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Anyone else remember this?  https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktopx_widgets/233/

So friggin' awesome!

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Reply #17 January 7, 2011 2:59:32 PM
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Check the January Desktop thread. 

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Reply #18 January 7, 2011 3:42:11 PM
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https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktopx_widgets/233/

Paid a visit to this thread. Found my nic inserted in comment #3 dated 2004. I left a note to have it deleted.

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Reply #19 January 7, 2011 4:40:04 PM
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Paid a visit to this thread. Found my nic inserted in comment #3 dated 2004. I left a note to have it deleted.

 

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 "/".

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Reply #20 January 7, 2011 5:25:29 PM
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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 #21 January 7, 2011 5:34:02 PM
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wow awsome links, ill be purchasing dx pro next payday and will get cracking on this....we need more fun stuff by the looks of things

and zu....that aluminati gizmo really is cool!!

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Reply #22 January 7, 2011 8:02:36 PM
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Thank you Arileen Design. Thought I was seeing things.

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Reply #23 January 8, 2011 10:24:25 PM
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I did something close to this with a radio widget. It was a Christian station I linked it to and it would display Bible verses in it's main window and I could adjust the frequency with which they changed.

Still, nothing beats my iZuba-Meter! With inspirational messages from the man himself.

*Yes, it is an actual widget and working.

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Reply #24 January 8, 2011 10:33:03 PM
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Quoting PoSmedley,
reply 23

Still, nothing beats my iZuba-Meter! With inspirational messages from the man himself.
*Yes, it is an actual widget and working.
Please submit or send.  I will be happy to provide input for you to output. Better yet . . we'll modify it to pull data from a locatione we can update,  

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Reply #25 January 9, 2011 10:01:01 AM
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That would be really cool. lol

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