Customize menu themes

everyone probably knows this:
i wanted a simple single menu for a 'one chapter' type project.
e.g., Brushstroke... /Library/Application Support/iDVD/...
i wanted to remove the drop zone (the was only one). you can show contents on a theme and start experimenting with removing whatever you want, rinse, repeat.
i simply removed the the Patch file of the DZ1 and also the patch file that make s the highlight over the main play button, save as favorite. put files back and youre all set! the only patch i had to keep out until after burn was the button highlight.
the two folders i played in are BrushstrokeDZ1.pox and then shopwing contents (again) of Brushstroke-Main.theme and inside that BrushstrokeButton.Media.pox.
you can probably remove some entire dirs but i just went for specific files and did not work back to find out.
ymmv

Hi Ted!
I am pretty sure that not everybody knew that!
Thanks for taking the trouble to post it here!

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[SOLVED] XFCE customize menu help: applications and directory menu

I've been trying to make some progress with customizing XFCE menus. There are two menus I'm trying to create, listed below.
Yes, i have read http://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu
No, I'm not saying I understood all of it.
1. I want to have a custom Applications menu that lists all installed applications, without categorization. Preferably alphabetical. I'm guessing it has a lot to do with adding a lot of <include> directives.
Here's what I've tinkered with so far, which produces categories of apps.
<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
<Menu>
<Name>Xfce</Name>
<DefaultAppDirs/>
<DefaultDirectoryDirs/>
<DefaultMergeDirs/>
<Include>
<Filename>xfce4-run.desktop</Filename>
</Include>
<Layout>
<Merge type="all"/>
<Separator/>
<Menuname>Settings</Menuname>
<Filename>xfce4-run.desktop</Filename>
</Layout>
<Menu>
<Name>Settings</Name>
<Directory>xfce-settings.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Settings</Category>
</Include>
<Layout>
<Filename>xfce-settings-manager.desktop</Filename>
<Separator/>
<Merge type="all"/>
</Layout>
<Menu>
<Name>Screensavers</Name>
<Directory>xfce-screensavers.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Screensaver</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Accessories</Name>
<Directory>xfce-accessories.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Or>
<Category>Accessibility</Category>
<Category>Core</Category>
<Category>Legacy</Category>
<Category>Utility</Category>
</Or>
</Include>
<Exclude>
<Or>
<Filename>exo-file-manager.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>exo-terminal-emulator.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>xfce4-about.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>xfce4-run.desktop</Filename>
</Or>
</Exclude>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Development</Name>
<Directory>xfce-development.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Development</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Education</Name>
<Directory>xfce-education.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Education</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Games</Name>
<Directory>xfce-games.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Game</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Graphics</Name>
<Directory>xfce-graphics.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Graphics</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Multimedia</Name>
<Directory>xfce-multimedia.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Audio</Category>
<Category>Video</Category>
<Category>AudioVideo</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Network</Name>
<Directory>xfce-network.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Network</Category>
</Include>
<Exclude>
<Or>
<Filename>exo-mail-reader.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>exo-web-browser.desktop</Filename>
</Or>
</Exclude>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Office</Name>
<Directory>xfce-office.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Category>Office</Category>
</Include>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>System</Name>
<Directory>xfce-system.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Or>
<Category>Emulator</Category>
<Category>System</Category>
</Or>
</Include>
<Exclude>
<Or>
<Filename>xfce4-session-logout.desktop</Filename>
</Or>
</Exclude>
</Menu>
<Menu>
<Name>Other</Name>
<Directory>xfce-other.directory</Directory>
<OnlyUnallocated/>
<Include>
<All/>
</Include>
</Menu>
</Menu>
2. I want to make a different Directory menu, possibly by implicating a custom Applications menu. If I could locate the .menu file for the Directory menu panel item, I would like to make minor adjustments to the menu, and invoke it through the Applications menu panel item.
I should state that what I'm trying to accomplish is
a) to remove the submenu-like options with the Directory menu (open Folder, open in Terminal) to have one-click to open the folder directory
b) to add a label next to the panel icon (aesthetics), which would be accomplished through using the Applications menu panel item.
Edit: clarity
Last edited by heyitstallchris (2014-07-31 02:02:36)

Firstly, I'll tackle menu 1.
No need to create an include line for every .desktop file. Do the following:
$ mkdir ~/.config/menus
$ cd ~/.config/menus
$ touch custom-apps.menu
Edit the file we have just created and populate it with the following:
<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
<Menu>
<Name>Applications</Name>
<DefaultAppDirs/>
<DefaultDirectoryDirs/>
<DefaultMergeDirs/>
<Include>
<Category>X-Xfce-Toplevel</Category>
<Category>Settings</Category>
<Category>Accessibility</Category>
<Category>Core</Category>
<Category>Legacy</Category>
<Category>Utility</Category>
<Category>Development</Category>
<Category>Education</Category>
<Category>Game</Category>
<Category>Graphics</Category>
<Category>Audio</Category>
<Category>Video</Category>
<Category>AudioVideo</Category>
<Category>Network</Category>
<Category>Office</Category>
<Category>System</Category>
</Include>
<Layout>
<Merge type="all"/>
</Layout>
</Menu>
Now just create an application menu panel item and point it to the custom menu file we just created.
This will display every application installed on your system, and any custom .desktop entries you may create (as long as they are set in one of the categories in the menu file). Add or remove categories as you need.
If you want to have the "Run Program" and other "Action" items that are in the default Xfce menu, add a category line for "X-Xfce-Toplevel"
Alternatively, you can forego all the <Category></Category> lines and simply use <All/>
[EDIT] and since this is using garcon (Xfce's menu library), the apps will be in alphabetical order [/EDIT]
Cheers.
Last edited by Padfoot (2014-07-17 09:42:16)

Disc Menu theme and duration of audio file

Hi,
I've downloaded the Disc Menu Theme "Christmas" into my Premiere Elements 12 project.
In this menu I want a song to play in the background, so I imported the song into the Audio part of Menu Background adjustments.
However, the duration is not possible to adjust. It's "stuck" on 13 seconds.
Is this duration set by the menu theme or is it possible to adjust it in any other way?

Trond Skarpeid
This is not a problem specific to Premiere Elements 12 and all menus.
The problem that you have is related to how the Christmas background in the main menu .psd file was created. Its creation is based on a video file with the duration of 13.4 seconds, not a still image.
Your answer could be to replace the original video being used with one that has a duration of 29.29 seconds or to take the original video and extend its duration from 13.4 seconds to 29.29 seconds.
Your target is the christmas_w_mm_bg.mpg or christmas_hd_mm.bg.mpg file in the Christmas Folder in the route
Local Disc C
Program Files
Adobe
Premiere Elements
12.0
Online
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All_Lang
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(V) Christmas
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ATR
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Modifying CSS code to customize a theme

Hello:
I'm trying to change some CSS code to customize a theme for an application. I make my change, upload, and the change takes into effect. I make additional changes, click Apply Changes, and the changes do not take affect.
I then go back to my CSS file, make the additional changes, upload the file, and the changes do not take into effect.
My issue is that some of the time when I make a change to the CSS code, the changes take into effect. Other times, they do not.
I installed Firebug which lets me print the HTML and CSS code for a page that is being currently viewed on the screen. I reviewed the HTML and found the "id" that I want to change. I make my changes, upload the CSS file, and the changes do not take into effect.
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I change the background color for a table. I then want to change the font-color. Instead of displaying both changes; my page reverts to the original colors of the theme.
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The css files you're seeing in your images folder will be referenced within the page templates. As these may be updated with any upgrade to Apex, you should avoid updating these.
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I downloaded the Valentines Day DVD menu theme in Adobe Premiere Elements 11, but won't work

It's downloaded but it won't set everything up like the other DVD menu themes when you click on them. Why is this happening?

pnasty09
Thanks for the reply. How many of the other themes have you tried so that you know it is just this one theme that has a problem?
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Users
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AppData
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Adobe
Premiere Elements
11.0
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ATR

Audio changes for Menu themes

The menu themes in Premiere Elements 12 do not allow a change to the volume on the preset music scores in the Main Menu page; or allow for a change-out to another music choice on the presets for the "Scene Selection" page – how do I do those two things?
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All of the tutorials I've checked, and the manual, show how to alter the pictures, but absolutely nothing about the audio needing to be corrected. :-(

TKpix
Fine-Tuned....
Premiere Elements 12/12.1
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DVD Templates
All_Lang
Entertainment
(A) Art-in-Motion
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Expert workspace
Add Media
Files and Folders
Project Assets
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volume slider there to adjust the music clip volume.
Then Publish+Share/Computer/Audio with Presets = MP3 - High Quality.
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Go back to the (A) Art-in-Motion Folder and move the original Artistic Theme Menu_bg_audio.mp3 from there to a place for
safe keeping, maybe Libraries/Music.
Then move the volume lowered Artistic Theme Menu_bg_audio.mp3 from its save location that you designated at its export
from Premiere Elements to the (A) Art-in-Motion Folder.
Make sure that the name of the music file in the (A) Art-in-Motion Folder is exactly the same before and after all this.
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Download Menu Themes fail - Pre 11

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     Not entirely sure what you are asking.   Just did my first "Instant Movie" downloaded 260 meg of Crystal Glass and it appeared to build correctly.
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IDVD, dvd menu themes

Hi, does anyone know if the iDVD menu themes can be use for commercial purposes?

The ELA used to be more specific about iDVD themes; now it seems to concentrate on the music.
This page: http://www.apple.com/legal/contacts.html gives you contact information for Trademark and Copyright issues. To be safe, why not email them and ask for clarification.
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This is from iDVD Help:
+_Adding text to a menu_+
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user5691644 wrote:
Hi all.
Is there a possibility to customize the menu ? I meant, as a background color, image or a gradient fill.Hello,
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I like to customize my Mac, and my last, probably not possible, idea was to try to change the Time Machine Vortex theme with let's say a moving Spiral (kind of Austin Power's back in time machine). Well, it's just an idea, maybe better will arise ... but I don't know if it's possible.
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Backup the contents of the folder first. However, after that, it's safe to replace any of the images in there with images of the same dimensions and format. As for the OpenGL code in there, I don't know what will happen if you change it.

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