Concept II - The Heat Below 1.0.0

BMan1959, you have really great graphics - but unfortunately I see considerable flaws for my claim to a good theme on the functional level and this affects your entire current series.

You use the tags "dna 75c" and "dna 100c" first in the posts.
Nevertheless, both the menu item "Powerbank" and (constantly visible) the evaluation of  4 battery cells can be found in the theme without restriction. What shoud that? A car won't get any faster if I put a "turbo" sticker on but none is installed.
So either separate themes should be created for the chipsets, or you can set about designing the theme in such a way that only what is actually available is displayed.

It's meant to be a generic "for all" devices granted one wouldn't use the power bank on a single 18650 or 21700 mod as the DNA 75C can't provide this function that's why you can't select it on those devices. The cell display is for those devices which use 3 to 4 cells. I'm currently using my Rebel DNA 250C mod with three 21700 batteries installed (yes it's big) and there are a few devices released in the last year with four cells. The aforementioned explanation is in respects to those devices however I personally don't see the need for a four cell device and my Rebel 3x 21700 mod seems to be pushing the limits for myself in respects to size. I personally would like to see more functionality to the Theme Designer pertaining to statements of "if then else" and as a programmer for many years it would be easy to implement those features especially if they included a slide out or collapsible feature which would be nice however we as theme designers are limited to both our imaginations and physical constraints to screen size and memory and the capabilities of the software. I'm currently working on a radically different user interface hopefully to be released before the end of the year. Thank you for your input.

You could create a wallpaper pack with a sample of the different backgrounds shown without any text and some directions on how easy to swap from one background to another. Or even 3 wallpapers per theme and tell 'em to choose one? I think I'm pretty close to done having to approve all these for a few days. 

Edit: Or just put some of these as 'updates' to originals. Like you had a Thelema theme with a green DNA strand. Nothing was Thelema specific, but now you have a Concept 2, same DNA strand ....... that could easily just be an update, and requires no approval  

26 minutes ago, BMan1959 said:

granted one wouldn't use the power bank on a single 18650 or 21700 mod as the DNA 75C can't provide this function that's why you can't select it on those devices

Then don't show it. Use a conditional. Same for the batteries. The functionality is already there.

A wallpaper pack is a good idea however considering the highlight colors differ from one background to another most people who download wouldn't know which colors to choose as a lot of people (not sure how many) simply load the theme and upload it to the device so they are provided as a separate download. If there is an issue as to posting a few themes and they aren't approved then it's up to whomever to make that decision I simply posted them for other people to use as my only enjoyment is that someone likes them.

20 minutes ago, Wayneo said:

Then don't show it. Use a conditional. Same for the batteries. The functionality is already there.

Again the cell count display is only provided as a "generic" display of the cells. I did mention in the credits section that anyone is free to modify any of the themes as they see fit pertaining to N/A it's that way for a reason and it's there only for information purposes only. Having two additional cell's shown above the usual two is not a big issue.

48 minutes ago, BMan1959 said:

A wallpaper pack is a good idea however considering the highlight colors differ from one background to another

Hey, that could be a grouping right there. 3 or more in a grouping that changing the wallpaper, or selecting from the 3 choices will all look good.

I would suggest gwyar's theme to look at, but I don't want to confuse you. But if you look at any one of the 'clean colors' themes, he selectively shows how to hide or show accurate batteries. You can do that for both the label name and the field. Or read this post of his (shortlink) https://tinyurl.com/yjrh6b6c

Just trying to be helpful.  

vor einer Stunde schrieb BMan1959:

Having two additional cell's shown above the usual two is not a big issue.

... At the latest when a non-existent power bank function is displayed as a menu item, the fun stops for me - and showing or hiding this as a condition is not rocket science.

The limitation for power bank to be hidden will be addressed in my upcoming user interface however for now if one tries to enable it on a 75C device it will simply be left unchecked and not useable on the 75C device. It should be stressed that my current themes are “generic” in a sense they could be used on all devices and I’m sure that most who have downloaded them to use are more than likely a general user looking for something more than the stock theme. My upcoming user interface will be geared more to the purist.

vor 5 Stunden schrieb BMan1959:

... however for now if one tries to enable it on a 75C device it will simply be left unchecked and not useable on the 75C device.

Then we want to hope that the less experienced user doesn't think that the theme or even its mod are defective ... 

Very few theme authors think about such things. It is so easy to implement, especially with regard to the power bank function: Condition "capable" => no => hidden. And then the power bank function is gone from the menu - no questions, no confusion.

Edited August 22, 2021 by gwyar