Overglossed

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Description:

this theme is the default in
Ubuntu Ultimate 1.8 ,info and download:
http://ultimateedition.info/Ultimate_Edition_1.8/

A very very overglossed theme I made....
I was unsure if I wanted to release it but
I remembered some people liking my other
themes...... Whatever , go here to fix
any browser font problems (for most browsers):
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Darkfix+%28+easy+fix+for+browsers+%29?content=74504
it works like a charm and is very easy to use!
Big thanks to code933k for making it!

package contains gtk and metacity themes
(controls and window borders)

oh, and you can tweak the colors using
gnome theme manager.

!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!

To install:
1.Download the file to your desktop
2.Right click the file and select extract here
3.open a terminal and run this command:
sudo cp -r $HOME/Desktop/Overglossed /usr/share/themes

4.Open the theme manager, you can now
see the Overglossed theme as a theme,
when you click on it , it suggests
taners amazing wallpaper he made for this theme!!
click apply to apply the wallpaper!

the icon theme it suggests is this one:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/black-white+2+Style?content=72619

any problems with the install let me know!!!!

Any suggestions and feedback very welcome!

for the metacity code I used the codebase

of scaled black murrina made by twigsby.
everything else made by me from scratch.


HUGE thanks to artist taner for is exceptionally
beautiful artwork wallpaper!!!!
Last changelog:

11 years ago

0.2 Changed the menubar highlight and re-made the menues (now we have overglassy menues to ;D)

0.3 You can now have white input boxes
(as shown on screenshot 3) cause I changed
some color inheritance (combobox now has
different inhertitance and cursor in
box inherits text color).

0.4 Now comes as a theme, Included taners
amazing wallpaper he provided for this theme!!!

04.08.2008 Taner made a new wallpaper,
It is absolutely fantastic! Uploaded with
that one and changed screenshots.
a HUGE thank you again Taner! You are
the best!

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paintbalforjesus

10 years ago

Great theme, looks amazing, I changed the font color though, to match the blue menus.

Two question:
how did you get the menus to be transparent? I've looked all over the internet and everything says go to the opacity tab in the general options menu of compiz but there is no opacity tab in that menu on mine.

also what do you use instead of gnome now?

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ubuntico

10 years ago

What distro you use? I can say you the parameters to make the transparency effect on Compiz.

Merry Xmas

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paintbalforjesus

10 years ago

I'm using ubuntu 8.10 ultimate edition with the newest compiz from the repositories.

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ubuntico

10 years ago

System-Preferences-

CompizConfigSettingsManager

Opacity-Brightness and Saturation

Opacity

Windows (Edit)

Copy and paste in the respective space the follow line:

(name=gimmie_applet)|(name=gnome-panel)|(type=Menu|PopupMenu|DropdownMenu|Dialog|ModalDialog) -1861

And set the percentage of transparency in the button below

Enjoy it!

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psychok9

10 years ago

I've tried but don't work.
In italian Ubuntu I need italian mame of the windows?

Thankyou

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psychok9

10 years ago

Solved: work without brackets :P

name=gimmie_applet|name=gnome-panel
type=Menu|PopupMenu|DropdownMenu|Dialog|ModalDialog

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TheRob

10 years ago

Thanks!

Yeah I used compiz for the transparent effects....
It was a long time ago since I used compiz so
I don't remember how I did it...

Now I use kde-svn (4.2 branch) and I'm so happy
with
it I have no thoughts of using anything else :)

it shouldn't be hard to find a great tutorial on
how to fix the transparency with compiz

//Robert

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paintbalforjesus

10 years ago

what 4.2 distro do you use, I tried using the 4.1 and was very displeased, couldn't do anything to the bottom bar as far as customization. So I downloaded the neon nightly build of 4.2, it's much better, more customizable, but I'm missing some of the cool plasma applets. I assume this will be fixed in time, just wondering if there was a better beta out now, although the projected time for the release is just about a week away.

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slowrock

10 years ago

hello. Please tell me what is the font name on your menu panel?

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techturkey

10 years ago

I wish i knew too!! and then how would that font be changed to the default system font?

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jmos

10 years ago

This is my favorite theme yet. It looks great and I love the fact that it has color controls.

I like this theme so much that I have made 8 different color variations of it so I can use this theme regardless of what color I am in the mood for.

I have successfully installed this theme on Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse, and Dream. The only distribution that I can not get it to work on 100% is Debian for ppc. The theme installs but it does not change the appearance of the menus and the color controls are not there. It is not the fault of this theme though.

Thanks for the hard work on this theme. I am looking forward to any other themes you create.

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TheRob

10 years ago

Wow man!

Thanks for the huge complients on the theme :D

really glad you have taken the time to tamper
with it and made it fit your needs :)

all the best

//Robert

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ishangopal

11 years ago

hi. I am a new user to linux, so i am not so familiar with it.....

after i type the command you say in the terminal a message comes
"cp : missing destination file operand after '/home/ishan/dekstop/overglossed/usr/share/themes' "

so now what do i do??

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TheRob

10 years ago

if you still have the problem just copy paste
the command from here, no need to type it
manually :)

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autocrosser

11 years ago

Yes--I'm one of the Alpha testers for Ubuntu....Checked in Synaptic & I see that the Pixbuf engine is installed, so I don't know why I am getting the response that the "engine " is not installed".

I am currently using the new 2.6.25-3 kernel & the newest Gnome release--2.23.4--I'm thinking that something has changed in the way that theme engines are defined...I would need to check with the Gnome developer's list to verify that....

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TheRob

11 years ago

hmmm, looks like they have changed the
pixmap engine so my code don't work...

If that is the case all my themes should
have the same problem.

well, it doesn't really bother me anymore
since I don't use gnome anymore :)

//Robert

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autocrosser

11 years ago

I'm not even seeing a listing for a pixmap engine in Synaptic...I've got every engine I can grab & install on my system. If you have a link for that engine--shoot it to me & I'll give it a go.....

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TheRob

11 years ago

hmmm, if your distro is using aptitude
try this:

sudo aptitude search pixbuf

or

sudo aptitude search pixmap

it's usually called either pixmap or
pixbuf....
I know in ubuntu it's called pixbuf :)

hope this helps!

//Robert

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adredz

11 years ago

this is by far the most beautiful and very artistic theme i have seen aside from mac4lin(sorry for the haters). i like its compactness which is how themes should be...thank you!:)

one comment though, the color of the highlight when you click an item is too striking(can't think of a better term)to the eyes. it should be dimmer, IMO.

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TheRob

11 years ago

Thanks man!

The color is very easy to change trough
the theme manager :)

//Robert

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autocrosser

11 years ago

Hi Rob--

Running the new testing Intrepid Ibex & Gnome-appearance-properties 2.23.3...got a warning when I apply any of the overglossed themes: "This theme will not look as intended because the required GTK+ theme engine " is not installed". I thought that the theme engine " was a very interesting one :). Looks like a theme engine needs to be declared?

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TheRob

11 years ago

hmmm, you have pixmaps engine installed?

maybe they have changed the gnome/gtk
so that pixmaps themes don't work anymore....
I have no idea since I'm on kde these days :)

If you have more info please tell me
and I will put it in description :)

//Robert

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Al3JO

11 years ago

First of all, your theme is amazing, its really awesome the style of the menus but im having little problems... when i installed the theme in my pc, the buttons do not appear with the design you have in the picture and the windows are black but not trasparent like yours.how can i get that window and buttons effect?? im using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS hardy heron 64-bit....

Thanks for your help!!!

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TheRob

11 years ago

thanks!

hmm, sounds like you are missing the pixmaps
engine... but I'm not sure... maybe a screenshot?

//Robert

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bitphantom

11 years ago

Great theme man!! Keep at it.

And can anyone tell me if the emerald theme manager requires a VGA Card...mine is not working properly

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11 years ago

0.2 Changed the menubar highlight and re-made the menues (now we have overglassy menues to ;D)

0.3 You can now have white input boxes
(as shown on screenshot 3) cause I changed
some color inheritance (combobox now has
different inhertitance and cursor in
box inherits text color).

0.4 Now comes as a theme, Included taners
amazing wallpaper he provided for this theme!!!

04.08.2008 Taner made a new wallpaper,
It is absolutely fantastic! Uploaded with
that one and changed screenshots.
a HUGE thank you again Taner! You are
the best!

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