Vostradamus Widgets 3.4 (Freeware)
Requirements: SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.x , VGA/WVGA or QVGA/WQVGA Resolution
Overview: Widgets and customizations for Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.



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What is Vostradamus Widgets Manager?
Vostradamus Widgets Manager is a serie of scripts to handle all my widgets, keeping them comfortably on the storage card and “activating” them inside Mobile Shell only when you need them.
Please note that the widgets will use device memory ONLY when activated, otherwise they’ll be simply stored on the memory card.
This new way of managing my widgets is better than the previous one for several reasons:

- No more countless entries in the “uninstall programs” window
- Comfortable interface to activate/deactivate any widget, any time
- Possibility to activate widgets on single basis: for example you can activate just the red digital clock Cats if you want it, you don’t have to install the whole color package including the colors you don’t need….
- Optimized usage of device memory (see previous point)

PLEASE NOTE:
If you have any of my widgets version 2.xx, please do the following before installing the Widget Manager:
- Uninstall all my 2.xx widgets
- Uninstall my Tools package too if you have it
- Delete the registry key “HKLM\Software\Spb Software House\Shared\Spb Menu\WidgetPackages\Spb.WidgetsZioGian”

How to install:
For the first install, you will need to download:
- Vostradamus Widgets Manager
- Vostradamus Base Widgets Library (qvga or vga according to your device)
- Vostradamus XML Definition file

Now, how to proceed:
- Install Vostradamus Widgets Manager NOT ON DEVICE MEMORY. Just choose to install it on memory card or any additional memory your device has (that's because the Widgets Manager itself is not large, but the Widgets Libraries will be)
- Extract the base widget library anywhere on your device
- Extract the XML definition file in Widgets Manager folder
- Run Vostradamus Widgets Manager
- Choose the "Update XML definition file" option
- Wait for it to be done
- Choose the "Add Widgets package to Library" option
- Select the widgets library file you previously extracted
- Wait for it to be done (it may take a while, that library contains all my widgets so far)
- Done! Now you can activate all the widgets you want (using the appropriate option)

(Of course I tested the software before releasing it, yet it's its first release so I could have missed some (minor?) bugs here and there, please bear with me and, in case you notice something odd, report it in this thread)

Any future release will only comprehend:

- Widgets Library Package with only the new additions
- Updated XML Definition File

so there will be no need to redownload everything all the times (unless for some reasons there's a significant update of the Widgets Manager itself or the existing libraries, of course)

ChangeLog:
(08 Mar 2010)
Widgets Manager 3.4:
- Added command to create “null” shortcuts in start menu\programs\vostradamus\null links. These shortcuts are to be used with the special combined Titled Panel Widget
- Minor BugFix: Fixed an issue which sometimes caused the category lists to not be correctly sorted

Widgets Libraries:
New Widget Library containing
· Digital Clocks pack Neon Small (white, blue, cyan, green, red, yellow) - (made on request)
· Digital Clocks pack Transparency Square/Circle 2 (black, cyan) - (made on request)

Widgets-wise this is not a big update, I know. I fulfilled a couple requests and took the chance also to test the adding of new libraries to the Widgets Manager.

More Info:

Download Instructions:
Vostradamus Widgets 3.4 (W)VGA  Download file from DepositFles.com
Vostradamus Widgets 3.4 (W)QVGA  Download file from DepositFles.com
Mirrors:
Vostradamus Widgets 3.4 (W)VGA Download file from ExtaBit.com
Vostradamus Widgets 3.4 (W)QVGA Download file from ExtaBit.com

Nice Release. +5 WRZ$ Freeware Reward. Category: Today Screen.

@Azot63

looks like you made a couple mistakes in the description

- the first screenshot (the menu) is outdated: it's not the menu in version 3.4

- the changelog is partially wrong: the part about the widgets manager is ok, but the part about the widgets library is dated 01 March 2010, released together with version 3.1

didn't check the linked files, hope the content is correct

Perhaps I am doing something wrong but would anyone please be able to enlighten this poor sole as to what I am supposed to do as the file contained in the zip has the extension of .wzg - I haven't a clue what too do with this.
Please can anyone advise.

Thanks,

Yep: this could surely be more user-friendly.

I'm sorry some of you don't find it user friendly enough... surely if the main post was complete (like my original post on xda) it would be clearer...
I'd suggest to visit my original thread on xda to better understand the whole thing, not to mention that the main application package (i.e. Widgets Manager, the wzg files are just widgets libraries to be used with the manager) has a small manual inside too (yes, it needs reading though... lol)

EDIT: just checked the links... of course someone does not get how to use it.... the linked files are ONLY the base widgets libraries.... not even what's mentioned in the description... not much one can do with them without the main app

The application is made of:

- Widgets Manager (main app)
- Widgets Libraries (the one in the first post is only the starting one, without the latest updates)
- Xml configuration file (to be installed using the widget manager)

I don't mean to sound rude but.... the thread author made quite a mess
I STRONGLY suggest to visit my original thread on xda to get the whole thing