Tips and tricks for PocketBook - Page 4

poshm · 01-19-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by language gamer

Anybody have tips/tricks for downloading, installing, and editing themes?

No tips as such but I remember someone else asking about themes recently so will give a few pointers.

Themes basically change the display of your pocketbook and namely the menu page. You can find other themes in a zip file in this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66786

While your PB is connected to your computer, install the themes. Copy the .pbt files over to: your pocketbook drive | system | themes

And then on the PocketBook itself you will need to select your theme by going to Main Menu | Appearance | Theme

There is some more info on themes here which I had to get google to translate from Russian:
http://translate.googleusercontent.c...ketbook/themes

Ulli · 01-19-2010, 07:08 PM

Here are some links to themes:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...8&d=1262980929
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...9&d=1262980964
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...0&d=1262981002

Dunno if the language is saved in the themes, perhaps your PB is german now :/

language gamer · 01-20-2010, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poshm

No tips as such but I remember someone else asking about themes recently so will give a few pointers.

Themes basically change the display of your pocketbook and namely the menu page. You can find other themes in a zip file in this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66786

While your PB is connected to your computer, install the themes. Copy the .pbt files over to: your pocketbook drive | system | themes

And then on the PocketBook itself you will need to select your theme by going to Main Menu | Appearance | Theme

There is some more info on themes here which I had to get google to translate from Russian:
http://translate.googleusercontent.c...ketbook/themes

Thanks for the help. There are some pretty good themes here and at the Russian site there is apparently everything you need to create themes, although I haven't managed to do it yet.

The main advantage is that some of these themes don't just change the appearance, but also change the configuration of the main menu, changing the button options and layout.

brecklundin · 01-30-2010, 11:44 AM

Sticky Tips and tricks for PocketBook

Maybe it is the lack of sleep for two days now, but why does that title with tag seem, well kinda norty?

norciom · 02-01-2010, 10:00 AM

The fred/minifred theme for Pocketbook allows you to see more then the last 2 opened books.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...0&d=1262981002

TheHutt · 02-05-2010, 07:46 AM

Here one tip from me:

- If you select start/end logo by random, you will occasionally get the standard "Bookland" logo as well. If you do not want to have it this way, just call one of your custom logos "bookland.bmp" and place it in the "system\logo" folder, as usual. It will override the built-in Bookland logo.

Ea · 03-19-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kacir

That was the discovery that prompted me to create the thread.
I was looking for a tool to convert ttc to ttf and I kept finding pages with detailed steps for installing the "Vista fonts" on Linux. Many of those detailed walk-throughs included script that simply renamed the CAMBRIA.TTC to CAMBRIA.TTF, so I gave it a try. And since PocketBook basically runs generic Linux stuff ... it worked. Perhaps even Guys In Kiev (TM) do not know yet that it works ;-)

I had some .otf fonts I wanted to try. They also worked when I renamed them to .ttf.

norciom · 04-07-2010, 08:50 PM

If you have a lot of books using View->Easy can help by greatly reducing the number of pages you have to go through.

mtravellerh · 04-08-2010, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by norciom

If you have a lot of books using View->Easy can help by greatly reducing the number of pages you have to go through.

Thanks, great tip!

Ea · 04-08-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by norciom

If you have a lot of books using View->Easy can help by greatly reducing the number of pages you have to go through.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If I press 'view' in the file window I just get the options: list, details and thumbnail. And I can't find any 'view' in settings.

IndecisiveMe · 04-08-2010, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If I press 'view' in the file window I just get the options: list, details and thumbnail. And I can't find any 'view' in settings.

That's what I get when I hit 'view', too. But I'm using the standard PB360 installation software. Maybe this is with the wrist page turn version of FBreader, which I haven't gotten around to installing yet.

norciom · 04-08-2010, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ea

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If I press 'view' in the file window I just get the options: list, details and thumbnail. And I can't find any 'view' in settings.

I have the latest firmware version.

Guns4Hire · 04-13-2010, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ea

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If I press 'view' in the file window I just get the options: list, details and thumbnail. And I can't find any 'view' in settings.

Thats exactly what I have as well. Nothing in there says 'easy'.

Logseman · 04-14-2010, 04:31 PM

Maybe the firmware is translated into Romanian and the list view is called "easy"?

norciom · 04-15-2010, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Logseman

Maybe the firmware is translated into Romanian and the list view is called "easy"?

Careful investigation seems to suggest it's not the new firmware but the theme I'm using. It's named five and I fished it out of the ebook forum.

Made a screen shot of how the "Easy" view looks like and the theme is in the zip file.

Warning. Selecting the view "Easy" and then changing to a theme that does not have that view will make your book list invisible but selectable. To fix it just select one of the views that exist.

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01-19-2010, 07:08 PM	#47
Ulli (-: Posts: 667 Karma: 1310 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Frankonia Device: PocketBook 360°,302	Here are some links to themes: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...8&d=1262980929 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...9&d=1262980964 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...0&d=1262981002 Dunno if the language is saved in the themes, perhaps your PB is german now :/

01-30-2010, 11:44 AM	#49
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	Sticky Tips and tricks for PocketBook Maybe it is the lack of sleep for two days now, but why does that title with tag seem, well kinda norty?

02-01-2010, 10:00 AM	#50
norciom ego Alpha et Omega Posts: 59 Karma: 898 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Romania Device: Pocketbook 360	The fred/minifred theme for Pocketbook allows you to see more then the last 2 opened books. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...0&d=1262981002

02-05-2010, 07:46 AM	#51
TheHutt Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 1200 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Pocketbook 360°	Here one tip from me: - If you select start/end logo by random, you will occasionally get the standard "Bookland" logo as well. If you do not want to have it this way, just call one of your custom logos "bookland.bmp" and place it in the "system\logo" folder, as usual. It will override the built-in Bookland logo.

04-07-2010, 08:50 PM	#53
norciom ego Alpha et Omega Posts: 59 Karma: 898 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Romania Device: Pocketbook 360	If you have a lot of books using View->Easy can help by greatly reducing the number of pages you have to go through.

04-14-2010, 04:31 PM	#59
Logseman Orisa Posts: 2,001 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	Maybe the firmware is translated into Romanian and the list view is called "easy"?