ARPES Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hi all, I am having some trouble in my first attempt at getting a new theme to work in Big Box. I have downloaded the CleanBG theme from the website, and I have followed the video tutorial on Launchbox on how to install a new theme. I downloaded the theme as a zip file (the theme was CleanBG) and unzipped in the "Themes" folder of Launchbox. I can select the theme from the Options -> Views menu, but nothing changes! Is there some advanced steps which i am missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 45 minutes ago, ARPES said: Hi all, I am having some trouble in my first attempt at getting a new theme to work in Big Box. I have downloaded the CleanBG theme from the website, and I have followed the video tutorial on Launchbox on how to install a new theme. I downloaded the theme as a zip file (the theme was CleanBG) and unzipped in the "Themes" folder of Launchbox. I can select the theme from the Options -> Views menu, but nothing changes! Is there some advanced steps which i am missing? Welcome to the community. Are you sure you unzipped it correctly? Some times when you unzip you end up doubling up the folder, when you double click the Cleanbg folder in Launchbox/Themes is there another cleanbg folder inside it? There shouldn't be, there should just be a bunch of folders and files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARPES Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hi there, Yes the zip file unzipped correctly. I then removed the zip file itself from the "Themes" folder and left the resultant unzipped CleanBG folder in the Themes directory. Within the CleanBG folder, there is indeed a number of subfolders and files. Total size of the folder is c.a 58mb. I have attached a pdf image of the two option screens "Views" and "Images" to show what is currently selected/configured in my BB. I did notice that on the tutorial video there were slightly different menu options under the "Views" menu (perhaps a different version of BB?). My current version of Launchbox is 7.1, downloaded around one week ago. The only other modification i have done on the BB interface is to try out a new intro video (splash screen). Cheers BigBox_Config.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARPES Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 ahh hang on , your right, i just found a CleanB folder alongside a "plugins" folder within the CleanBG folder (CleanBg -> CleanBG, Plugins). Ill move this up one level and see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARPES Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 woo hoo! It worked, im such a noobie! Thanks for the help, much appreciated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Lol, no probs. I was just typing out a long response which i have now deleted. Glad you got it working, that often trips people up, they unzip the theme to a folder named the same as the zip, but inside that folder is another one with the same name. So Bigbox is just selecting the parent folder, but the actual theme contents are another folder deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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