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Gazette 1.0

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Modified Newspaper Theme Suite Called Gazette for Rainmeter.

NOTE: 

This is a modified take on the Rainmeter Suite that Tatenokai created.  It has been modified for 1920x1080 resolution at 125% scaling for those of us with tired eyes. Much of the code has been rewritten and updated within the skins to rid of deprecation and add updated options.  Wallpaper is included here fav.me/dd2054m. All the credit goes to Tatenokai for creating what is by far my favorite desktop theme.

 

Credits Also To:

hatbocs@gmail.com for Calendar

JpsCrazy for Cigarette

Falconer and droid.delusional@gmail.com for Datebar and Time

AvoidTheSky and JpsCrazy for Gazette Skin

Jessydior for GMail

Janbure for HDD1 & HDD2

Kaelri.LCD@gmail.com for Launchers

Kaelri.LCD@gmail.com and StephStef and Poiru's 'Recycle Bin.ini' for Recycler

easy-art for Notes & System Stats

Natosaurus.Deviantart.com for System Infos

VClouds for Weather

DYIDDO for Planting the Idea to Create the Skin for 1920x1080 at 125%

 

Without these fine folks sharing wonderful skins, posting my first Rainmeter Skin Suite would not be possible.

 

Suite Includes:

 

*Calendar with Link to Desktop Calendar App That Includes Tool-tips with Icons

*4 RSS Feeds on Desktop

*14 Desktop Launchers + Recycle Bin Launcher That Includes Tool-tips with Icons

*GMail Count Parser and Link to GMail That Includes Tool-tips with Icons

*Weather Skin Based on VClouds Weather 2 and Link to Weather.com That Includes Tool-tips with Icons

*Running Pocket Watch and Link to WorldTimeServer.com That Includes Tool-tips with Icons

*Cigarette That Burns Down with Time and Link to Control Panel That Includes Tool-tips with Icons

*Notepad Pop-Up Above United States Army Card and a System Stats Pop-Up Above Drum Card

INSTALLATION:

NOTE: This Rainmeter Suite is Created for 1920x1080 Resolution Scaled to 125%

1. Download and Install the Rainmeter File.

2.  After the Rainmeter Skin is Installed - Locate the Red Gazette Settings Icon
     (Located Between "Daily News") and Enter Variables.
     After Entering Each Variable BE SURE TO CLICK THE SET BUTTON!

     Location is 8 Digit City Code Found by Searching for Your City on Weather.com (Example USWI0777).

     The Location Code is the 8 Digit Code Located Near the End of the Address Bar in Internet Browser.
     After All Variables are Entered "Refresh all" in Rainmeter Manage Panel.

3.  Locate the Triangular Button to the Right of "Weather" and Click to Open Weather Settings Panel.
     Left-Click on the Settings Button in the Weather Settings Panel to Enter Variables.

     After Entering Each Variable BE SURE TO CLICK THE SET BUTTON!

     For the Weather to Fit and Look as it Does It is Strongly Recommended to Only Set The Location

     8 Digit Variable Which Can Be Found by Searching for Your City on Weather.com.
     After Variables are Entered Refresh the Weather Skin.

Enjoy!!!

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Looks great and generally functions well!

Couple issues:

*Note: Followed instructions to left-click on the red icon and hit save after each. Checked in UserVariables.inc and values are being set there.  Also rechecked left-click of red icon and values are there. Refreshed from main Rainmeter admin panel.

1. Time stays in 24H mode even if setting is changed to "I"
     [Note I looked into Time.ini and while it does load UserVariables.inc, it doesn't seem to have code to interpret the value of "H" vs "I" as #Time# is not looked at.
2. Recycle bin is malformed (but clicks work)
3. Gmail stays as "Loading...".