iPod Touch Themes -- How-to

1. Find an image that you want to use as your background or make it yourself.
2. Use an image editing software to make it 320 x 480 Pixels
3. If your image editing software can save as a PNG file skip step 4-6.
4. If your image editing software does not support saving in PNG format go to this link http://www.download3000.com/download_9302.html to download Imagicon.
5.After downloading install it. Then open up Imagicon go to options. Then Image Transform then click use pixel dimensions the put 320 x 480.
6. Then go to options, Save mode, Then click .PNG format.
7.Create a folder with the name of the Theme.
8. Name the image for the Background "Wallpaper"
9. Make another folder in the them folder called Icons. You can either use premade iconsfrom another theme or make your own.
11. Then ssh this into your Ipod in private/var/root/library/summerboard/themes
12. Go into Summerboard on your ipod and change the theme to the one you made.
13. Now you have your own Theme
Below is an example theme folder http://tylerhusted.googlepages.com/exampletheme.zip

How to make Icons:
1. Find an image or make your own picture 60x 60
2.If you use an image for icons use step 5 above only change the size to 60 x 60
3.make the icon name the name of the application.
4. Use imagicon to make it a .png file. Step 5
5. Put it in Your Icons folder
You now have your own icons.
To make dock
1.Make an image or take an image
2. Resize the image to 320x 91 pixels
3. make it a .png file using imagicon
4. Save the file as Dock and put it in themes folder
To make a Status bar
1.Make an image or take an image
2. Resize the image to 320x 20 pixels
3. make it a .png file using imagicon
4. Save the file as Status Bar and put it in themes folder




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