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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2026 11:22 am 
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UPDATES AS FOLLOWS IN GALLERY:

Kon Tiki
Nominal
Steampunk Air
Vista Xtreme
Orange Dusk (path fixes)


Added on last newer one - Wireframes.

That's me... as much as I am prepared to do for now. I will add new ones Like "Silver" - I have some lovely textures I want to try out on variations that are not Silver... when I have time.
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It may just be my setup, but the updates did not appear when double-clicking the Xtreme files. I deleted the existing and then installed and it worked fine. as I said, it may just be my setup. Fair warning if anyone else encounters the same issue.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 12:06 pm 
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Few new themes, update to Lapis theme and a few more Program icons in the icon section.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 12:08 pm 
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Nice, thanks...

Eventually - and at this rate apparently sooner than expected - I will tackle the Winstep Gallery and make it public so you can get the download numbers and ratings you justly deserve for all your effort.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2026 11:21 am 
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winstep wrote:
Nice, thanks...

Eventually - and at this rate apparently sooner than expected - I will tackle the Winstep Gallery and make it public so you can get the download numbers and ratings you justly deserve for all your effort.


That's kind of you to say so. The reality is without your product I would have no launchpad to design upon and that is totally sincere. If your application was not coded so well in versatility, I would not have been remotely capable of trying to step outside of the square, so back at you.

I truly did it the same way i have done music for decades, for the sake of it and not for accolades. When I wanted to make money, I played other people's music because people seem to be happier paying for something that is a copy of something they know than an original. If it helps you sell more copies, then I would be happy.
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@JORGE - P.S.. I am not a big fan of how some of the new Win11 Global rescaling display works. What I worked out is it attempts to take everything and rescale it. Good in concept however here's what I worked out where I have run into annoying issues..

If a menu is 400x600 at 100%, rescaling to 125% Global rescaling should make the menu 500x750 but it doesn't. Everything else does and the menu remains the same. Additionally, if the font size in the menu is 12pt, it should also at 125% be 15pt but it also does not. However, it does some really weird shit with the absolute icon placements when I rescale occasionally. I thought maybe it was me doing something incorrectly, but I tried it on several computers. They probably shouldn't have called it 'Global' in my mind, because that means everything in my understanding. No big deal. I have worked around it as best I can.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 12:08 am 
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Latest theme updates in gallery.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2026 11:38 am 
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New Ferrari theme in Gallery.

If my subscription updates after July 31 I'll do some more. If not, that's it.
Ciao Bella.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2026 12:47 pm 
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BassdudeNZ wrote:
If my subscription updates after July 31 I'll do some more. If not, that's it.
Ciao Bella.


What are you talking about? I replied to your message and sent a new Winstep Xtreme license key on 29/06. Check your spam folder.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2026 11:53 pm 
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winstep wrote:
BassdudeNZ wrote:
If my subscription updates after July 31 I'll do some more. If not, that's it.
Ciao Bella.


What are you talking about? I replied to your message and sent a new Winstep Xtreme license key on 29/06. Check your spam folder.

You are not marked as SPAM. It seems Google did it all by itself starting this middle of MAY???...see for your self. They are marked as 'Not SPAM" so no fricking idea though they were put there and not by me. I stopped mailing you because I seemed to get no reply. So I applied the three strike rule. After three of no reply (which you did - I did not get), I ceased emailing on June 30. That should be easy to see in the dates below.
No fricking idea why.
Oh and THANK YOU :D
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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2026 12:14 am 
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Are you sure your reply-to address is correct (it IS the same as the email associated to this account on the forums, so it should be) ?

Have you been receiving notifications from the forum when someone replies to your messages (like now)?

Anyway, I've forwarded you the email with your new license key again, one from my Winstep support address and again from my own personal Gmail address.

Please let me know which ones you got (if any).

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2026 12:23 am 
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winstep wrote:
Are you sure your reply-to address is correct (it IS the same as the email associated to this account on the forums, so it should be) ?

Have you been receiving notifications from the forum when someone replies to your messages (like now)?

Anyway, I've forwarded you the email with your new license key again, one from my Winstep support address and again from my own personal Gmail address.

Please let me know which ones you got (if any).

Yes I received it.

People want A.I ??? Sheesh... It is not the be all and end all for everything. It needs a lot of work still.

See the email to your personal address which I received which will explain everything, it is not you or me ,and I do not share personal email addresses without direct permission
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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2026 12:34 am 
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Told ya, check your spam folder :D

Anyway, all is well when it ends well - you have your new key and now you know where to look for my email replies lol

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2026 2:17 pm 
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winstep wrote:
Told ya, check your spam folder :D

Anyway, all is well when it ends well - you have your new key and now you know where to look for my email replies lol

If it's important, please send from your personal :)
all good. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2026 5:44 pm 
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Can you upload the "Alt Nexus AllProgs #2" to the Icon section of the Winstep gallery again but with a different theme name and filename?

When users try to download that icon pack they get a "404 Not Found" and I am pretty sure it is because of the "#" character in the filename.

DO NOT try to delete the original first, just add the same icon pack but with a different name (e.g. "Alt Nexus AllProgs 2") as I'm not sure what would happen to the database otherwise. I'll take care of it once I have a chance to look at the Gallery code to figure out how to fix this.

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2026 5:51 pm 
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Explanation:

The `#` is the problem, but not because it is inherently invalid in a filename.

In a URL, `#` marks the beginning of a **fragment identifier**. The browser therefore interprets this:

Code:
https://gallery.winstep.net/uploads/1781376795_All programs #2.zip


as a request for:

Code:
https://gallery.winstep.net/uploads/1781376795_All programs


with `2.zip` treated as a client-side fragment. That fragment is **never sent to the server**, so the server looks for the wrong filename and returns 404.

The URL must encode the hash as `%23`:

Code:
https://gallery.winstep.net/uploads/1781376795_All%20programs%20%232.zip

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 Post subject: Re: Theme approach
PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2026 11:41 pm 
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winstep wrote:
Can you upload the "Alt Nexus AllProgs #2" to the Icon section of the Winstep gallery again but with a different theme name and filename?


DONE :)

I gather % would also not be a good choice either? While hashtag certainly is an abbreviation for the word 'number', I get it is also a used to ignore lines in code and to ignore in a HOSTS file etc etc..., a hashtag for social media and other uses. I'll avoid in future. I thought it would read it as a string, not as code because changing a filename is seen as a string/text? Obviously not. Now I know.. Thanks for the heads up.

IN HUMOUR:
It is the most downloaded file of all the files I uploaded and it took 22 failed downloads for someone to say something. 30 years ago it would be called "The clayton's download" - It's the download you have when you are not having a download. :lol: :lol:

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