Clean - Reloaded

*** Update 1 ***

If you have a computer with a small monitor and a high resolution (high dpi count) you might want to try the 'Clean Reloaded (small fonts)' variation of this theme (clean-reloaded-smallfonts-0.2.tar.gz).
It has smaller fonts and is hopefully better suited for devices like laptops and other portable computers.


*** Update 2 ***

I have updated the theme to version 0.2. The user list now has an explicit white background because there seems to be at least one KDM out there that does not default to a white background for the user list.


KDM Login Theme - Clean Reloaded

This is an unified variant of the 'Clean' KDM themes from Simon Bell.

I did like those themes, however, on my computer, I experienced a few quirks
with spacings and positions. The result is this 'Clean Reloaded' theme.
I changed the layout slightly, cleaned the xml file and used different icons.

Another change is that there is only one Clean Reloaded theme now and not three
as it is with the original Clean themes. Still, all the different backgrounds
from the original themes are included in the 'Backgrounds' subdirectory of this
theme. To change the default background, install the theme and just copy one of
the backgrounds from the 'Backgrounds' subdirectory (or any other image) over
the 'background.png' file that can be found in the theme's directory
(also see items 3.A and 3.B of the installation instructions).

Robert


*** Credits must go to: ***

- Simon Bell for the original 'Clean' themes (Drops, Toffee and Swirl), for the
original readme file and the variations of the three SVG backgrounds
(http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Clean?content=74405).
- Hugo Alves Lobo for his 'Infinity' theme that seems to have started it all.
- Andrew Enyart for the original 'Swirl' SVG.
- Eugene T for the original 'Drops on a blade' SVG.
- Spencer Cutting for the original 'Coffee' SVG.
- Mazenl77 (http://mazenl77.deviantart.com/) for the new icons that I found
via http://www.iconspedia.com/pack/nx10-1-6/, licence is Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).



*** Installation instructions ***

(Optional) Install the 'DejaVu' font set. It is not included because of
possibly unclear licensing terms.

1. Download the theme.

2.A: Automatic installation: Download and install the KDM Theme Manager (from
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=22120) and then point
the Theme Manager to the downloaded .tar.gz theme file.

2.B: Manual installation: Extract the archive and copy the folder to
'/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/apps/kdm/themes'.

Then edit your'/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/config/kdm/kdmrc' file so that
it contains the line 'UseTheme=true' and state the theme you would like
to use with the line
'Theme=/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/apps/kdm/themes/clean-reloaded'.

That's it! You can, if you like...

3.A: Change the theme's background image (pixel variant): Copy the new
background image (of appropriate size to fit your login screen) to
'/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/apps/kdm/themes/clean-reloaded/background.png'.

There are three different background images of varying sizes already
included within this theme (from the original 'Clean' themes).
They can be found in the
'/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/apps/kdm/themes/clean-reloaded/Backgrounds'
directory.

3.B: Change the theme's background image (SVG variant): Copy the new
background image in SVG format to
'/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/apps/kdm/themes/clean-reloaded/background.png'
(and ignore the now wrong filename extension).

Modify the 'clean-reloaded.xml' file in the theme's directory: Exchange
the word "pixmap" with the word "svg" in the sixth line of the file.

4. Set the login background to be the same as the KDM theme background so it
doesn't change so often while logging on:
Go to the KDE Control Center > System Administration > Login Manager, click
'Administrator Mode' and set the background image to be the 'background.png'
file (step 3.A or 3.B) from the theme's directory.

5.A: Change the default user login icon (via KDE's control center):
Go to the KDE Control Center > System Administration > Login Manager, click
'Administrator Mode', go to the 'Users' tab and there choose a new default
picture by clicking on the picture button in the 'picture files' region.

There are two user icons included within this theme. There can be found as
'default1.png' and 'default2.png' in the theme's directory
(e.g. '/usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kdm/themes/clean-reloaded/').

5.B: Change the default user login icon (manually): Rename the picture you want
to use as the default login icon to 'default1.png' and copy it over the
(old default) one in your '/usr/kde/YOUR.VERSION/share/apps/kdm/pics/users'
folder.

Version 0.1 - initial release
Version 0.2 - explicit white background for the user list