Hi Ken,<br><br>as many have already noted:<br><br>1) copy a working theme from /usr/share/mythtv/originalthemetitle to /usr/share/mythtv/yournewthemetitle<br><br>2) edit the themeinfo.xml file in your favorite editor and change the title there to any you like. This is the title later shown in your frontend.<br>
<br>3) start learning some of the basics by editing small things (one at a time) in the file base.xml. This file is used as the "root" of all themes. Most themes then inherit the settings made here into the subsections (also called screens) like recordings.<br>
<br>4) comment everything you have learned (with <!-- this changes XYZ in screen YZX -->) as it allows you to relearn it fast if you don't edit the file often.<br><br>5) make use of the <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development</a> wiki. It contains up to date information on what settings can be used in each screen. <br>
<br>6) don't get frustrated, as some screens (mythmusic comes to mind) is not fully converted to the new MythUI way of theming.<br><br>7) set a keybinding to reload the theme, that way you don't have to "<code>kill -USR1 $(pidof mythfrontend)"</code> all the time.<br>
<br>8) sometimes you need to clear the theme cache to make your changes visible (rm ~/.mythtv/themecache/* -r)<br><br><div id=":1z"></div><div id=":1z"></div>