Webserver skin for iPad

[fphredd]

Is it possible to have it open directly to Now Playing? Would like to use it as primarily a Now Playing display.

Great work!

[tonysawford]

I don't know why the plugin wouldn't appear. I have had a couple of occasions when the plugin list didn't update even after restarting the server, but after leaving the server to sit for a while everything comes right.

What you could do is download the plugin file directly from:

http://www.simulacrum.net.nz/squeeze/Tablet-1.1.zip

then unzip it, open the HTML folder it contains and put the Tablet folder that is inside that into the /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/HTML folder just as you did before.

Simon.

Hi Simon,

I did what you suggested, but I still have an empty "SJB's Squeezebox Server Stuff" section in the plugins list. I tried restarting the server (actually rebooted the machine) several times, but it made no difference.

What about the other files in the zip file (Plugin.pm, install.xml & strings.txt) - where should they live?

As an aside, could you put the version number of the skin in the About page? That would make it easy to tell whether I'm using the latest version of the HTML, or an old version from my browser cache.

Cheers,
Tony

[blurble]

Is it possible to have it open directly to Now Playing? Would like to use it as primarily a Now Playing display.
Great work!

If you create a Safari bookmark or create an iPad home screen icon while displaying the the Now Playing screen, then when you click the home screen icon or select the bookmark, Safari should open the Now Playing screen directly.

[blurble]

Hi Simon,
I did what you suggested, but I still have an empty "SJB's Squeezebox Server Stuff" section in the plugins list. I tried restarting the server (actually rebooted the machine) several times, but it made no difference.

I think that is because you still have the repository.xml entry at the bottom of the Plugins page. Remove that (it is not needed if you are installing the skin manually) and the section should go away.

What about the other files in the zip file (Plugin.pm, install.xml & strings.txt) - where should they live?

They are only needed for the plugin - they are what makes the skin into a plugin - and so can be ignored if you are installing manually.

As an aside, could you put the version number of the skin in the About page? That would make it easy to tell whether I'm using the latest version of the HTML, or an old version from my browser cache.

Cheers,
Tony

I used to put a version number in the About screen, but after forgetting to update it a couple of times I removed it. I was just one more thing I had to remember to update before doing a release. I'll try putting it back in, but may forget to update it sometimes

[Boomen]

Fantastic.
All icons work now. All the apps have the icons now instead of the question mark and the radio station logo's show up too. (haven't found one yet that is not showing up)

One strange thing in the app screen. On the fourth row there are 3 empty spots. I tried deleting the app before and after the 3 empty spots but they are still there. Not a big deal as I'm happy the icons show up properly now, but just wanted to send the feedback.

I too have the problem from a previous poster with the xml "SJB's squeezbox server stuff" shows up, but there is nothing showing underneath. It did somehow manage to update the plugin as my icons started showing up. Not sure how that happened (I have automatic update off). Just in case I installed manually with the instructions you gave. Only location I could find the plugin in my computer was "C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins\ Plugins"
Is this the correct location on a windows 7 machine?

Thanks again !!!!!

[blurble]

One strange thing in the app screen. On the fourth row there are 3 empty spots. I tried deleting the app before and after the 3 empty spots but they are still there. Not a big deal as I'm happy the icons show up properly now, but just wanted to send the feedback.

I haven't seen that. How many icons do you have on that screen? I have 16 and get either a 4x4 grid in landscape or 3x5 + 1 grid on portrait, with no gaps.

It did somehow manage to update the plugin as my icons started showing up. Not sure how that happened (I have automatic update off). Just in case I installed manually with the instructions you gave. Only location I could find the plugin in my computer was "C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins\ Plugins"
Is this the correct location on a windows 7 machine?
Thanks again !!!!!

I believe that disk location is correct, but since I don't run the server on Win7 I don't really know.

[blurble]

My plugin repository has now been added to the standard list of Squeezebox Server plugins. You should be able to remove the repository.xml entry from the bottom of the Plugins settings page, then check the 'Show all 3rd party plugins' box. Once your server has downloaded the updated list (mine did so after I restarted the server) you should be able to see the entry for 'Tablet skin' in the 'Other 3rd party plugins' section.
This makes the "SJB's squeezbox server stuff" section go away as well.

[mherger]

> I hope you are still monitoring this thread .

I am - only was offline for a few days.

> There seems to be a problem with the change you made in the Nokia770
> skin, and I included in the Tablet skin. Removing the webroot reference
> made some app icons to appear properly, others don't because the URL is
> still not valid. Plugins like RadioTime and SHOUTcast end up with img
> src URLs like:

I'll see what's wrong there. Thanks.

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Michael

[Boomen]

Checked after your post and in portrait my icons show up without the 3 spaces, but in landscape it has 3 blank spots after the last.fm app.
I'll play around with a bit more to see if I can get any more info for you.

[mherger]

> There seems to be a problem with the change you made in the Nokia770
> skin, and I included in the Tablet skin. Removing the webroot reference
> made some app icons to appear properly, others don't because the URL is
> still not valid. Plugins like RadioTime and SHOUTcast end up with img
> src URLs like:

Can't reproduce this issue. I still changed the Nokia770 skin to be more in line with the other skins, using the resizeimage() filter instead of the imageproxy variable.

Please make sure that you're running the very latest 7.6/trunk, as I've checked in some more changes re. file resizing.

http://svn.slimdevices.com/slim/7.6/...&pathrev=31166

> gather from looking at other skins that it is supposed to expand to
> something like 'http://www.mysqueezebox.com/public/' but that is not
> happening. I don't understand where the value of imageproxy is supposed
> to come from. In the few places it is used in other skins it appears to
> be used as a function e.g. imageproxy(width, height).

mysb.com/public/imageproxy is a service on mysb.com we're using to resize external image data. The imageproxy template variable is only set to be used in our JavaScript library. I initially did use it in the aforementioned change to Nokia770 too, but now replaced it with resizeimage. This template filter should automatically create a valid url for any internal or external image url, adding resizing parameters. I introduced it was we saw more and more conditional resizing code in the templates. Please use resizeimage wherever you want to resize artwork on the fly.

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Michael