Make and use themes with WinterBoard
intel Mac & PPCSection 3: Changing program icons.
Note: If you replace any graphic with your own custom graphic, make sure you are saving the file as a png, and that it retains the same dimensions as the original. You can try experimenting with dimensions, but your restults may be mixed. Use my graphics location page for the original images for all the stock programs.
There are two methods for changing program icons: the WinterBoard way, and the old SummerBoard way - which WinterBoard still recognizes.
Method 1.
The WinterBoard way is a more proper way, but more time consuming. You should be in your theme folder at this point.
Press the New Folder icon and name this folder Folders.
You should now see this. Go into the Folders folder.
Click the New Folder icon and name this folder AppStore.app (or whatever application folder you would like to replace the icon for).
You should now see this. Go into the AppStore.app folder.
Now copy your new graphic into this folder. Make sure to name it the same thing as the graphic it is to replace. Not all application icons are named icon.png.
Check your work by launching WinterBoard and selecting your theme. You'll have to press it twice: once to unselect it, and again to reselect it, so it'll reload your changes. Then press the Home button. There's my inverted AppStore icon. Delete this icon at this point, unless you want to keep the App Store upside down.
Method 2.
Now I'll cover the old SummerBoard method for program icon changing, which WinterBoard still recognizes. You should be in your theme folder.
Click the New Folder button, and name it Icons Make sure it is being created Remotely and click Create.
Double click your Icons folder.
Now copy your new icons into this folder. Name your icons after the name of the application you wish to replace.
Launch WinterBoard, and press your theme's name twice to reload it. Then press the Home button.
Ready to change the battery icons now?
