i created a couple of themes. i put them up on my site. i linked to the jad files, but when i click "get link" i just get a bunch of text. the same thing happened when i tried to install the theme reader OTA. is there some special way you have to do this that tells the blackberry to install?

you can check my work here:

My WAP Site

thanks for any help

sorry, i forgot to mention that i am now on an 8703e, so does that affect my ability to install new themes? i can't get them to install with the desktop sync either

the .jad file is the starting point that you post as the link for people to point to with the BB browser. You'll also need to place all the .cod files onto the server. The .jad file is a package listing of all the files the OTA action will need to download-- so after you make .jad file set, do not change any filenames because they are all encoded in the .jad file. The number of .cod files depends on how many graphic elements your particular theme has. Some of mine had 4 and some had 10 .cod files.

the server needs to have some things enabled. I know that Apache servers are the preferred ones. You also need a file to tell the server how to handle requests. This is a .htaccess file. Note there is nothing preceeding the initial "dot" in the filename. The file needs to have this contents (build with a text-only editor like Notepad):

AddType text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad
AddType application/vnd.rim.cod cod
AddType application/java-archive jar
AddType audio/adpcm adp

This file needs to be in every folder you create on the server with .jad and .cod files. Again, the file name is everything inside the quotes ".htaccess".

I have also found that you must use the OTA installation of the Theme Reader application for OTA themes to work. Seems like a bug but I repeated it in testing. So, upload them too and place a link for users to grab them.

The active link is to the themename.jad file

Hope this helps?

i have the cod files there too. this does help, so there is no file name? the .htaccess is the file extension?

sorry for the silly questions

SRL7741

This is such a great explaination of what to do. You are a real value member of this board.

no file extention. If you have a web interface/control panel you can access for your site just create the file from within the panel and add the content from your text file.


thanks Koleary

i added the .htaccess file to the webserver, but it is still not working. in the folder for the theme reader i have three files:

.htaccess (with the code you provided)
com_plazmic_theme_reader.cod
com_plazmic_theme_reader.jad

the link points to the jad file, but i still get the same text as if i was trying to open it with a pc. you said that there were things that needed to be enabled on the server so that i can do this. is it easy to get it done or is it something that my hosting company is probably going to say "no way"?

edited:
ok this is weird. when i go to install the theme with the desktop manager i click on the theme reader alx file and it give me an error "No Additional Applications For Your Device Found". are the plazmic theme reader and themes not compatible with the 8703e?

Well, i'm now confused here. I re-checked your web site (link you provided) and it seems to work ok for me. Of course i cancelled the download b/c i have a 7100i but it was working just fine now.


As far as the 8703? I'm not sure.......but i don't think you can? Poll other 8703 users and ask. I may be wrong about that phone.

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thank you. you have been a great help