Please read the theme description carefully and make sure you have Ubuntu Tweak installed. There is an option to change the buttons position. Your second problem, I don't get it... What's the problem? Are you a Linux beginner?

Really sorry if you don't understand what I said, I'm french. Themes doesn't need "Ubuntu Tweak" to change button position, it's an option to write in the index.theme. And SmartRadiance buttons haven't "ugly" borders, I said there are like your Smart-Light theme (no border, no orange background), do you mean your Smart-Light buttons have ugly borders ? After the install of your SmartRadiance theme on my PC, I compared the installed theme and your screenshot : - buttons aren't the same (no border, no orange background) - buttons aren't on the left I only wanted to know why, and if it was a problem on my PC or in the theme archive. Really sorry for trying to help. Am I a linux beginner...? Strange question... Why ? Is your theme only designed for experimented users ? But, yes, I am probably a linux beginner, under linux for 4 years, developper for 10 years and which know how simply and properly install a theme under Gnome (and simply doesn't mean "drag & drop the folder" or manual copy to an hidden theme folder...). Again, really sorry, I think I will follow your the second advice of your description and make my own theme instead of trying to help some kid. Regards,

Ok, now I get it. Why dont you said that at the beginning? I have the same problem not only with my themes but with almost any other non-ubuntu theme. Thats way I'm using Ubuntu Tweak, and that's because Canonical introduced a new design for Ubuntu. I supposed you are a beginer because you insisted with this problem. Maybe it was better to let users choose their borders. I wanted the theme to be complete.

Ok I resolved the problem by adding the line "ButtonLayout=close,minimize,maximize:" (without quotes) at the end of the index.theme file. It might be usefull to other ubuntu users.

Oh, mistake, I'm talking about a gnome bug XD Sorry ;)

Its not my fault. As I said in the description, I have used Homosapien online Customizer. Im not the metacity creator You can use Ubuntu-Tweak to change buttons positions

Thank you ! :) Good job by the way ;)

np :) you're welcome

i know, but on DA you can upload only zip/rar files. I think Ill pack the "SmartDark" folder in tar.gz

Inside the zip archive is a folder "SmartDark". Drag this folder onto the Appearance window. Then right click the panel, choose Properties, tab Background, and select my "panel_bg_24"

Me too cant install when i drag the folder it says: installation failed: cant recursively copy directory I then switched to root and copied the directory in /usr/share/themes and when i select the theme from the appearance window it does not display like your photos here instead it displays another ugly theme :( what am i missing here?

create a folder called ".themes" in your /home/username and copy SmartDark folder to ".themes"

yes .. that worked perfectly thanks and good work.

1. Uncompress the .zip archive 2. Select the "SmartDark" (or "Smart_GTK") folder (which contains a gtk-2.0 folder, a metacity folder and an index.theme file) 3. Compress this SmartDark folder to the archive format "tar.gz" to obtain, for example, a "SmartDark.tar.gz" file (zip format doesn't work) 4. Drag this tar.gz archive into the Appearance window 5. Select the new Smart theme

Thanks for your help, this is a good alternative as well. I was flummoxed by the lack of tar.gz, but it's a great idea to make one from the unzipped folder

Thanks, this worked a treat! Your theme is very beautiful. I've been an admirer of your wallpaper designs for some time now and before I installed this theme, my wallpaper was one of your karmic nature themes. You've obviously got a flair for design, keep up the good work.

I'm glad you find this good.

thanks!