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Okay so I have just made my first skin, (yay whoopie!.. okay good feeling gone) and I have some problems. I've been reading now for like an hour and I'm getting no where. This is the code I've done so far,

<SkinInfo>
   <Information>
      <Name>Half-Blood Prince</Name>
      <Description>I have taken my Harry Potter obsession to a new level!
I'm not sad, I'm just dedicated. </Description>
      <Version>1.0</Version>
      <Compatibility>
         <MsgVersion Major="8" Minor="5"/>
     </Compatibility>
   </Information>


   <MessengerSkin>
      <ResGroup>
         <Restrictions>
            <MsgVersions>
               <Version Major="8" Minor="5"/>
            </MsgVersions>
         </Restrictions>
         <Resources>
             <Replace>
                <Graphics>
                   <Pictures>
                      <Picture Id="20061">
                        <File>images/20061.png</File>
                      </Picture>
                   </Pictures>
                </Graphics>
             </Replace>
         </Resources>
     <ResGroup>
   </MessengerSkin>
</SkinInfo>

Now its not a very long code, because all I want to edit is the background of the sign in window. So far that has worked,


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and I'm pretty happy with that image

But then when signing in, its actually changed a bunch of images. I know why I just don't know how to edit it so only the background of the sign in window is changed. 







help?

You need to add a new image, 59000 for example, and change 20061 to 59000 in the code of the logon window. So, you need to replace 947 (definition or style, I don't remember) file.

quote:

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Originally posted by robert_dll
You need to add a new image, 59000 for example, and change 20061 to 59000 in the code of the logon window. So, you need to replace 947 (definition or style, I don't remember) file.

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Okay.. seeing as im kinda new to this would you mind telling me how to do those?

xml code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SkinInfo>
   <Information>
      <Name>Half-Blood Prince</Name>
      <Description>I have taken my Harry Potter obsession to a new level!
I'm not sad, I'm just dedicated. </Description>
      <Version>1.0</Version>
      <Compatibility>
         <MsgVersion Major="8" Minor="5"/>
     </Compatibility>
   </Information>

   <MessengerSkin>
      <ResGroup>
         <Restrictions>
            <MsgVersions>
               <Version Major="8" Minor="5"/>
            </MsgVersions>
         </Restrictions>
         <Resources>
             <New>
                <Pictures>
                    <Picture Id="59000">
                        <File>images/59000.png</File>
                    </Picture>
                </Pictures>
             </New>
             <Replace>
                  <Windows>
                    <Styles>
                        <Style Id="947">
                            <File>styles/msgres_4005_947.txt</File>
                        </Style>
                    </Styles>
                </Windows>
             </Replace>
         </Resources>
     </ResGroup>
   </MessengerSkin>
</SkinInfo>

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Copy the style 947 to a folder named "styles". Open the file, look for:


Element[id=atom(mainwndcontainer)]
{
Background:rcbkd(20061);
}


and change it to:


Element[id=atom(mainwndcontainer)]
{
Background:rcbkd(59000);
}

quote:

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Originally posted by robert_dll

xml code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SkinInfo>
   <Information>
      <Name>Half-Blood Prince</Name>
      <Description>I have taken my Harry Potter obsession to a new level!
I'm not sad, I'm just dedicated. </Description>
      <Version>1.0</Version>
      <Compatibility>
         <MsgVersion Major="8" Minor="5"/>
     </Compatibility>
   </Information>

   <MessengerSkin>
      <ResGroup>
         <Restrictions>
            <MsgVersions>
               <Version Major="8" Minor="5"/>
            </MsgVersions>
         </Restrictions>
         <Resources>
             <New>
                <Pictures>
                    <Picture Id="59000">
                        <File>images/59000.png</File>
                    </Picture>
                </Pictures>
             </New>
             <Replace>
                  <Windows>
                    <Styles>
                        <Style Id="947">
                            <File>styles/msgres_4005_947.txt</File>
                        </Style>
                    </Styles>
                </Windows>
             </Replace>
         </Resources>
     <ResGroup>
   </MessengerSkin>
</SkinInfo>

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Copy the style 947 to a folder named "styles". Open the file, look for:


Element[id=atom(mainwndcontainer)]
{
Background:rcbkd(20061);
}


and change it to:


Element[id=atom(mainwndcontainer)]
{
Background:rcbkd(59000);
}

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I did that, but then the skin doesn't show up in the list of skins on Preferences/Customize!/Skins =/

Is there a trace file in the skin folder?

quote:

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Originally posted by robert_dll
Is there a trace file in the skin folder?

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nope =/

Could you post you SkinInfo.xml please it's probably an error in there!

I have edited the code, now it should work.