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O.P. Half-Blood Prince Skin [Help D: ]
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,

[Image: Untitled.jpg]
(image has been made smaller so it loads)

and I'm pretty happy with that image :D

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. 

[Image: ddd.jpg]

[Image: fdd.jpg]

[Image: ffdff.jpg]

help?

This post was edited on 07-01-2009 at 07:54 PM by totalsanity.
07-01-2009 07:42 PM
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RE: Half-Blood Prince Skin [Help D: ]
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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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.

Okay.. seeing as im kinda new to this would you mind telling me how to do those?
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xml code:
<?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>

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);
}

This post was edited on 07-02-2009 at 05:11 PM by robert_dll.
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Originally posted by robert_dll
xml code:
<?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>

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);
}


I did that, but then the skin doesn't show up in the list of skins on Preferences/Customize!/Skins =/
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RE: Half-Blood Prince Skin [Help D: ]
Is there a trace file in the skin folder?

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Is there a trace file in the skin folder?

nope =/
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RE: Half-Blood Prince Skin [Help D: ]
Could you post you SkinInfo.xml please it's probably an error in there!
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RE: Half-Blood Prince Skin [Help D: ]
I have edited the code, now it should work.
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