Skins, and assorted goodies

The Un-Official WindowBlinds/SkinStudio Documentation Project

 

Documentation for skinning WindowBlinds using Skinstudio is sorely lacking. The intention of this thread is to gather as much info as possible about the subject.  I think a few rules need to observed, to keep this thread on track.

1. Keep the chit-chat to a minimum.... any comment that doesn't contribute to the purpose of this thread, and threatens to hijack it, will be deleted.

2. If you have a question, begin the comment with QUESTION:

If you have an answer to a Question, begin your comment with ANSWER to #xx: (#xx being the post number of the question)

If you have a tip, start the comment with TIP:

You get the idea.

3. Please do not post a solution if you're guessing. Be sure you know what you're saying is correct, otherwise you're not helping anyone.

 

4 I would like to see images in this thread only when that would help explain the problem or solution, BUT optimize your images before you post them here.

Use jpg, and compress until it hurts.

Learn to use the image insertion feature before you post the image. (I don't want to see a bunch of red X's) (You can't uploaded images from your harddrive)

Your image should only show the relevant parts of the skin, or SkinStudio interface. (NO FULL DESKTOP IMAGES!) Some of us are on dialup.

If you don't know how to use the feature, or how to optimize jpgs, don't ask in this thread, start a new one in the HELP section.

 

Hopefully we will have most of our top skinners contributing to project... you know how you are..

LET'S DO IT!  Who will be the first to contribute?





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on Jul 13, 2004
Question: My all programs arrow does not line up properly in the start panel. What can I do?



Answer: The alignment of the all programs button is related to the font size used in the all programs background. The larger the font, the higher the left margin value should be.
In windowblinds configuration there is a setting to increase font sizes. I think this is causing the oversized all program arrows to align differently on some systems.
on Aug 23, 2004
Just figured I'd put this one in here:

Citizen DanielMD - 8/23/2004 3:26:40 AM
TIP: If you want to change the height of the taskbar in XP, try adding/editing the top and bottom content margins on the taskbar buttons (And also quicklaunch ones too if you use them).


on Sep 30, 2004
QUESTION: i can't get the common tasks to show in my skin..they preview just fine in SS but does not appear in explorer, although everything seems to be fine

QUESTION: there is no way os skinning the two arrows ">>" is tehre ?

QUESTION: I have problems with some of the progress bars, the ones in windows like copy files, download files etc. show up just fine but some don't work fine - like the ones when an installer extracts - it just gets black or like this one in cute ftp . what's wrong?
on Sep 30, 2004

QUESTION: i can't get the common tasks to show in my skin..they preview just fine in SS but does not appear in explorer, although everything seems to be fine


ANSWER: If you're using translucency on anything other than the Up/Down arrors, this could be the cause of your problem.


QUESTION: there is no way of skinning the two arrows ">>" is there ?


ANSWER: They can't be skinned.

on Sep 30, 2004
i ain't using neither transparency nor translucecny...
thanks anyways
on Nov 02, 2004
QUESTION: i can't get the common tasks to show in my skin..they preview just fine in SS but does not appear in explorer, although everything seems to be fine

answer...if any of the images are blank(like a completely transparent .tga) or have translucency checked tho they are .bmp's...shellstyles can disappear.
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