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Mrmatch
01-03-2007, 10:01 AM
i figured that someone should make a general thread about skins so i started one :p

Skin install guide (if sum1 wants to submit a better one please do)

atm full skins are not that easy to install as the program get the skin for each page from its local directory's rather than just 1 directory (HINT HINT) so you have to edit the program files and find the correct folder for each page's skins

the skin folders
C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Media Center\core\skins
C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Media Center\software\Files\skins
C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Media Center\software\Music\skins
C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Media Center\software\Pictures\skins
C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Media Center\software\Video\skins

you then have to copy the new "default" folder to each location. currently there is no portal for skins but i may set one up on my site (watch this space...ish...thingie)
skins are not a huge priority atm as the program needs fixing first.

if you want a skin i'm sure the make will dump the files somewhere for you

My Mario skin
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/Mrmatch/Wii%20media%20center%20skins/mario-home.jpg

Files page (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/Mrmatch/Wii%20media%20center%20skins/mario-files.jpg)
Music page (yay i got it to work properly) (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/Mrmatch/Wii%20media%20center%20skins/mario-music.jpg)
Pictures page (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/Mrmatch/Wii%20media%20center%20skins/mario-pictures.jpg)
Software page (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/Mrmatch/Wii%20media%20center%20skins/mario-software.jpg)
Video page (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/Mrmatch/Wii%20media%20center%20skins/mario-video.jpg)


does anybody know hoe to change the background in the music area? it seems to be made up of multiple background sections but i am unsure as how to cut up my background (500X300) to fit it... its just the background of the music section.

dc3fanboy_nl
01-03-2007, 11:05 AM
My first skin: :)

Screenshot 1:
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9545/screenshotskin01to3.jpg

Screenshot 2:
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6397/screenshotskin02sy6.jpg

Screenshot 3:
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5325/screenshotskin03ts8.jpg

wiiednico
01-03-2007, 07:16 PM
my skin is coming it will look a lil bit like the xbox NMS Multimedia 1.3 skin.

Dlstblb
01-03-2007, 10:31 PM
one thing i noticed is dont make your pics to big in file size or the loading time will be weird, it will load the default, then your skin which kinda ruins the look. Maybe make your images jpeg or other smaller pic formats

ajay_wilson
01-03-2007, 11:04 PM
Here is the skin i have been working on, still not finished yet. Hope you guys like this. Will upload my skin as soon as its complete. Great media centre guys, cant wait until its fully functional

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3046/mediaiq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)