Paladin of the Pegasos
Posts: 1289 from 2003/2/25
From: binaryriot
@tscheko:
how to make a skin:
1. check out existing skins... to understand what's possible and what not, how to build op gadget layout etc.
2. use your favourite paintprogram (pixelprograms are better for this task, e.g. ppaint or tvpaint)
and draw the stuff:
- active window (deselected gadgets)
- active window (activated gadgets)
- inactive window
- screentitlebar
3. when that's done.. put together the gadgets like jupp3 already explained (also see the other skins as example) and save them all in the extra files with certain names (see other skins).
4. test your skin
5. go back to step 2 or 3 if it does not look correct yet or continue with step 6.
6. if the skin okay.. then pack it to a lha-archive and release it on your website (most ppl forget this part
)
regards,
tokai