Skinning WB help...

Oh and as i didn't use the wizard at the start how can i add my details, name to it etc?

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The mouseover is in (on right) Miscellanious, colors (on left) menus, look for the ones that say (xp only)
The min,max and close buttons will be in (on left) Window borders, titlebar buttons.
To add your info just highlite on the left the first icon called "skin name" and an the left you will see the info you can edit

Thanks Knatzz i'll try it out

Why the Apoc?

the Min, Max and Close buttons are located on the left tree Window Borders/Title Bar Buttons.
To change the mose over color of the menu list. Open the Miscellaneous folder on the left tree, then clik on the Colors folder, now... on the right tree click on Menus and change the color on Highlighted Text (XP only) This will also change the background of the All Programs button.
To add your Name, email, special notes, etc. Click on Tools (on the top bar) and then Preferences. On the Author tab, you can change or add the skin information.

Dam...Knatzz beat me to it. >

Hmmm i cant seem to find anything to edit my details in it or how to change the mouse over colour. Managed to skin the buttons but they dont change when i try to apply them

Ok, Ive been making scrollbar buttons in PhotoS with the Bevel/emboss/drop-shadow/etc... I noticed in PSP there is a buttonize tool for creating buttons...Would that be easier to use than bevel/emboss in PS... And is there a buttonize tool in PS like in PSP?

Everything ok now apart from the buttons...still cant apply them

Yes Event PS has it too

You should be able to edit your details by doing what I said, maybe you misunderstand me? You can also edit them in notepad or from the code view in SS. It's the first section either way. "Menu highlighed text (XP only)" should change the mouseove color. If you want an image there ad "Panel Item Background" You want mouseover titlebar buttons? You need to add another button with a "link to" the original button.

its sorted now just cant get the min max and close buttons to change once i've edited them

Did you start with the LUna skin?

yeah from windows skin template

Ok, there are mouseover buttons in that skin too, check through all the buttons and make sure that every one has the image you made assigned to it. If not change the image or delete the button, whichever you prefer, might want to make a backup somewhere about now if you haven't already.

Thanks for the help, cant get it to work so gonna give up.

Hope you try again, and I hope I didn't confuse ya too much! WB skinning can get very frustrating. The best thing to do is to look at other skins and see how they did it.

Ok so im addicted and can't leave it, i keep getting the message "Section "BUTTON" does not exist or does not contain the 'BUTTONIMAGE1' attribute...what do i do?

could you post your skin somewhere? or send it to me? I might be able to help more if I could see it. Just make sure you have the image assigned to the button. And keep in mind this is the hardest of the things to do. [email protected]

ok i'll sort that out thanks

ok i've sent it

Got it, I'll email ya in a while

Thank you, really appreciate it

I applied a skin i was working on and now the Show common tasks in folders has gone and i cant get it back, any ideas?