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noob skinner
Topic Started: Apr 13 2004, 09:28 AM (520 Views)
kerwyn
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hi i want to make skins and i don't know the first thing about it whats the best way to learn!
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COR72Z
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You need a 2D program ,to play very fast with the gradients..
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Simon
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bleh..
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Check this.
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Steve
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I learned using this!
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Simon
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bleh..
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Here are some tools for you.
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COR72Z
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Simon
Apr 13 2004, 05:29 PM
Here are some tools for you.

yeah but he needs to make gradients first
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Vipre
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Or you could just get them from the internet...like www.solidsnakedesigns.com
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kerwyn
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how do i get gradients?
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Simon
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bleh..
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Anmar Samir
Apr 13 2004, 05:49 PM
Simon
Apr 13 2004, 05:29 PM
Here are some tools for you.

yeah but he needs to make gradients first

lol no you dont...you can skin with pure color (and btw Eric is the best person i have seen make a non-grad skin). Anyway there are some gradient tutorials in skin tutorials/FAQ ;)
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I make my in Photoshop. And they own ;)
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AgnosticAngel
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Yeah start with just the basic css making a simple all color skin to get placement and color scheme mastered. I just looked at someone's css and figured out where what went then made my own by editing the default css.
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thx for helping me i have made my first skin
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but i have a bit of a problem i put a pic in the backgroung and it was working first off all but now you cannot see it at all can u help?
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html { overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; }

form { display:inline; }

img { vertical-align:middle; border:0px }

BODY { font-family:Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #555555; margin:0px 10px 0px 10px;background-image: url(http://www.cosmosstudio.net/Jyou_wallpaper.jpg); }

TABLE, TR, TD { font-family:Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #330099; }

a:link, a:visited, a:active { text-decoration: underline; color: #111111 }

a:hover { color: #465584; text-decoration:underline }

fieldset.search { padding:6px; line-height:150% }

label { cursor:pointer; }

img.attach { border:2px outset #EEF2F7;padding:2px }

.googleroot { padding:6px; line-height:130% }

.googlechild { padding:6px; margin-left:30px; line-height:130% }

.googlebottom, .googlebottom a:link, .googlebottom a:visited, .googlebottom a:active { font-size:11px; color: #3A4F6C; }

.googlish, .googlish a:link, .googlish a:visited, .googlish a:active { font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; color:#00D; }

.googlepagelinks { font-size:1.1em; letter-spacing:1px }

.googlesmall, .googlesmall a:link, .googlesmall a:active, .googlesmall a:visited { font-size:10px; color:#434951 }

li.helprow { padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 10px 0px }

ul#help { padding:0px 0px 0px 15px }

option.cat { font-weight:bold; }

option.sub { font-weight:bold;color:#555 }

.caldate { text-align:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:11px;color:#777;background-image: URL(http://www.cosmosstudio.net/Jyou_wallpaper.jpg );padding:4px;margin:0px }

.warngood { color:green }

.warnbad { color:red }

#padandcenter { margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;padding:14px 0px 14px 0px }

#profilename { font-size:30px; font-weight:bold; }

#calendarname { font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; }

#photowrap { padding:6px; }

#phototitle { font-size:24px; border-bottom:1px solid black }

#photoimg { text-align:center; margin-top:15px }

#ucpmenu { line-height:150%;width:22%; border:1px solid #345487;background-color: #F5F9FD }
Panel (my controls)

#ucpmenu p { padding:2px 5px 6px 9px;margin:0px; }

#ucpcontent { background-color: #F5F9FD; border:1px solid #345487;line-height:150%; width:auto }

#ucpcontent p { padding:10px;margin:0px; }

#ipsbanner { position:absolute;top:1px;right:5%; }

#logostrip { border:1px solid #345487;background-image: url(http://www.cosmosstudio.net/Jyou_wallpaper.jpg ); }



#submenu { border:1px solid #003399;background-color: #336699;font-size:10px;margin:3px 0px 3px 0px;color:#3A4F6C;font-weight:bold;}

#submenu a:link, #submenu a:visited, #submenu a:active { font-weight:bold;font-size:10px;text-decoration: none; color: #3300CC; }

#userlinks { border:1px solid #0099CC; background-color: #0066CC }

#navstrip { font-weight:bold;padding:6px 0px 6px 0px; }

.activeuserstrip { background-color:#003399; padding:6px }

.pformstrip { background-color: #003399; color:#336699;font-weight:bold;padding:7px;margin-top:1px }

.pformleft { background-color: #336699; padding:6px; margin-top:1px;width:25%; border-top:1px solid #0000FF; border-right:1px solid #336699; }

.pformleftw { background-color: #336699; padding:6px; margin-top:1px;width:40%; border-top:1px solid #0000FF; border-right:1px solid #336699; }

.pformright { background-color: #336699; padding:6px; margin-top:1px;border-top:1px solid #003399; }

.post1 { background-color: #111111 }

.post2 { background-color: #111111 }

.postlinksbar { background-color:#D1DCEB;padding:7px;margin-top:1px;font-size:10px; background-image: url(http://invisionfree.com:54/style_images/1/tile_sub.gif) }

.row1 { background-color: #330099 }

.row2 { background-color: #336699}


.row3 { background-color: #0066CC }

.row4 { background-color: #003399 }

.darkrow1 { background-color: #3300CC; color:#0066CC; }

.darkrow2 { background-color: #0066CC; color:#333399; }

.darkrow3 { background-color: #0000CC; color:#3300CC; }

.hlight { background-color: #336699}

.dlight { background-color: #003399 }

.titlemedium { font-weight:bold; color:#333399; padding:7px; margin:0px; background-image: url(http://invisionfree.com:54/style_images/1/tile_sub.gif) }

.titlemedium a:link, .titlemedium a:visited, .titlemedium a:active { text-decoration: underline; color: #3A4F6C }

.maintitle { vertical-align:middle;font-weight:bold; color:#003399; letter-spacing:1px; padding:8px 0px 8px 5px; background-image: url(http://invisionfree.com:54/style_images/1/tile_back.gif) }

.maintitle a:link, .maintitle a:visited, .maintitle a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #333399 }

.maintitle a:hover { text-decoration: underline }

.plainborder { border:1px solid #000000 ;background-color:#000000  }

.tableborder { border:1px solid #336699;background-color:#000000 ; padding:0px; margin:0px; width:100% }

.tablefill { border:1px solid #345487;background-color:#F5F9FD;padding:6px; }

.tablepad { background-color:#F5F9FD;padding:6px }

  .tablebasic { width:100%; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; margin:0px; border:0px }

.wrapmini { float:left;line-height:1.5em;width:25% }

.pagelinks { float:left;line-height:1.2em;width:35% }

.desc { font-size:10px; color:#434951 }

.edit { font-size: 9px }

.signature { font-size: 10px; color: #339 }

.postdetails { font-size: 10px }

.postcolor { font-size: 12px; line-height: 160% }

.normalname { font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #003 }

.normalname a:link, .normalname a:visited, .normalname a:active { font-size: 12px }

.unreg { font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #900 }

.searchlite { font-weight:bold; color:#F00; background-color:#FF0 }

#QUOTE { font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #465584; background-color: #FAFCFE; border: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px }

#CODE { font-family: Courier, Courier New, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #465584; background-color: #FAFCFE; border: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px }

.copyright { font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px }

.codebuttons { font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }

.forminput, .textinput, .radiobutton, .checkbox { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }

.thin { padding:6px 0px 6px 0px;line-height:140%;margin:2px 0px 2px 0px;border-top:1px solid #FFF;border-bottom:1px solid #FFF }


.purple { color:purple;font-weight:bold }


.red { color:red;font-weight:bold }

.green { color:green;font-weight:bold }


.blue { color:blue;font-weight:bold }


.orange { color:#F90;font-weight:bold }

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8/10.very nice for a first skin!!change the boader colour to black#000000 B)
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kerwyn
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k problem solved thx for all your help
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alot of defults but dont all our 1st skin have defults? I know mine did ;)
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