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How
to skin Yahoo!
So
you think you would like to learn how to skin Yahoo? One of the
first things required are graphics programs and some basic knowledge
of them. Some examples of graphic programs are: Paint Shop Pro,
Photoshop, Photo Impact (see banner above), and the Gimp (which
is found for free on the net).
For a basic skin of Yahoo (it can get more complicated) you need
to create a total of 11 images. They need to be in .bmp format.
The main background can be a tileable image or one like you see
below for my Lord of the Rings Yahoo skin. This one is sized at
210 pixels by 400. Yahoo has buttons as well. To skin each button,
you can create an image for each of them at 48 x 28 pixels.
background.bmp |
add.bmp |
call.bmp |
chat.bmp |
file.bmp |
ignore.bmp |
invite.bmp |
message.bmp |
voice.bmp |
voiceoff.bmp |
webcam.bmp |
Naming
each image is very important. Below each image above is the name
that you should save them as.
Once
all these images have been created, place them in a folder, perhaps
name the folder to correspond with the name you would like to give
the skin, then place the folder in your C:\ Program Files\ Yahoo\
Meesenger\skins\ folder.
Once
you have the folder with your images named and placed in the correct
place in Yahoo, you can open Yahoo, go to Login - Preferences - Appearance
- and in the drop menu where it says Current Theme, click on the arrow
til you see the name of your skin folder. Click OK, then the program
will have your skin!
Yahoo is by far the most popular skin here at MXskinz. Let me know
how you are doing!
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