I can't point you in the direction of an advanced skinning guide, but I can tell you that the way most people have learned is just by looking at other skins and how they do things. Take a look at xFace/Monochrome/Aeon (the parts that are done)/Spinsafe/etc and you'll learn a lot more than what you'll find in the wiki.
To answer one of your questions, a stackLayout allows you to group controls and position them all at the same time as one "stack" of controls. I'm pretty sure that when you group controls, you can then assign a predefined layout to position them in. I'm not really sure what other layouts exist, though. |