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Awesome!

NoBugS - you have provided this community with a totally awesome addition - please keep up the good work! You are well on the way, but still a bit of a distance to to.

The target for the tool must be those with a graphical eye but with no interest to learn the nitty gritty. Essential for this would be:
Start new project - implement a blank Skin with all the relevant basic screens in place.
Template library - An outline of the relevant components for the selected screen. The Blue skin works OK for the purpose but it's more an implementation rather than a template so an "unfleshed" version of the Blue was more what I had in mind. I guess this task would be mainly for a skinner whereafter you could implement the library function.
References to the Wiki for the different components to be able to read up.
Any kind of validation that would indicate structural problems in the page or project (mostly relevant for the old skins that the existing producers should reference so ensure that are compliant with the format). Many HTML editors have such functions so there are axemples to use for reference.

I tend to find that several of the skins I download have flaws that annoys me. The PM3Sexy is a favourite but it has missing pieces; recorded TV isn't displayed. The guy that took the PM3 and modified it, seemingly cannot fix it (as he does the kind of use existing and patch it to be nicer as been referenced before as a common method). It also seems like there are green elements in the tvrecorded.xml which I understand it indicating a non-implemented element, right? So it takes the skinning business close to the people who could do it with a good enough tool, but there are still a few miles to work before you can meet for real.

So PLEASE keep up the GREAT work!

<blockquote data-quote="PontusBerg" data-source="post: 544050" data-attributes="member: 98338">Awesome!NoBugS - you have provided this community with a totally awesome addition - please keep up the good work! You are well on the way, but still a bit of a distance to to.The target for the tool must be those with a graphical eye but with no interest to learn the nitty gritty. Essential for this would be:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Start new project - implement a blank Skin with all the relevant basic screens in place. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Template library - An outline of the relevant components for the selected screen. The Blue skin works OK for the purpose but it's more an implementation rather than a template so an &quot;unfleshed&quot; version of the Blue was more what I had in mind. I guess this task would be mainly for a skinner whereafter you could implement the library function.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> References to the Wiki for the different components to be able to read up.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Any kind of validation that would indicate structural problems in the page or project (mostly relevant for the old skins that the existing producers should reference so ensure that are compliant with the format). Many HTML editors have such functions so there are axemples to use for reference.</li>
</ul>I tend to find that several of the skins I download have flaws that annoys me. The PM3Sexy is a favourite but it has missing pieces; recorded TV isn't displayed. The guy that took the PM3 and modified it, seemingly cannot fix it (as he does the kind of use existing and patch it to be nicer as been referenced before as a common method). It also seems like there are green elements in the tvrecorded.xml which I understand it indicating a non-implemented element, right? So it takes the skinning business close to the people who could do it with a good enough tool, but there are still a few miles to work before you can meet for real.So PLEASE keep up the GREAT work!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="PontusBerg, post: 544050, member: 98338"] [b]Awesome![/b] NoBugS - you have provided this community with a totally awesome addition - please keep up the good work! You are well on the way, but still a bit of a distance to to. The target for the tool must be those with a graphical eye but with no interest to learn the nitty gritty. Essential for this would be: [LIST] [*] Start new project - implement a blank Skin with all the relevant basic screens in place. [*] Template library - An outline of the relevant components for the selected screen. The Blue skin works OK for the purpose but it's more an implementation rather than a template so an "unfleshed" version of the Blue was more what I had in mind. I guess this task would be mainly for a skinner whereafter you could implement the library function. [*] References to the Wiki for the different components to be able to read up. [*] Any kind of validation that would indicate structural problems in the page or project (mostly relevant for the old skins that the existing producers should reference so ensure that are compliant with the format). Many HTML editors have such functions so there are axemples to use for reference. [/LIST] I tend to find that several of the skins I download have flaws that annoys me. The PM3Sexy is a favourite but it has missing pieces; recorded TV isn't displayed. The guy that took the PM3 and modified it, seemingly cannot fix it (as he does the kind of use existing and patch it to be nicer as been referenced before as a common method). It also seems like there are green elements in the tvrecorded.xml which I understand it indicating a non-implemented element, right? So it takes the skinning business close to the people who could do it with a good enough tool, but there are still a few miles to work before you can meet for real. So PLEASE keep up the GREAT work! :thx: [/QUOTE]