Skinning Questions from a Newb (1 Viewer)

TE5LA

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I want to work on a skin, so I'm using the stock Blue Wide skin for learning. I have a few questions:


1) Can I merely rename the skin's folder and perhaps change the line in the reference file and have the skin work?

2) How can I find out which fonts in the fonts.xml file are used in which places? Is there some standard for this?

I may have more questions as I get deeper. Any tutorial links would be welcomed.
 

Spragleknas

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    If you rename the folder, MP will treat it as different skin. I think most skins have evolved from Blue2. I'd say the best way to approach a new skin is:
    - Copying the content of Blue3wide or another skin that you want to build on to a new folder w/different name
    - Get to work! :D

    Regarding tutorials, I'd say the wiki is a good start, although it does not cover everything. There are also often comments in XML-files

    You should also check this out: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...request-here-48/there-need-skin-editor-69561/
     

    TE5LA

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    If you rename the folder, MP will treat it as different skin. I think most skins have evolved from Blue2. I'd say the best way to approach a new skin is:
    - Copying the content of Blue3wide or another skin that you want to build on to a new folder w/different name
    - Get to work! :D

    Regarding tutorials, I'd say the wiki is a good start, although it does not cover everything. There are also often comments in XML-files

    You should also check this out: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...request-here-48/there-need-skin-editor-69561/
    Thanks, but don't you have to change some references to account for the new folder name? When I changed it, the movies section wouldn't load because it was looking for something with the original name.
     

    Harley

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    No,

    you can make a copy from Blue3wide and rename it to something like "my skin". then you can choose your skin from configuration. Thats all, now you can work on your skin, like you want.

    Harley:)
     

    TE5LA

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    Guess I'll keep my questions in this thread.

    On the home screen of Blue3wide, there are the silly-looking cartoon characters to the left, which are PNG files of 460x460. I changed the file and increased the size, but it seems restricted by a setting in an XML file (yes, I deleted cache).

    Does anyone know which file has these parameters?
     

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