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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spongedoor" data-source="post: 412645" data-attributes="member: 87004">I havent started the design yet but I'm thinking something like xface where its quite eye friendly n glossy.I heard you can edit xml files but i dont know what anything means when i open it up.  Is it possible to say 'I want this information <movie info> to be placed here (wherever i want, top left or bottom or middle) at this size (maunually chosen) and the movie picture at this size and location with these buttons' do you follow what i mean?I have so many ideas for layouts n such that I think i would like to write a plugin like moving pictures.. its just that moving pictures doesnt group films such as 007 into a folder like the normal videos does (shares) but shares dont use fanart.. I also want to do something with actors where it will grab all the films they starred in and highlight ones available to watch.. also with the character name.. so i can see in the rocky info that sly stallone is also in rambo (for instance) but i do not have rambo as its not highlighted but he is in the highlighted cobra.. this will be in the sly stallone page that has been generated along with his downloaded biog (imdb) then i can rate him so when i look at actors by rating he is toward top.. it downloads so many actors that i wouldnt look for.. especially japanese films lol...so what are plugins written in? I think i will dive right into that idea I just said using current skins and edit them for layouts later.. i know it sounds brave but this needs to be done!I found <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/manual/MediaPortal1_Development/PluginDevelopersGuide?highlight=%28skin%29%7C%28own%29#HowtowriteapluginforMediaPortal" target="_blank">this</a> I looked in xml for basic home.. i dont understand what id is etc.. i get the x,y height width but thats all.. and the image file used.. just a few things i need to lookup.. but hopefully a new plugin will be started soon!!</blockquote>

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