Topic: Golden 9.1 Skin (Beta 10) (Read 8180 times)

Pink Waters · « **on:** July 09, 2003, 06:51:47 pm »

I really not a profissonal in it but iam trying to publish my own skins i have created !
this is a screenshot of my prograss till now

I won't be late with the updates so here is my first beta of the skin is uploded

download it here http://www.geocities.com/enas64/Golden_beta1.zip

Pink Waters · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2003, 03:08:34 pm »

any ideas and thoughts are welcome of my first beta and so on

here is a screenhoot
http://www.geocities.com/enas64/Golden.JPG

JC · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2003, 03:34:11 pm »

Perhaps my computer is infected with gremlins, but I cannot see the screenshot. This is a common affliction with geocities (as I understand) that prevents external linking to files.

I'm not sure that anyone without authorization from a geocities account can see the screenshots.

knickelfarz · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2003, 03:39:56 pm »

To download the ZIP: Right Click & Save As...

JC · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2003, 03:42:54 pm »

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To download the ZIP: Right Click & Save As...

I didn't have problems getting the zip. I just wanted to indicate that, for me at least, the screenshots are not appearing.

Maybe I'm the only one

BuiltToSpill · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2003, 03:57:56 pm »

I too am unable to view the screen shot... :-/

Pink Waters · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2003, 04:14:11 pm »

noticed that and i will fixed it now!

Pink Waters · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2003, 04:28:47 pm »

Golden Beta2[/u] is here.

Download it here:
http://www.geocities.com/enas64/Golden_beta2.zip

Screenshot:
http://www.geocities.com/enas64/Golden2.JPG

Any ideas and comments are welcomed

StFeder · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:14:23 pm »

Hm, quiet a lot to do, I think.

The text color of the top toolbar should have a bigger contrast to the background.
Scrollbars still in work? I think so, color there doesn't fit to the rest.
The Play control buttons have visible pixel.
Seems, as I've Gremlins, too: The preview isn't working at all (or am I not able to do it?)

All in all a nice skin.

PS: One general queston: is it possible, to enlarge the buttons for shuffle, repeat and DSP studio per skinning?

Pink Waters · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:32:22 pm »

I will try to enlarge them in my next beta StFeder

Pink Waters · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2003, 07:40:28 pm »

Golden Beta3[/u] is here.

History:
-Changed playbar display to #F6F2E2 color
-Changed search bar display to #F6F2E2 color
-Topbar menu font color has higher contrast ( for you StFeder

)
-Added new rating buttons
-Added new TheSkin Image in the skin ( you will find it in the skin manager )

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden.mjp

Any ideas and comments are welcomed

gusr · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2003, 02:20:44 am »

please correct then mjp url

You have:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/Golden_beta3.zip

But the correct is:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta3.zip

Thanks

knickelfarz · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2003, 02:43:45 am »

Mmh, the archive / ZIP file seems to be corrupt

StFeder · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2003, 04:13:55 am »

Thank you knickelfarz for making my wishes coming true ;-)
I would realy like to test the new beta of your skin, but, as you said, the ZIP-file is corrupted. Hope to see a new version up here :-)

knickelfarz · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2003, 04:40:32 am »

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Thank you knickelfarz for making my wishes coming true ;-)

Well, I'm always happy when I can make someones wishes come true

BUT PLEASE NOTICE: The "Golden 9.1 Skin" is made by ToMy00!

Pink Waters · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:28:24 am »

I Fixed The URL of my beta 3 ... have a nice testing all

Pink Waters · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2003, 06:53:04 pm »

Golden Beta4[/u] is here.

History:

-fixed playbar pink dots.
-playbar volume slider color/button changed.
-playbar main slider color/button changed.
-changed topbar hilighted text and selected text to #D1D1D1 color
-changed DSP/Shuflle/continuous buttons colors.
-changed browsing sliders colors
-changed prograss bars color
-changed location bar inactive color
-changed toolbar inactive color
-changed location bar and bottom bar and topbar seperator color
-changed targetbar(locationbar appearence[color/shape] ( wanna know if that is better than before or what, so post your ideas ).
-changed standard buttons' color,including check boxes, tabs,radio buttons,..etc (as a test before changing buttons appearence)
-fixed frames close,maximize and minimize buttons

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta4.mjp

Any ideas and comments are welcomed

here is a screenshot:

JC · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:04:00 pm »

Nice looking screenshot ... your location bar is stretching too close to the edge and you get the large white and large black areas extended at the ends.

Try adding this:
Margins="5,5,5,5" DrawMode="REGION_E_HSTRETCH,REGION_E_VTILE"
to the location bar entry in the xml file.

Looks nice!

EDIT: added margin definition after realizing my mistake

StFeder · « **Reply #18 on:** July 12, 2003, 03:57:37 am »

Wow, it's getting nicer and nicer.
But, again, the Top Toolbar textcolor contrast is to small during mouse over. The redo buttun (Location toolbar) disappears when mouse over.
Only a question: is it possible to enlarge the buttons "shuffle, repeat, DSP studio" by skinning or not? I'm just interested in, because I have no idea how skinning works and so I don't know.

And from now I'll use the right name :-/ Must have been sleeping when I wrote my last post... sorry ToMy00

Pink Waters · « **Reply #19 on:** July 12, 2003, 07:22:06 am »

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Try adding this:
Margins="5,5,5,5" DrawMode="REGION_E_HSTRETCH,REGION_E_VTILE"
to the location bar entry in the xml file.

thanks very much for that JC i am very geatfull

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Top Toolbar textcolor contrast is to small during mouse over

i will do it for ya StFeder

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The redo buttun (Location toolbar) disappears when mouse over

StFeder, no its not !

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is it possible to enlarge the buttons "shuffle, repeat, DSP studio" by skinning or not?

StFeder, no i guess not :/

Pink Waters · « **Reply #20 on:** July 12, 2003, 11:52:26 am »

Golden Beta5[/u] is here.

History:

-fixed location bar mergins (thanks for JC)
-new close,minimize and maximize buttons (want ideas on which is better)
-fixed playbar buttons hilighting technique
-new frame buttons ( want ideas

)
-new frame top border

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta5.mjp

Any ideas and comments are welcomed

here is a screenshot:

Pink Waters · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2003, 03:32:20 pm »

New Golden Track Info [/u]

here you can download it:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_Track_Info.zip

Pink Waters · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2003, 03:51:12 pm »

i will stop the development of Golden skin and listen to the ideas of improving Beta5 and track info keep up guys intouch and post your ideas!

and thank you

JC · « **Reply #23 on:** July 12, 2003, 07:55:05 pm »

My thoughts based on the newest beta5:

In Tools > Options > File Associations, the background for the field is gray which seems out of place.
Same location as above, the outline for the file checkboxes is gray, the dark golden one you use elsewhere looks much better.
The standard, blocky windows buttons seem out of place to me. Not sure what would look better, but the gray seems to clash with the gold.
The separators on the main window (between the visualization and the list, and between the tree and the list) are a light gray. Not sure this really matches and since that color determines the grid colors used in the list, a different color would seem to enhance these elements more.
The designs inside these spacer bars are almost invisible. Makes it very difficult to find the arrows when you want to collapse one of these elements.

Overall, the skin looks nice. A different look from all of the available ones out there. Variety is the spice of life, as they say. Good to have options. I would think that a blue variation of this theme (pale blue or a washed out dark blue) would also be popular.

Pink Waters · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2003, 02:00:31 pm »

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In Tools > Options > File Associations, the background for the field is gray which seems out of place.

i will fix this one in beta6

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Same location as above, the outline for the file checkboxes is gray, the dark golden one you use elsewhere looks much better.

i will change this to in my next beta6

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The standard, blocky windows buttons seem out of place to me. Not sure what would look better, but the gray seems to clash with the gold.

i need some new ideas on that one and thanx for anyone gonna post!

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The separators on the main window (between the visualization and the list, and between the tree and the list) are a light gray. Not sure this really matches and since that color determines the grid colors used in the list, a different color would seem to enhance these elements more.

i will change this too.

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The designs inside these spacer bars are almost invisible. Makes it very difficult to find the arrows when you want to collapse one of these elements.

i think the text on them defines it! anyone with me ?

Pink Waters · « **Reply #25 on:** July 13, 2003, 08:00:49 pm »

Golden Beta6[/u] is here.

History:

-fixed face3d color
-fixed editbox disabledbackground color
-changed scrollbars (opened for discussion)

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta6.mjp

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Please Support me by posting your ideas and reporting any bugs in the skin..[/u]

here is a screenshot:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden6.jpg

JC · « **Reply #26 on:** July 13, 2003, 08:29:45 pm »

from the screenshot, it appears that the vertical scrollbars have the light coming from the incorrect location (top-right) as opposed to the rest of the skin that has the highlight in the top-left.

Pink Waters · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2003, 08:40:35 pm »

JC, got it boss .. i will fix it in my next beta

and what about your issues that i fixed ?

JC · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2003, 09:03:07 pm »

These seperator bars (right above the bar that says "Playing Now") seem a tad light and almost impossible to distinguish the arrows inside. Perhaps making the coloration a bit darker would allow the highlights inside to stand out a bit better.

I posted a comparison with a skin I made a while back so you can see the difficulty in picking out the features with a light bar if your highlight colors are also light.

JC · « **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2003, 09:10:24 pm »

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JC, got it boss

BTW - I got a chuckle out of this ... I'm the boss at work ... don't wanna be one here

Pink Waters · « **Reply #30 on:** July 13, 2003, 09:40:06 pm »

No,

it does not matter with me ... iam calm

Pink Waters · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2003, 02:51:27 pm »

Important Notice:[/u]

Golden beta6 does not support the new MC 9.1.214 ...
toolbar icons resoulution has been changed in this version..

i think all the authors have to change the icons system in their skin directory.. we gonna try

i will get in my next beta7 support for new version of MC

Pink Waters · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2003, 05:43:11 pm »

just added Golden Beta7[/u]

-fixed scrollbars shadow/light position.
-added list headerbar seperators (now visable)
-MC 9.1.214 Support (added InactiveBlend="D5C185" new code for toolbar icons colors rather than using images)

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta7.mjp

Doof · « **Reply #33 on:** July 16, 2003, 07:35:54 am »

Was this thread supposed to be pinned?

Kurt Young · « **Reply #34 on:** July 16, 2003, 07:52:36 am »

I clicked the link two posts above. Installed the skin. Went TOOLS > OPTIONS and noticed that the scrollbar there isn't skinned when used.

EDIT:

Well, now that I notice it, the scrollbar in the options panel isn't skinned when in use with the following skins also:

Green Eyes
Z
Golden
Windows (both of 'em)

It's skinned with Brushed Metal and PixOS, but that's because that's what the scrollbar is supposed to look like.

Media Center Registered 9.1.214 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1594 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 785 MB, Free - 526 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive D: _NEC NR-7900A Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:24 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
[/size]

Matt · « **Reply #35 on:** July 16, 2003, 07:54:37 am »

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Was this thread supposed to be pinned?

ToMy00 asked me to make it sticky while he's developing the skin. (wondered why it got unpinned

)

Doof · « **Reply #36 on:** July 16, 2003, 08:13:35 am »

I didn't unpin it. I was going to, but then I figured there must be a reason somebody pinned it...

But the build thread vanished for a moment. Usually when that happens I know another build is on the way. I got all excited for a moment.

knickelfarz · « **Reply #37 on:** July 16, 2003, 08:35:56 am »

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...the scrollbar in the options panel isn't skinned when in use with the following skins also:
- Green Eyes
- Z
- Golden
- Windows (both of 'em)
It's skinned with Brushed Metal and PixOS, but that's because that's what the scrollbar is supposed to look like.

I never saw this, all skins use the correct scrollbar on my PC...but there seems something to be that needs fixing in the skinning engine concerning the scrollbar in the options panel...some people reported bugs like "the scrollbar reverts to unskinned while moving the scrollbar".

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ToMy00 asked me to make it sticky while he's developing the skin.

In addition: Wouldn't it be nice to have a sticky thread with links to all threads where skins, hairstyles and track info templates are posted?
It would be much easier then for people who want to customize MC 9.1 to find them until there are download sections in the accessories area of the MC homepage...If Doof or KingSparta don't have the time to moderate such a thread, I would like to do it - if you can live with my bad english...

By the way: What happened to the "Track info Templates" download page in the MC9 accessories area? The former available entries seem to be deleted...

LonWar · « **Reply #38 on:** July 16, 2003, 08:44:33 am »

A lot of the downloads seem to have went missing, Not just the templates

Pink Waters · « **Reply #39 on:** July 21, 2003, 05:43:22 pm »

Hello all how are you all, i really was abroad in the last few days and nobody get mad if i didnt reply him

by the way.. thank you mat.. and doof,.. for your support..
and here the topic is unpinned

and i agree with knickelfarz very much

Golden Beta8[/u] is here.

History:

-changed some background colors and other skin related colors in the xml file
-new toolbar and right click menu background (hope you like it and find it suitable than the old one

)
-new mainframe and frames icon.. (need ideas)
-fixed frame topbar boarder

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta8.mjp

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matt, plz i hope you add in your MC development a 1 pixel space in the top and the bottom of the toolbars and menus background between the higlighting color and the end of the menu border as in the right and the left, as you see in this screenshot and thanx [/u]

http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/menuback.jpg

here is a screenshot:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden8.jpg

Pink Waters · « **Reply #40 on:** July 23, 2003, 04:21:02 pm »

Golden Beta9[/u] is here.

History:

-changed selectedbackground color for trees and list boxes
-changed list headerbar colors and highlighting colors
-changed tree background color and list and liberary panes background color(plz guys post me if this is better or the old colors ??)
-added inner boardes to the mainframe top,bottom,left and right borders
-changed current playing track font color
-changed combobox button
-changed rating buttons(Nice looking new one

)

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_beta9.mjp

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here is an updated version of Golden Trackinfo[/u] now supports INTERACT through the trackinfo, and changed some styles in it .. download it here : http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_Track_Info2.zip

here is a screenshot:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden9.jpg

and a screenshot for the new trackinfo supporting INTERACT

:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Trackinfo2.jpg

JimH · « **Reply #41 on:** July 23, 2003, 06:52:47 pm »

tomy,
Please post the images as links or as thumbnails with links. I've edited the posts.

Thanks for your great work.

Jim

Pink Waters · « **Reply #42 on:** August 08, 2003, 02:03:25 pm »

Golden 228 support[/u]

fixed also some issues like bigger dsp and etc.. buttons..

Download it here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_228.zip

here is a screenshot:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/Golden_228.jpg

Pink Waters · « **Reply #43 on:** December 20, 2003, 01:40:35 pm »

Golden Beta 10[/u]

History:

supported new action window
fixed position slider
fixed player interface
changed list and tree colors

Screenshot
Download (ZIP)

INTERACT FORUM

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