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A call to the ScreenShotters!

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A call to the ScreenShotters!

Theme Manager 3 is a gift to you all!!

https://www.stardock.com/products/thememanager/
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Last week, when ODNT 2009 was released, subscribers were able to finally see the latest version of Theme Manager.

In addition to being able to appply both MyColor themes and suites from Wincustomize the ability to create new suites basd on your desktop has been very improved.

The aspect that I think is the coolest is that now we can create suites built on internet content, not just what is packaged in a theme.

To be more clear: If your screeshots are built using content found on Wincustomize you can repackage them and upload them and other users can apply your desktop.

It's super easy too!

Fire up Theme Manager and head to the My Desktop tab. The click the Create New Theme button.


The app will default to the suite Information section. Fill in the Author, email, website, and comments. I'd include all the skin names, authors, and a thank you. That's just me.

Then select the Suite Preview section and browse to a small and large preview. Easy like pie so far right?

Next item is the icon. Any ol' one will work. Make sure that it's your own or that you have permission to use.

Now we get to the cool part.


Select the app for whatever you have skinned. Fill in the skin name and author. If it's your own work you can browse to the local file that you created. If the work is from another author on Wincustomize, you should enter in the URL of that skin. If you don't know exactly where it is on WC check out the search feature; it is wicked cool!

 


In this example I selected the Bootskin library and searched for “zubaz”.

 

The last entry in the skin list is a readme where you can add any information you want. Again, a good place to give thanks or post permissions.

Click on the Save this Theme link and you are done.  If you need to see where the suite is stored you can click on the View Themes Folder link.

Upload the *.suite file to https://www.wincustomize.com/upload2.aspx?libid=22

When a user downloads and installs the suite you built it will go out to WC and grab all the componants that you included.

The advantage to this system are:

  1. No permissions are needed (because you are not modifying the original artists skin)

  2. The original artists get download credit for each download

  3. The user doesn't have to click around trying to find all the apps and skins in the shot

 

So all you folks that want to share your visions . . go out and do it!

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well done, great idea, great article!  :thumbsup:

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ahhh, I think I'll go look for my can of Blcak Flag Bug Spray.  :O :rofl: \o/ :rofl: \o/ :-"

Elemental: Reforged
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Just in case it matters . . what IP and what version of IP? What OS too? And could you maybe repost to the TM3 bug post?
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IP: latest from Impulse
OS: Vista Ultimate (32bit)

And have posted at requested thread too  - though it's this thread https://forums.stardock.com/330419 ;) ;p

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks snowy!

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've uploaded the Birthday Suit(e) for testing.  I've also posted the bugs I encountered to the OD2009 thread.

 

Please check it out: https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=610&libid=22

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Been waiting for this feature for a long long time.
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Been waiting for this feature for a long long time.
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Get to it woman! I cant wait to see what you come up with! :grin:

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh YEAH!!! Now I can stop begging these guys to package their stuff up for me! This is brilliant!  :CONGRAT:  :CONGRAT:  :CONGRAT: 
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

A call to the ScreenShotters!
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Looking back on the title, maybe it should have been a call to all Community Members.

Seems everyone can get use out of this revamped, improved Theme Manager function, but then that's just my opinion. :-"

 

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Looking back on the title, maybe it should have been a call to all Community Members.

Seems everyone can get use out of this revamped, improved Theme Manager function, but then that's just my opinion.
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It could be . . but I really wanted to get the shooters involved.

ID made a seperate post about *this* post.  That should cover most bases. :thumbsup:

I won't have hurt feelings if you make yet one MORE post.  :rofl:

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Man, I did alot of these back in the day!  :)
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have to give it a try...
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think we ought to have a new library for screen-shot suite's
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think we ought to have a new library for screen-shot suite's
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There is a library for suites.

https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=22

 

Did you mean something else?

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This is tickin me off....it I keep getting this little annoying pop up tellin me my icons did not properly load. What is up with that. On top of me having to hunt down nearly every single url, since the search is not recognizeing some of the pieces...I am trying...really, Iam

 

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The IP bug was reported earlier in this thread.

Snowy fixed it manually.  Maybe you could PM him to see what he did.