How to Create Yahoo! Messenger Skins?



I have released a few Yahoo! Messenger skins which you can find in "Yahoo! Messenger Skins" section. Many ppl ask me how did I create those skins? So now I'm going to tell you the complete method to create Yahoo! Messenger skins:

1. Goto "%Programfiles%\Yahoo!\Shared\Graphics" folder and you'll see following folders:

Indigo
Maverick

These folders contain skins which you see in Yahoo! Messenger Skin List. So if you want to create your own skin, then copy any folder and paste it again, it'll create another folder and then rename the folder to any name which you want to give your skin.

2. Now open this new folder and you'll see lots of images there. You can change those images to make your own skin.

3. To change the text color, text size, button locations, etc use the XML file present in the folder. Its name will be skin_name.xml (e.g. indigo.xml, maverick.xml). First few lines in this file will be like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<skin version="2007.11.07.1"
compatible="2"
AuthorName="Mr. Vista // Vishal Gupta"
AuthorURL="http://vishal-gupta.deviantart.com"
Signature="Microsoft MVP"
SkinName="Y! Vista by Vishal Gupta"
PreviewImage="preview_Y!_Vista.jpg">

So you can change them according to your requirements.

4. Thats it. You are ready with your new skin.



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