Instructions: how to replace my name and those of my contacts with emoticons inside the chat windows
 (with danimator skin)



In Trillian folder
Create a folder named "Buddy Pictures" without the "" of course.
In this folder, place the pictures named "me", "photo1", "photo2" and so forth. Make them in png format,
it will be easier afterwards.
These pictures may represent you or your friends in your buddy list.

For instance, picture "me" will be a picture of yourself
The other pictures ( photo1, photo2, and so forth) represent your friends in your buddy list
These pictures must have a very small size. The ones I use are about 31*31
Reduce their size with a specific software, paint for instance



Then,
In the folder stixe\plugins\TP16Emoticons-16x16 there is a file called main.xml.
This file must be replaced by the file main.xml provided by me. Do a copy paste

Then, open main.xml with notepad in order to modd it according to your own preferences
Maybe you should make a backup first just in case!

Then you'll read 

     <emoticon text= "my_screenname@msn.com"> <source name="me" left="0" right="32" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon>
<emoticon text= "my_screenname_yahoo"> <source name="me" left="0" right="32" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon>
<emoticon text= "my_screenname_icq"> <source name="me" left="0" right="32" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon>
<emoticon text= "my_screenname_aol"> <source name="me" left="0" right="32" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon>

You must replace "my_screenname@msn.com" with your screen name as it appears in your msn chat windows in trillian
Do the same with your other screen names,i.e yahoo, icq ou aol. If you don't have one of these accounts, then
don't worry, just leave it as it is without changing it

If you want one of your contact to be represented by photo1, you must write his name as it appears in the chat windows in
the following line

   <emoticon text= "contact_with_photo1"> <source name="photo1" left="0" right="32" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon>

where it's written "contact_with_photo1"

For instance, if his name is John Green and his name appears as john in the window, you will have to replace "contact_with_photo1" with john

Do the same with photo1, photo2, photo3  .....




( the last step step applies only if you want to represent some of your contacts by a bubble)

In the folder "Buddy Pictures" that you created, insert the file avatars.bmp provided here.
For all your other contacts, if you just want to represent them by a bubble, without giving them a specific
 picture, just write their screen names in the following code


   <emoticon text=	"contact1"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact2"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact3"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact4"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact5"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact6"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact7"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 
<emoticon text=	"contact8"> 	<source name="avatars" left="32" right="75" top="0" bottom="32"/> </emoticon> 


where it is written "contact1", "contact2" and so forth

For instance, if his name is John Green and his name appears as john in the chat windows,you'll have to replace "contact1" with "john"



That's all, restart trillian and that should work