[WIP] Miranda Skinning Guide

Hey guys,

After talking to several people (including kaloyster) I've decided to attempt making a skinning guide for Miranda, like, how to achieve the iChat/adiumx look using ieview and clist_modern. Would anyone be else be interested in this?

I'm considering building a miranda installation and setting everything up so that all you have to do is fill in your protocol login info and go right ahead and use it....I'll have to check on permissions for that though, since I would effectively be redistributing Miranda as well as whatever plugins I would be using.

Along the way, can someone recommend a good smiley set that would fit well with the iChat look?

Thanks guys, look forward to your input

Paul

#342346

i would love to see that and I know I would have killed to have that about 3 weeks ago before I tried to do it on my own which I have therefore now deemed impossible!

#342349

i tried to skin it as well and gave up after 2 hours due to it not working, errors and crashes. DO IT!!!

#342350

Well I created iChat smilies set awhile ago - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/6520999/

If it suits you feel free to use it, just gimme some credit

#342370

i have some duck icons that can be changed to your status icons if you want them and this is defientley a great idea, have to admit (as you know) i have been struggling with skinning it but it is finally done. I also have some duck message alerts (thanks to aleph) if you want them too.

#342372

Thanks Pe8er...

One other request: is there anyone who has a Mac that would be willing to send me a couple screenshots? Like, of the default client list, and a message window. I would like to be able to tell people how to do the best job possible of emulating Adium using Miranda, but since I kinda don't have Adium that makes it harder.

#342392

Sounds great. Here are some Adium screenshots for you... let me know if you need more.

Contact List

Message Window

Prefereneces

Oh, and hi timbob... funny seeing you here

#342401

haha, hello man. didn't know you had a mac yeah you can easily find me when you search for miranda usually thread titles with [help]

#342408

Skinning guide for Miranda? Great idea! Looking for something like that for a long time...

#342422

If you need a proofreader...

It looks like you're doing a great job, though .

-NC

#342439

If you need a proofreader...

It looks like you're doing a great job, though .

-NC

hehe, yea I'd be more then happy to try this on my PC as well

#342440

Well, if you all would be willing to help, I could use some people to help me test. I have a rough write up of the walkthrough right now, but I need some people willing to test it for me. That is, start from scratch and follow my instructions to see if I left something out or you run into a dead-end I didn't.

If are you willing to help (and by "help" I mean provide intelligent feedback) just PM me with your email address and I'll email you my little tutorial.

Thanks for your help guys

Paul

P.S. Thanks for the screenies Rappo, we'll see how my version turns out ;-)

#342449

I know you can do it man. And thanks much by the way for ALL YOUR HELP. I have a newfound love, and her name is Miranda

I feel bad for Trillian though. But nah, what the heck!

#342614