Any volunteers?
Skin something you've never skinned before
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 by Doodge | Discussion: Skinning
Greetings skin enthusiasts.
I have a challenge, if any skilled skinners are willing to give it a shot. I work on a helpdesk, and I'm forced to use this bare-bones instant messenger program called IPSWITCH, developed by Ipswitch, INC, who also now own the WS_FTP brand ftp tool. Ipswitch Messenger doesn't do that much, but as it turns out it is skinnable! The problem is, I don't have a skinning program, and I've never made a skin. I'm hoping that one or a few skinners might be interested at making some skins for this messenger client. Maybe some seasonal/holiday skins? 
It'd be grateful for any efforts! 'Doodge'
I found a PDF instruction sheet on how to do it, and the files needed are below:
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/instant_messaging/guides/IpswitchIM_Skin.pdf
www.redearthcoffee.com/optrics.zip
www.redearthcoffee.com/default.zip
Reply #2 Friday, December 1, 2006 11:29 AM
Right on. That'd be great. Yeah, I guess the lack of a server is a hindrance. What's odd is that our server is actually running on our Director's workstation. 
Ipswitch has a trial version you could download, I suppose, but, once again, it's all voluntary. I really do appreciate any efforts.
So, check this out. I figured there'd be no takers, and being of the tinkering sort, I started experimenting. I only have MS Paint so I can't really 'design' my own graphics, so I cut & pasted from existing graphics. It's wierd because it's a single bitmap file, so I measured the individual pieces and cropped graphics to fit those parameters, so on, so forth. I'd really like to get a good graphics program, so I can make my own.
Here's what I came up with so far. I took a screenshot of the bitmap, with a pic of what the contact window & dialog window look like.
Reply #4 Friday, December 1, 2006 4:32 PM
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Reply #1 Monday, November 27, 2006 4:14 PM