Show off your Impulse skin!
Take that, green!
Friday, March 21, 2008 by Bebi Bulma | Discussion: Skinning
Yes....that's right. Who thought it would be sooo easy to skin.
It's as simple as replacing the images in Program Files/Stardock/Impulse/Skins/Images* (3 folders) and editing font colors in the skin.xml. So easy even *I* could do it!
TIP: When Impulse updates, it WILL overwrite all the original images that you changed. Take a tip from Snowy and rename all your modified images (I just added [s] to the end to know they're mine) and then update the changed image names in the skin.xml and save a copy somewhere, so when Impulse updates, all you need to do is replace the skin.xml. I just tested it and worked great. (Impulse updated and it was green again, gah!)
So let's see your skinned Impulse.
Mine (just some basic recoloring and changed the back.jpg):
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Reply #43 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:12 PM
If something can be skinned, skinners will find a way. You can't keep a skinner down So, Stardock, you and your George Bush, we beat you! Skinnerz rulez! You will submit to the will of Landrew...
Anyway, there are only two rules in computers:
1) If it moves, shoot it
2) If it doesn't move, skin it
Reply #44 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:15 PM
Ooops, went off into Star Trek land there.
Prolly just swapped my blue shirt for a red one... 
Reply #45 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:33 PM
As in If Overwote > Leave alone.
I'd skin mine but it would probably just look like an Aero clone right now anyway
Reply #48 Friday, March 21, 2008 10:19 PM
It's far from done, Zu
I'm still figuring out what does what in the XML. It's just like in the old days when manually working with UIfiles for WB
I somehow hope Stardock leaves the "skinning" of Impulse as it is. It's fun doing it by 'trial and error', and skinning should be fun 
How about a Skinning Impulse Contest? hehe
Reply #49 Friday, March 21, 2008 10:21 PM
How about a Impulse skinning category?
Reply #50 Friday, March 21, 2008 10:37 PM
Let's get it to be 'final' before we head down that road
But it's definitely a great idea.
I bet this is one effect Stardock didn't expect Impulse to have
Reply #52 Friday, March 21, 2008 10:42 PM
Reply #54 Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:20 AM
Strangely enough it's one they probably should have expected.
By nature, people like to personalize things(bedrooms,cars,desks,clothing,equipment.)
When computers became personal, people sought ways to further personalize them, and anytime a program was offered with limited personalization capabilities, people found ways to stretch those boundaries.
It's the whole reason WC and Stardock exist.
I'm just happy I was able to create something for once,its all usually way over my head.
Reply #55 Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:53 AM
LOL, you and me both.
Reply #56 Saturday, March 22, 2008 2:24 AM
Ive already got like 7 things that i keep jumping back and forth between
Reply #60 Saturday, March 22, 2008 8:15 AM
Exactly what skinning is all about 
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Reply #41 Friday, March 21, 2008 9:06 PM