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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Wizard1956
Reply #103 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:28 AM
[/URL]"/> Awww...cr@p,it still looks like corn. 
Reply #103 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:28 AM
[/URL]"/> Awww...cr@p,it still looks like corn. 
Wizard1956
Reply #105 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:46 PM
You're killin'me here.I've never had to work so hard to try to get a laugh.
Reply #105 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:46 PM
You're killin'me here.I've never had to work so hard to try to get a laugh.
Drengin
Reply #106 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:34 PM
Reply #106 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:34 PM
Hmmmn my first attempt ever to mod a program so be gentle. Just altered a few bits to try it out 
mike b1954
Reply #107 Tuesday, June 3, 2008 11:35 PM
Reply #107 Tuesday, June 3, 2008 11:35 PM
hehe ! As with practically everyone else here ... This is my first attempt , Using a wallpaper by the great NM Smith - whose works I am in awe of ..
Can anyone point me toward the bit that I have to alter to make the font the right colour in the 'MORE INFO/INSTALL panel ... ? ?
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Can anyone point me toward the bit that I have to alter to make the font the right colour in the 'MORE INFO/INSTALL panel ... ? ?
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Bebi Bulma
Reply #108 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:11 AM
Reply #108 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:11 AM
Try looking for "infolink" and "infodescription" in the skin.xml.
mike b1954
Reply #109 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:31 AM
Reply #109 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:31 AM
Thanks Bebi ! I found the Xml no probs ... what do i need to do with this ... color="#41583E"?
I only have paint net .. and in the colours window I can ,of course,get the colours that I want , but it shows up as HEX"FFFF11" .... Do I copy paste that number into the above ?
I only have paint net .. and in the colours window I can ,of course,get the colours that I want , but it shows up as HEX"FFFF11" .... Do I copy paste that number into the above ?
ZubaZ
Reply #110 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:44 AM
Reply #110 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:44 AM
Mike: yes
For more colors: http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html
For more colors: http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html
mike b1954
Reply #111 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:57 AM
Reply #111 Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:57 AM
Wow.. many thanks,Zubaz !! ... Plenty of colours to choose from there ... Time to go and play ..again ! 
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Reply #101 Monday, April 21, 2008 11:00 PM