Need help tweaking two problems with this skin
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by Knightsofwar210 | Discussion: Skinning
Okay I have this skin that I have downloaded and I've tweaked it a tiny bit but there are two things I can't seem to tweak. The first problem is that the informational box's text is set to black which is the same color as the background and I can't find where to fix it to a light shade of gray, and the second is the search panel which has the text and the text boxes set to black.
Here's the download link if you just want to do it for me - http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2392b3f13306c4e7d1014a7a667fa2b4e04e75f6e8ebb871
Reply #2 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:41 PM
I got it here - http://weirdoo.deviantart.com/art/DarkSide-of-WindowBlinds-119468289
He hasn't worked on it since April.
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 32 x86)
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Wblind.dll 2007/09/27 12:40:20
Wbsrv.dll 2009/07/27 22:42:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/10/01 18:09:33
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 16:42:44
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/11 15:06:07
Wbui.dll 2007/09/22 13:13:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 18:52:21
Screen.exe 2009/07/27 22:42:24
Reply #3 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:18 PM
You can fix it in two ways, or changing the sidebar background color to a lighter one where you can read black text or add custom XML (they have this extension: .UIFile) files to the skin, this one is kind of hard task as you need to edit a bit of code with a text editor like Notepad. if you need example of skins that use this, look this one http://danillooc.deviantart.com/art/aerial-33781910
Reply #4 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:41 PM
Not sure if this is a newer version of the skin, Weirdo has uploaded it to the WC WB library, here is the link https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=6831&libid=1 It indicates that it was upadted for hard to read text.
Also you might want to consider upadting your version of WB, not sure if that might have something to do with it.
Reply #5 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:03 PM
Where do I changed the sidebar background color?
@ Philly0381 The one I'm using is the same version, on his DevianART it says the same thing - http://weirdoo.deviantart.com/art/DarkSide-of-WindowBlinds-119468289
Reply #6 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:29 PM
Open WB and click on Sidebar.
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:53 PM
@Philly0381: hehe, that's not the sidebar he is asking, he mean the taskpanel sidebar.
Open the skinon SkinStudio, go to "XP specific sections > Edit shell style bars and arrows"
in the window that open you have settings for everything from the taskpanel sidebar of XP, "Background area"
will change general background but you need to change "Normal section > Pane" there to affect the details panel
where you see all black.
Reply #8 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:53 PM
Where do I changed the sidebar background color?
Open WB and click on Sidebar.
Read post above. . .
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:10 PM
That fixed the first problem but the Search problem isn't fixed. . .
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Reply #1 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:38 PM
What is the name of the skin and where did you download it from?
Have you tried contacting the originator of the skin for assistance?
It also maybe a problem with WindowBlinds, open WB and copy and past the system information here.