Desktop X tutorial...
Friday, March 12, 2004 by DarkMist | Discussion: Skinning
Anyone know of one, the link on the Desktop X pages don't work for me 
Shameless Designs
Reply #2 Friday, March 12, 2004 10:10 PM
Reply #2 Friday, March 12, 2004 10:10 PM
The only tutorial I know of for Desktop X is by Martin for DX v.1.0 and is located here: https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/tutorial/default.htm It has not been updated for a while, but it might still be worth a walkthrough. Have you checked the guides for DX2? https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/resources.asp I have found them to be quite useful - even more useful since I printed them out and began making notes in the margins. They are written in PDF so in my opinion they are much easier to use in hardcopy.
As for Object Dock, I don't use it myself so can't help much there. Regarding Sysmetrix, I don't know of any tutorials, but the manual that comes with the program is pretty good. The best way I have found to learn how to skin Sysmetrix is to load a theme that has features you like, and then play with the configuration. The config GUI for Sysmetrix is really a great teaching tool in my opinion, as it allows you to see almost every aspect of the program, and you can see you changes happening in real-time on the theme. (Provided you don't have the config window cover the theme of course...
)
BTW, the new development build of Sysmetrix is available for download at Xymantix' site: http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/development.html and is definitely worth checking out. It adds a lot of new features over version 3.0.
As for Object Dock, I don't use it myself so can't help much there. Regarding Sysmetrix, I don't know of any tutorials, but the manual that comes with the program is pretty good. The best way I have found to learn how to skin Sysmetrix is to load a theme that has features you like, and then play with the configuration. The config GUI for Sysmetrix is really a great teaching tool in my opinion, as it allows you to see almost every aspect of the program, and you can see you changes happening in real-time on the theme. (Provided you don't have the config window cover the theme of course...
)BTW, the new development build of Sysmetrix is available for download at Xymantix' site: http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/development.html and is definitely worth checking out. It adds a lot of new features over version 3.0.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
Reply #1 Friday, March 12, 2004 1:00 PM