LightStar Technologies and MaxStyles.com Closing Soon
Sadly there is no other choice...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 by LightStar | Discussion: Community
Sad to say, but John (vStyler) and 1 will be closing our sites very soon. Not only did my host screw everything up on both sites, but the sites have had minimal visitors over the past year and a half or so. Lucky if we got 5 visitors a day. Also, with no support yet for WB on Windows 10, the sites have become extremely non-profitable. It costs more to keep the sites up than either of us would make in 6 months, and the same is even happening here on WC in regards to sales.
I will possibly open a single site later on after WB 10 is out, but have to wait and see. In the meantime, all our work is still here on WC. 
Enjoy!
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Reply #2 Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:23 PM
Sad to hear this Tom...you guys' art deserved so much better.
Reply #3 Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:41 PM
I agree that it is sad to read about this but we have to realize that what is being experienced currently within the Desktop Customization Community may well be the last chapter in a very enjoyable story. 
Reply #4 Tuesday, October 13, 2015 4:24 PM
Nah, Philly, customization is far from over, IMHO.
Just a bump in the road.
Sorry to hear it Tom, but I know you've been having problems with your host, you have complained many times in our talks.
Keep skinning though, we need blinds!!
I know that WB10 is coming!
Reply #5 Tuesday, October 13, 2015 4:28 PM
I am so sad to hear this and I very much hope that the Desktop Customization community is not ending!!
Good luck and I hope to keep seeing you here.
Reply #11 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:43 AM
I am sorry to hear this as well. Please don't think that your work isn't appreciated. And I think, as was said before, that customizing is not over.
Reply #12 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:30 AM
I too am sorry to hear this. Especially since I'm just getting back into things. Like all art forms customization is far from over and bumps in the road are just that...bumps. Bounce once and get right back to it. Best of luck to you and John.
Reply #13 Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:57 AM
what ?
is that really true?
well hope you do continue making skins once wblinds 10 is out.
Can you please try to make an archive of the free skins of win7?
EDIT: Did it myself now with some simple scripting.
regards bluedxca93
Reply #14 Thursday, October 15, 2015 6:16 AM
Sorry to hear. The big sale on the bundle of skins was a great idea. If I wasn't so broke I'd have bought it. I'm sticking with win7 until I have no choice so keep on keeping on Mr. Tom!
Reply #16 Thursday, October 15, 2015 7:52 AM
Sorry to hear that you will shutting your site down, Lightstar. They get expensive to maintain and they are a lot of work too. Fingers crossed that WB 10 comes out soon. I am soooo missing WB but good things come to those who wait.
Reply #18 Thursday, October 15, 2015 8:33 AM
All free Skins for win7/xp that are now succesfully safed on my harddisk :
1stClass. Astor. Classy. DieHard_4_0. ForeverBlue. Limey. Peridot. Sandera7. Tones. Vendetta.
Acronic. Avant. CompleX. Digital. Forgotten. Lucky. Pillars. Scenic_IV. Tracker. Vexor.
Altero. Avilla. Corners. Doomsday. Gemini. Luminosity. Pink_Champagne. Sensua. Tribute. Visage.
Altosa. Aztec. Cressida. Dreamer. Global7_8. Minty. PointZ. Shimmer. Tropicali. Visions.
Ambience. Azure. Crucible. Earthen. Grayness. Monarch. ProjectZ. Shizuka. TSS2014. VX1.
Amethyst. Burnt. Crux. EDM. Halo3. Nevis. Purity. SimpleX. Tuxedo. Weave.
Anon. Caval. Darkness. Embark. iCandy. NextVS. Reality. SkyBlues. Twists. X55.
Ansaro. Cerulean. Designa. Essence. Innova. NotePad. Reminisce. Splash. Unique. xBox360.
Aragon. Christmas_2011. DiamondStar. Flamingo. Integra. Omega_One. Risk. Stylish. Valiant. xRaptor7.
Not nice to hear though. 
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Reply #19 Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:14 AM
Don't worry everyone, all my work will still be here on WC and I will continue to skin for Windows 7 and 8/8.1 and upload my work here. If and when SKS an WB 10 come out, I will be designing for WIndows 10 also and may open a new personal site, but for now everything will be on WC and some my free releases are/will also be on GraphicStyles.org.
Reply #20 Thursday, October 15, 2015 10:18 AM
Went over to graphicstyles.org and joined up. Curious though......what is BlackBox?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:42 PM
Really sad to hear this, but can understand why. Good Luck in the future.