Working on a new Master Skin release here called Dynasty... here's a preview so far:

Comments appreciated!   

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*you did say comments welcome*   

    Cool new WB Tom.

Dynasty... should be releasing Monday.   

LightStar

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Dynasty... should be releasing Monday.   

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Nice! But with all that beige and brown I would have called it 'Noctua', not Dynasty.

Good one JCRabbit, I'll save that name for a future skin. I certainly would not have thought it up.   

JcRabbit

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Quoting Uvah,

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Green Theme...Green Glass...and Green Grass

So much green lol. Next release you will be able to tint the icons green too.

What do you guys think of this one? It was commissioned by me to Danilo a few years ago, but I never got to release it.  It's called 'Office' (screenshot is just a 'mockup', but I have the real thing here, just need to tie some loose ends):

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I thought this one got released way back when Dani & I were working on several other themes you came up with.  

WebGizmos

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I thought this one got released way back when Dani & I were working on several other themes you came up with.  

Ended up not releasing it and so it stayed half finished in my hard drive for all these years. Also have another theme here - this one by VStyler - in the same conditions.

Anyway, I was actually just working on the Office theme, and I need an opinion from all of you guys. As some of you know, menus themes in NextSTART can have an optional sub-theme (so the main menu is one thing and the active and inactive sub-menus a variation of that main theme). I'm not sure if I should include the sub-theme for this one:

If I don't include the sub-theme, all sub-menus (including inactive) will be bright and shiny like below.

If I do include the sub-theme, then inactive sub-menus (not the main menu though) become dark.

Which of the two examples do you guys like the best?

I like the top one best JCRabbit.   

LightStar

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I like the top one best JCRabbit.   

Thank God! Me too.

I can actually include the sub-theme but leave it disable in the configuration file. That way, if someone prefers Office with a sub-theme, all they need to do is change the ThemeHasSubtheme entry from False to True in the NextSTART configuration file.

JcRabbit

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Quoting LightStar,

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I like the top one best JCRabbit.   

Thank God! Me too.

I can actually include the sub-theme but leave it disable in the configuration file. That way, if someone prefers Office with a sub-theme, all they need to do is change the ThemeHasSubtheme entry from False to True in the NextSTART configuration file.

Actually I like both....would be great to have that option.  

Top one please.

The Ebony version of Don5318's latest master skin Ebony and Ivory

Looks good Chasbo!   

Just uploaded the new Winstep Office theme to Wincustomize.

I did the Office with LightStar's Tinder and the Tinder Xion I made.

Looking good Ross!   

I'm tempted to include the new Office theme with the themes that ship with Xtreme/Ultimate, but mainly because it's (I think, not sure if you agree so please let me know) a more 'sober' theme than the rest, better suited for people who don't like 'bling' all that much and just want more of a 'production' environment.

This said, I would probably match it with a different wallpaper.

If anyone wants to try the NextSTART sub-theme, go to the Office theme folder, open the Office.wst configuration file and change ThemeHasSubtheme=False to ThemeHasSubtheme=True. You will have to apply a different theme and then the Office theme again for changes to take effect.

will the office them ever be released for windowblinds?

Don5318 (Don) above asked me if he could do the WB port. I said yes and sent him the original PSD files, so you will have to ask him. However, since it won't be a Master skin, he will only be able to work on it in-between his other skins.

If you guys would prefer a faster release vs. being a free WB skin, then please feel free to say so.

Personally,  as I told him when he asked, I would prefer it to be a free WB theme (Office is an original Winstep theme commissioned and already paid for by Winstep, which is never-the-less being released for free to Winstep users) but I'm open to other opinions in what concerns a WB port, as skinners do deserve to get some compensation for their work.

OK, I've got to chime in on this. "Should he get paid?" I love Don as a brother. Hell, we even founded "Z Studio" together, back in the day, but should he get paid? My opinion is no. People requested it and he "volunteered" to do it. He's not under contract. He doesn't have to do it. He can keep making Master skins, of his own, and get paid. This is nothing towards Don, this is whether skinners should be paid, for porting free skins. It would be the first time ever, afaik, that a free skin would be ported and then the port be sold.

On a side note: Why is it, that WBs are the only ones that should get paid? You indirectly asked Mindy, etc. if they wanted to do some desktop modules, if they do, should they be paid also? What if someone ports a Sysmetrix or a Rainlender? Should they be waiting for a pay check, also? If the skin was uploaded as free, all the ports should be free, regardless of how soon people want it.

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On a different note: I like the Winstep Office Theme so much, I planned on making a windowblind and a small Iconpack to go with it., after I finish up the iconpack I'm working on now. It obviously will be for personal use. The winstep theme was uploaded a lot sooner than I expected. I was going to surprise Jorge and ask for a Thanksgiving or Christmas release. Now, if it's ever uploaded to Wincustomize, would be 100% up to Jorge.