Triple6_wild wrote: hmm ok roving
then after installing the media monkey you can go in to its folders and look for the skin folder. in that one you can change the wsz file to zip and unzip it.
there were 3 wsz files (3 default skins) so i grabed one and unzipped it
theres only the main player in there and its like winamp so should be simple enuff ^^
you will see a theme.mskn file you will need to start the theme skin maker up and then open that mskn file and export all the images to a folder.
ok now is the theme.mskn file in monkeys skin folder or in the .wsz file?
there is one .mskn file called default.mskn in monkeys skin folder but im guessing thats not the one your talking about .. also assuming that there should be one for each skin?
just a guess but that theme.mskn file would have the files needed to skin the rest of the player correct
donno if its just me missing somthing or if it is the default.mskn your talking about
yes i knew there was more then one skin in the folder.
it is just like winamps skin when you unzip the wsz file because it is a winamp skin.
the author justs makes a winamp skin, then uses the theme engine to make a full media monkey skin of the winamp skin because meida monkey uses winamp skins also. and puts the mskn file in the wsz file and that is what tells media monkey what to use for the full skin.
it only uses the main player of the winamp skin.
you could start up the theme program and extract the images from the default skin. i did not think about that i just used one of the other skins so i would not mess up the default one.
but mskn=mega compressed skin
so it is super small file that contains all the images in the skin and is only able to have the images uncompressed by the theme engine program.
the theme engine program has a place for you to add your images into it's gallery for it to compress that way you do not need to add your images to the zip file when your finished making the skin just add the theme.mskn file to the zip and then after zipping it change the extenstion to .wsz
and it is then a winamp skin also you should change the images for winamp too but those would have to be included in the zip file that is why you seen them when you unzipped the skin.
after you add all the images in to the theme engine gallery you then make the objects use the images you want them to use.
the reason i used a previous made skin is because it is easier to use that theme.mskn file and someone elses coding of the objects,
then making one with all the coding your self.
speaking of which becareful of changing the coding on the right had window in the theme engine as that can have adverse effects on the skin as it will make images not show up or be in the wrong places? so i just change the name of the skin and the author in that right hand window.
something else you might want to know. the fonts for the buttons on the button menu are controled by the desk top of the computer the skin is on. so it is best to make them able to be seen when the fonts are black.
what it seems to be doing with the theme engine program is skinning part of the windows shell ex.
and the button menus can be slid around in that area like the address and links menu on explorer but that background can not use an image it has to be a color.
i think all that is because of the way media monkey is built it is a explorer and media player type of program.
i thank you for trying to make a skin for it we really want some more ideas for skins and different thoughts from different folks.
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thx roving
i always seem to get lost finding all the buttons n stuff in new programs ><
5:30 am now and ive bin awake all night so i dont think i can do to much now but i do have an idea for a skin 
