Hi, I downloaded a file that contains a skin and container file.  uploaded it using the upload skin link at the bottom of the page in admin/skins.  That worked great.

Now if I unzip and modify some files then rezip when I upload the skin the same way I get the message no skin or container when I select the skin from the menu.   It has to be how im re-zipping everything.  I want the skin and the container in the same zip file.

MySkin
    Container
    Skin

So when I go to re-zip do I select both folders in the MySkin folder zip those and upload that which is the name of my skin. Or do I zip each folder then both the zip files.  neither seems to work for me.

Also when I go to skins none of the sample images show until I select another skin and apply then I can see the previews of the skins.

thanks in advance for your help
-Keith

Sorry Sebastian - I don't like correcting people but you can make the preview size any size you like and the thumbnails are auto generated once you first preview the skin.

I've got a video that is a basic introduction to skinning that covers these topics, and, like Sebastian mentioned - Zipping them up for upload.

Registered users can download this video for free HERE. It will give you a good start.

Nina Meiers

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Ahh ok,  I guess this from the CreatingSkin document isnt supported anymore.

In many cases you will want to package a complementary set of skin files and
container files in one distribution file. In order to do this you need to package your
container files in a compressed *.zip file named “containers.zip”. Similarly, you must
package your skin files in a compressed *.zip file name “skins.zip”. Then you need to
package these 2 files into a single *.zip file which is named after your skin. This will
allow people to install the full skin package ( skins and containers ) by uploading a
single file through the Skin Uploader.

But I still dont understand why I can download skins and containers from other sources that contain both the skins and containers in one zip file.  Thats why I thought it was the way I was zipping the files....

The Creating Skins file I got from this website was updated June 20, 2006, it this the latest update for skinning?

About the previews not showing up,  the same thing happens with the DNN-Blue, gray and so on with the built in skins,  not only new ones that I install myself

Thanks
-Keith