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megabyte366 · 10-30-2006, 05:06 PM

trying to find a good doc/instr on how to ad skin... the one's u get in the info, let's see the skin does not work. or i'm doing something wrong.

ForumsHelp · 10-30-2006, 05:13 PM

megabyte, thanks for your post and welcome to Forums Help. Adding a skin differs from one skin to another. And most of the skins have a Readme file that explains how install the skin.

megabyte366 · 10-30-2006, 05:35 PM

thanks for the reply, that was fast...

just a little back ground.... I've been playing with vbulletin about 2 weeks and learning.... so i leaped out and trying a skin... i found element 3.6.1 and tried to install it. read the readme file. After going by the directions... placing the folder in the images folder. and going to the admin panel and puting in the other files. by the direction it should have worked. I'm still showing the default vbulletin.. at first the dir it made was element3.6.1, okay renamed it back to element hoping that would work... but back a square one... any help appreciated...

thanks

ForumsHelp · 10-30-2006, 05:42 PM

Ok here's the solution for the problem

All you have to do is:
1- Go to your admincp
2- Choose and expand "vBulletin Options" expandable list from the left side panel
3- Click on "vBulletin Options"
4- From the right side panel chose "Style & Language Settings" and click on the "Edit Settings" button.
5- In the "Style & Language Settings" page, go to the "Default Style" option and from the drop down menu, choose the skin you want to display as your default skin.
6- Save and that's it.

megabyte366 · 10-30-2006, 05:54 PM

thanks fourmshelp... went there and the only thing it shows is default...(didn't do something right..) should i restart it all over again, or u got any suggestions...

ForumsHelp · 10-30-2006, 05:58 PM

well, that means that you didn't install the .xml file. You have to install that file through your Download/Upload style. in the admincp.

megabyte366 · 10-30-2006, 06:10 PM

okay, went back to the admincp and to product manager, click on xml to upload from cpu... just to make sure... element file,,, and then element+ element+# and about 6 other files with + # their are 2 files that have nothing element.xml and element_blue i tried both and after uploading it says Invalid File Specified.

ForumsHelp · 10-30-2006, 10:27 PM

I sorry mentioned that wrongly, just do that through upload/download style in the Styles tab.

10-30-2006, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
User Profile megabyte366 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Total Points: 113 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0) My Mood:	adding skin trying to find a good doc/instr on how to ad skin... the one's u get in the info, let's see the skin does not work. or i'm doing something wrong.

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User Profile ForumsHelp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 32 Posts: 968 Total Points: 295,344 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (1) My Mood:	well, that means that you didn't install the .xml file. You have to install that file through your Download/Upload style. in the admincp. Last edited by ForumsHelp : 10-30-2006 at 10:26 PM.

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10-30-2006, 05:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
User Profile ForumsHelp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 32 Posts: 968 Total Points: 295,344 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (1) My Mood:	megabyte, thanks for your post and welcome to Forums Help. Adding a skin differs from one skin to another. And most of the skins have a Readme file that explains how install the skin.

10-30-2006, 05:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
User Profile megabyte366 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Total Points: 113 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0) My Mood:	thanks for the reply, that was fast... just a little back ground.... I've been playing with vbulletin about 2 weeks and learning.... so i leaped out and trying a skin... i found element 3.6.1 and tried to install it. read the readme file. After going by the directions... placing the folder in the images folder. and going to the admin panel and puting in the other files. by the direction it should have worked. I'm still showing the default vbulletin.. at first the dir it made was element3.6.1, okay renamed it back to element hoping that would work... but back a square one... any help appreciated... thanks

10-30-2006, 05:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
User Profile ForumsHelp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 32 Posts: 968 Total Points: 295,344 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (1) My Mood:	Ok here's the solution for the problem All you have to do is: 1- Go to your admincp 2- Choose and expand "vBulletin Options" expandable list from the left side panel 3- Click on "vBulletin Options" 4- From the right side panel chose "Style & Language Settings" and click on the "Edit Settings" button. 5- In the "Style & Language Settings" page, go to the "Default Style" option and from the drop down menu, choose the skin you want to display as your default skin. 6- Save and that's it.

10-30-2006, 05:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
User Profile megabyte366 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Total Points: 113 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0) My Mood:	thanks fourmshelp... went there and the only thing it shows is default...(didn't do something right..) should i restart it all over again, or u got any suggestions...

10-30-2006, 06:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
User Profile megabyte366 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Total Points: 113 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0) My Mood:	okay, went back to the admincp and to product manager, click on xml to upload from cpu... just to make sure... element file,,, and then element+ element+# and about 6 other files with + # their are 2 files that have nothing element.xml and element_blue i tried both and after uploading it says Invalid File Specified.

10-30-2006, 10:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
User Profile ForumsHelp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 32 Posts: 968 Total Points: 295,344 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (1) My Mood:	I sorry mentioned that wrongly, just do that through upload/download style in the Styles tab.