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scorpio	25th March 2006 - 06:45 pm
	I have been wanting to experiment with skinning for some time. I have stumbled on a few sites with tutorials but they seem very complicated... Does anyone have any starting points to recommend ? Thanks in advance!

Haley	25th March 2006 - 06:49 pm
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purpleirises	25th March 2006 - 06:52 pm
	Quote Haley The skin shading for that is pretty simple. I think he meant it as PHP Skinning.

scorpio	25th March 2006 - 06:55 pm
	yeah php or even css ? im not sure which is the best alternative ?

Haley	25th March 2006 - 06:57 pm
	Oopsie. I feel stupid. I should look at the section it's in before talking. =X

Mattness	25th March 2006 - 07:02 pm
	The best way in my opinion is to use a Content Management System like WordPress and install several themes (on WordPress you have to install a certain plugin to let your visitors be able to switch themes themselves though), but this tutorial at codegrrl.com really helped me before I used WordPress.

scorpio	25th March 2006 - 07:25 pm
	thanks mattness. is skinning more easy in php as compared to css ? is there any advantage to using one instead of the other ?

Jenny	25th March 2006 - 07:34 pm
	Personally, I think skinning using different stylesheets is easier for me. I recommend tutorialtastic.co.uk if you want to use the generic php headers and footers though.

Manda	25th March 2006 - 10:32 pm
	i have a tutorial at my website actually :P

scorpio	25th March 2006 - 10:46 pm
	http://www.love-wish.net ? I get a coming soon message ?

Manda	25th March 2006 - 10:58 pm
	no my other one, www.shebid.com :P

Jem	26th March 2006 - 11:28 am
	Quote Manda no my other one, www.shebid.com :P Oh look, the same skinning tutorial as on 490390390 other websites.

Manda	26th March 2006 - 12:15 pm
	Quote Jem Quote Manda no my other one, www.shebid.com :P Oh look, the same skinning tutorial as on 490390390 other websites. Yours is the best. Truly (Not being sarcastic) I probably should take that tutorial down because i've found that my sites skins don't change correctly on other computers.

Jem	26th March 2006 - 02:00 pm
	Ah well, that's because some of the code in that tutorial is a bit 'dodgy', which is why I got rid of it off my site and wrote my own :)

Online Related > Website Design > Skinning: Starting points or tutorials ?

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