Hi There...

[nightfox_pc_asst 0]

Just wanted to say hello and thanks for letting me join.I found this site via a google search for skinning tutorials on phpbb's...Brief Descrip:Computer TechSkinner for IPB BoardsSome Tutorials and Mods for IPB 2.xIPB 1.3 SupportGraphics Designs (some)Well thats it I guess, if you have questions, just let me know.Thanks again, see ya around.Nightfox PC Asst

[NilsC 0]

Night fox, nice to meet you and if you stick around and get hosting maybe you can give us some tutorials :PWe have a couple of nice communities here and if you are looking for free hosting you came to the right place :PAgain, welcome to Xisto.Nils

[Officer Cartman 0]

Nice to meet you man. I'm new myself. It's a great site, I've had a good experience so far. I hope you do some tutorials, the site always needs those. Anyways, good to meet you.peaceCartman

[ChronicLoser 0]

welcome nightfox! Hope you find Xisto to be a satisfying host

Um, this is a bit offtopic, but i was wondering if i could see some of the skins you've made for IPB, cause I've been playing around a lot with the template of my forum: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ and it's always nice to see some works done by others =P

[nightfox_pc_asst 0]

Here are just two of the skins I have done...

The first one is called 'Blue Professional':

Blue Professional Skin for IPB 2.x

I have tutorials on how to add the left and right images to the areas of the forum so that others can edit thier sites. Warning it takes alot of editting to do this so in the future I am creating a default skin called IPB SDK or Invision Skin Developers Kit. All one will have to do is change the names of the images to the areas to make a new skin.

The second one I did is called 'Mechanix'

Mechanix Skin for IPB 2.x

The third one is a 'Work In Progress' and is called Area 51, it will be completed for the release of the new game called Area51 comming out in the end of April. The skin has an animated collapse and expand button.

Area 51 Skin for IPB 2.x

I also have some mods that I worked on that were originally made for vB skins. These mods are for IPB 2.x skins and are found in my tutorial sections on my site.

IPB mods for ipb skins 2.x

The top one is called a 'Top Supported Websites', and the other is a 'Post Legend' for letting ppl know what the icons mean on the site.

If the staff would like some of the tutorials to review, I would be happy to submit them.

Well all back to skinning I go...I also have some skins I am working on for IPB 1.3 Final, vB, and PHPBB forums. The folks at NBSDesignz have allowed me to help staff thier site and thus giving me some room for free hosting and testing the skins on those other sites.

Thanks all,

Laters
NF

[Officer Cartman 0]

Wow.... you've done a lot of work. It all looks really good. I have made a skin or too myself but you're better then me. Yours look really professional . Personally, I like the Area 51 skin but they're all cool. Again, good job and welcome to Xisto.peaceCartman

[nightfox_pc_asst 0]

Thanks for the kind words Cartman...I am just a noob when it comes to graphics, I just recently (6 mos ago) started with tutorials for PS CS1 and PS7 and working to improve skins.As I do mods and they work. I post them up from start to finish to help beginners to novices in creating even better mods.Currently working on mods with Dreamweaver MX 2004 to see what kind of things I can invent.If anyone is looking for custom buttons for thier sites, I have these available:Opera Browser Buttons, Yellow Buttons (ie Firefox), Construct Buttons and Mechanix Buttons. I also have 177 orb smilies, fully animated I got off of Smiley's Centeral. (Removed all the spamware). All can be viewed in my gallery which is free for all to see.As you can see, I like to experiment and yes I will admit I have crashed my site many times Laters all,More to follow as the months roll on.NF