Well here is the official thread to the Windows Live Messenger essential skinners guide.

Please note

This tutorial is based on Windows Live Messenger 8.5. Things are very different in WLM 9 and onwards, the ID's that are given here do not work with Messenger 2009. UIFiles have also changed.

Willz Skinning Guide - English

1: Introduction to Skinning - Download
2: Your First Plus Skin - Download
3: Dealing with RLE's - Download
4: The Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Resource Bible - Download


Willz Skinning Guide - Greek
Translation: Basilis Kakaronis

1: Introduction to Skinning - Download
2: Your First Plus Skin - Download

I just read through it and it's damn useful

The Vista Forums

Part 4 is now live people, enjoy my 249 page document of insanity

willz Wrote:Part 4 is now live people, enjoy my 249 page document of insanity

Basilis will be having fun once he's finished the rest.

wow.

14 guides?

* ryxdp makes a happy face

where is my mind

Those are just the ones off the top my head that I am going to do. There will probably be more when I can think of it

When I get actual chunks of time (and when I finish OpenDiode) I'll hopefully have a chance to read them and give skinning a go. Looking good though .

Messenger Stuff Forums

Great, guide :] And part IV aint that bad lol CTRL+F = friend ;] lol x;

* ryxdp is spellchecking the guides anyway

where is my mind

Wow, didn't know you were planning that many more.

willz: Patchou and I will be adding a tutorials & tools section to the skins db soon, would you allow us to host your tutorials there? They will be very useful for anybody visiting the site who wants to creat his/her own skin.