2015-11-11, 18:27
It's impossible to fit that in a video or wiki page.
(2015-11-11, 18:19)ShoRyuKen Wrote: You don't understand : I don't want a WYSIWYG tool, I'm just asking for a true tutorial : a set of wiki pages or youtube videos showing how to create a simple skin or at least parts of skin, something like that. It's really more difficult for a beginner to start on any scripting/programing thing by playing on the code of someone else...
(2015-11-11, 16:03)ShoRyuKen Wrote:(2015-11-09, 02:20)ronie Wrote: yup, if you think our skinning manual isn't detailed enough, i find that quite hilarious :-)
I'm pretty sure that the skinning manual is very clear and easy to understand for a 6 years hardcore skinner, but for a beginner, it's another business!
I'm reading for a few days the doc - which is split between unlinked wiki pages and threads on this forum - and I think there's absolutely no guideline. On the pinned thread, beginners are broadly invited to play with Notepad++ and Confluence files, just before talking about submitting process... The wiki is a little bit more clear about files and folders naming and functionnalities but the only tutorial I found on this site is a very basic keymap. The rest is a bunch of "how to edit", not a word about creation.
That's why I'm asking something more detailed and more guided, not a set of descriptions scattered here and there. Sorry for those who wrote it, I know it's a lot of work and I thank them for all they did, but I think, as Toben said, that skinning is much like a "tour de force". I'm not surprised that it takes from 6 months to 1 year to do something mostly if the answer a beginner had when he asked for help from experienced skinners is a "lol"
(2015-12-17, 18:41)NewYears1978 Wrote:(2015-11-09, 02:20)ronie Wrote: yup, if you think our skinning manual isn't detailed enough, i find that quite hilarious :-)I did find a link within the thread to the full Skinning Manual which is fairly detailed.
(2015-12-17, 18:41)NewYears1978 Wrote: Nothing explaining XML files and how they work etc.have a look here, each line of an xml file is explained:
(2015-12-17, 18:41)NewYears1978 Wrote: I couldn't even just go download old XBMC version and use that.
Quote:Not try to stir anything but I found it rude that they laughed at you for saying the tutorial wasn't "deep" enough. I had the same thought when I looked at it. The guide is a good general outline of what you should do when creating a skin but there is almost no info on how to actually do it. Nothing explaining XML files and how they work etc.
Quote:To someone used to XML skinning it would make sense but to anyone else it would be very hard to follow (like the OP, or myself)
Quote:I to have spent TONS of time setting up my XBMC only for it to completely change and my skin breaks etc. Long ago I used MQ3 and had a nice custom setup for some things, but I had a data loss and I didn't come back to XBMC til much later. I found that nothing worked anymore and the skin system to be changed and also I couldn't even just go download old XBMC version and use that.
(2015-12-31, 02:39)awacka2 Wrote: As an absolute beginner for everything Kodi and skinning. I was just wondering if anyone knew where to start, I know absolutley nothing about xml and html etc and I really want to learn it all. I know its all going to take time, patience and a lot of hard work but I am really wanting to do this. Problem is I have found a couple web pages but then it directs me to others and basically Im feeling a bit overwhelmed. I was hoping that with your knowledge you could help me find a starting point and then I can learn myself from there. I am quite a fast learner when it comes to stuff like this but as I said I have no idea where I should start or what I should be reading up on first of all as there are quite a lot of stuff that's outdated. Any help would be much appreciated if you could pleasehttps://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=333279