How To Install a vB Skin

You've found a nice skin/style that you want to install on your forum? GOOD!
You can do this in 4 easy steps:

download skin's zip file to your computer and extract somewhere on your computer where you'll easily find it. Desktop works best for most people.
Most skins come in a folder named for the skin. So, upload the skins' folder to your forum's images directory. Your image path will look something like this images/name of skin/all other folders inside (attachments, buttons, misc, statusicons, etc. )
Go to your ACP > Styles & Templates > Download / Upload Styles
On the right, go to Import Style XML File - click on browse, locate the xml file on your desktop (or whereever you saved the download at), double click it so that it shows in the browse box, then scroll to the bottom and click Import.If your images don't show up on your forum, re-check where you downloaded your images to.


NOTE: all skins designed by miner, need to be uploaded to your forums' images/styles folder. Your images directory doesn't normally have a styles folder, so you'll need to create one.

Can you pls show what u just explain in picture specially the part of the imae folder where should be installed

Hi,

I've installed a new skin (fws black) but my gallery, arcade and vbplaza now don't show in the navbar.

I'm new to vBulletin and installing colour schemes.

Old default skin:-

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Swerve1000/default.jpg

New skin:-

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Swerve1000/fws.jpg

What do I need to do to make them appear as they should?

Thanks!

You have to add the links to each of those, to your navbar template.

You have to add the links to each of those, to your navbar template.

Thanks peggy, shame you dislike dark themes, your's look exactly like the type I want. :(

Do I just edit the 'navbar' template or could I need to make changes in any any other ones?

:confused:

Many thanks for the great help!:)

The navbar template is all you need to edit. Look at the navbar template for your old skin, copy the code over to the new skin's navbar template and Bob's your uncle.

Thanks peggy, shame you dislike dark themes, your's look exactly like the type I want. :(

Do I just edit the 'navbar' template or could I need to make changes in any any other ones?

:confused:

Many thanks for the great help!:)It's not so much that I dislike dark themes. It's more that they actually hurt my eyes. But if they're done right, I can "tolerate" them.

Like Mike said, just open the navbar template for the old skin (Unless the navbar info is in the header template?), copy it and paste it to the new one, wherever the navbar info is.

Thanks to both of you, it's working. There was a problem when I chose to replace some code through the ACP option only for the new skin it still did it for the default one, but I removed the duplicate code and it's all sorted.

And who's Bob?

hehe

Thanks to both of you, it's working. There was a problem when I chose to replace some code through the ACP option only for the new skin it still did it for the default one, but I removed the duplicate code and it's all sorted.

And who's Bob?

hehe
I'll never tell......... :p

Glad you got it sorted out.

Thanks peggy, shame you dislike dark themes, your's look exactly like the type I want. :(

Do I just edit the 'navbar' template or could I need to make changes in any any other ones?

:confused:

Many thanks for the great help!:)

Dark themes are, umm, common....:D