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katleeh:
Well that would explain why the damn banner shows up shrunk. That doesn't work at all... Okay is there any way to display different posters, screenshots, etc in different locations then? For instance, set Poster #01 as being a banner, Poster #02 is the display poster, etc...

Also, I'm still trying to figure out just what can be changed here? Am I only limited to XML or can I use javascript or HTML in these files?

Also, a suggestion, a skin editor would make it easier to make skins as it would provide a visual method for doing the editing. Otherwise, I'm stuck with trial and error here and I'm not even sure what works half the time since I have to close the program before I can reload PVD.

Oh, and if it makes a difference, I'm running Vista x64.

- KatLeeH

katleeh:
Oh, and I have looked at some of the other skins. That didn't help at all as that only shows what I already figured out as far as basic displays and stuff go. I'm trying to figure out how I can change the way the data is displayed here to be more customizable. For instance, the DB design holds multiple images for different things, how do I tell the program to display the images in different locations... that kind of thing.

- KatLeeH

mgpw4me@yahoo.com:
The covers can be scaled:

         <row>
          <column valign="top" halign="center" width="310" space="0">
           <section space="0">
            <border shape="none"/>
            <row>
             <column space="0" width="140"><spacer width="10"/><froncover autosize="true"/></column>
             <column space="0" width="150"><cdcover autosize="true"/></column>
            </row>

           </section>
          </column>
         </row>

Images that are part of an image list (posters / screen shots / people galleries) are treated as a single entity.  You can't position them individually.

HTML and JAVASCRIPT cannot be used in a skin.  You could write or change an export template that would accomplish this, but then you'd have to export the entire database every time you updated your database.  Direct database access via script is possible, but the creation of a whole new display system would be non-trivial.

I know custom image fields are on "the list" for some future PVD version, so it might be better to wait several months for version 1 to come out and see what's available.

mgpw4me@yahoo.com:

--- Quote from: katleeh on October 24, 2010, 01:02:03 am ---Also, a suggestion, a skin editor would make it easier to make skins as it would provide a visual method for doing the editing. Otherwise, I'm stuck with trial and error here and I'm not even sure what works half the time since I have to close the program before I can reload PVD.
- KatLeeH

--- End quote ---

There is a "skin refresh" button (not on the standard toolbar, I think).  Tools -> preferences -> appearance -> toolbar.

katleeh:
Thanks for the input. Using refresh doesn't work. Changes made to the XML of the skin have to be saved in the editor and then PVD needs to be restarted before you can see those changes work. I already tried using refresh before. :/.

As far as your suggestion, the banner is still being shrunk. Its weird. The banners are 758x140 and the display is reducing it to like 300x80. That's no matter what I do. Talk about annoying.

- KatLeeH

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