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Published: 2011-05-05 15:33:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 2772; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 236
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WALLPAPER, ICONS, BLACKBOX BUILD, BBLEANBAR, BBINTERFACE, BBLEANSKIN, BBCOLOREX, BBRECYCLE BIN and 3dcc configuration included.The wallpaper is Forlorn Park" by c31marius [link] with his permission. c31marius resized his original wall for this style and I thank him for his time and effort. The original wall is at [link] The icons are Slate by the late Marvilla [link] [link] used with the permission of her husband, Rudy Spurlin. The build of Blackbox (BBLeanMod), along with the zipped builds of BBLeanBar and BBLeanSkin are by nocd5 [link] included with his permission. The bbinterface script is by me and all the icons should be placed in C:\ICONS. Make sure to use capital letters.
After replacing your older Blackbox, BBLeanBar, and BBLeanSkin builds with the ones provided in the zip file, restart. The wallpaper should be put in C:\Wallpaper2. In the zip file you will also find two plugins that must be loaded: BBRecycleBin for the recycling monitor and BBColorEx for the 3dcc parameters that are included in the style file. Please note me for more instructions. ATTENTION: These builds are for Blackbox users that already have rc files in their respective folders. Everyone else who wishes to try Blackbox for the first time should download the whole enchilada from nocd5's site, or e-mail me for instructions. Plus, the bar and the other desktop elements are for resolutions of 1920X1080 or more.
If you want to learn more about Blackbox, I suggest you read my tutorials:
[link] tutorial part I - the shell
[link] tutorial part II - the plugins
[link] tutorial part III - the styles
They are pretty much outdated by now (I MUST find time to bring them up to date... lol) but they will give you a general idea. And, of course, feel free to ask if u need more info or instructions
And if you need even more screenshots and styles than the ones included in my gallery, take a look at [link]
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Lol... I think I've read it before... Thank you!
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ok, couple questions... i see you have a start button. i know i would like to have that. also, when i make a new theme, i usually keep the fonts and whatnot the same, i just change the colours. would that eventually get quicker and easier to do? and when i do that, how would i save that theme or colour scheme to use again later?
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What do you mean you make a new theme? Do you use a text editor to edit the style file? As for the Start menu, you need bbinterface to do that.
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by 'make a new theme', i mean changing the colours to match the wallpaper. the way i learned it back in the day, putting all the skin elements (wallpaper, colours, fonts, icons, etc) together, was a 'theme'. i don't know if it's still the same. i could be quite outdated, as i usually am with everything. (by the way, i do still use xp, i think you asked before).
and the text editor... i have notepad, but i don't know what to write in the text files for blackbox. when i accidentally clicked on the 'new menu' thing in blackbox (not using bbinterface), it just gave me a blank menu and a blank notepad, and i had no clue what to write in there to get my menu back.
so, i've got some time, and i'm ready to get it going again, and take the next step, but first, i obviously need to get my menu back. after that, i assume the next step is 'bbinterface', so where do i find that, and how do i use/install it?
hope that makes sense. thanks again.
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OK... First, find in your Blackbox zip file the file menu.rc. Copy it to the folder where your existing menu.rc is and restart. You'll get your old menu back.
Second, open a style file using notepad or another text editor (notepad is easy and light). It's the file with the .sty extension, or maybe no extension at all. Usually it's the file with the name of your current style (theme). In it you will find hex value entries, like #ff224e. This is a hue. Using a color picker, pick any color you like on the desktop and copy the new value over an older one. Reconfigure using the BB menu and see the changes made. Go on, until you change all colors to your liking. This is the first step: for the second step, you may need to change textures too, like vertical, diagonal, crosspipe etc. But more of this later...
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so sorry it's been so long. ok, i got the menu back, thank you for helping. i'm still working on learning the colours. which colour picker do you use, and where would i find it. also, where can i find the bbinterface, so i can get that going? i think before i start making styles, i need to get the desktop set up more.
thank you so much for your help, and especially your patience.
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Personally I use color cop, you can google for it. It's convenient and easy to use. As for bbinterface, I am including the dll in all the themes I upload here - you will find it in any theme of mine you have downloaded. You are very welcome.
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wow, beautiphul, love the colour. i've gotta try that blackbox someday... iz it relatively eazy to uze? and it doezn't replace your win xp, doez it? can you still uze your xp vizualstylez when you want? and switch back and forth?
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Yes, yes, yes and yes
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that's awesome, i'll try it as soon as i get enough info and get up the guts. i recently acquired windowblinds, too. are they compatible? and does any of this stuff cost any money?
i love my visualstyles so much, cause they have unique shapes, and windowblinds doesn't have much shape to it. i figure i'll start making my own visualstyles/windowblinds/skins someday, just to have the looks i like. but having more options is a good thing.
thanks for all the info, and i'll get to your tutorials soon.
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Of course you CAN use WindowBlinds, but, again, Blackbox has its own window skinning engine. Once you try it, I am not sure if you will want to pay for WB. Blackbox and all its plugins is absolutely free. You are very welcome and glad you are thinking of getting into skinning!
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well, i've already paid for windowblinds, so it's mine to keep, but if i can switch at will between visualstyles, windowblinds, and blackbox... the more options, the better. i have some time tonight, so i'll try to get to your tutorials, and i'm sure i'll send plenty of questions your way, so i hope i don't overload you. thank you for being so kind.
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Loving these colors and the simplicity of it. Great job!!
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Thanks, my friend, it means a lot
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Thank you, DrawerPal, glad you think so!
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Thanks, Nikos, means so much coming from you
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Thanks, Barb, glad you like it!
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