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One of the most exciting new features in Skinr 2.x (docs on how to install) is the ability to have “skin sets” as their own entity, rather than defined in the theme’s info file. This means you can have Skinr styles in your sites/*/skins directory, and they can be enabled/disabled like modules, shared across sites or themes, and generally more easily managed.
We’ve started to put together a repository of these downloadable skin sets for Fusion so that others can share their favourites, and we can post more snippets of useful Drupal theme code without needing to clutter up Fusion itself. Any requests? :)
This screencast shows the basics of using or creating your own skin set for Skinr 2.x.
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Comments (6)
Nice, I have not used skinr
Nice, I have not used skinr before, but you just sold me
Thanks for this nice
Thanks for this nice screencast.
What's the biggest difference between skinr v1.5 and 2.x? There is note about 2.x at skinr project page at the drupal.org:
It is STRONGLY recommended that you do NOT use this on production sites at this point.
Any recommendations about that?
The pop up modal UI with
The pop up modal UI with instant previews of styles, this feature, plus page-level styles are probably the biggest differences.
I'd tend to agree with that note, especially if you're not experienced with Drupal. If you just know you want to use a Fusion theme and not have to deal with something that could potentially be unstable, then stick with 1.5. But if you're a developer, or working on a site you have a little time to play with, I'd try out 2.x to get the UI benefits in particular.
Total side question
Hi Stephanie.
Thanks for the screen cast and the awesome direction you are taking Skinr in.
This is a total side question. I noticed your screen cast showed Ubuntu. What software did you use to record it? I've really been trying to find something good for screen casts in Linux.
Thanks.
XVidCap
I used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVidCap
Simple and works just fine :)
I run Ubuntu on my computers but I actually set up a separate virtual machine using http://drupal.org/project/quickstart so I had a nice clean install. It was a great and powerful system that I'm looking forward to using for future screenshots, presentations, etc.
Wow!
Wow! Skinr 2 looks really useful, maybe it's the missing part of Drupal... Keep going! Thanks Stephanie for the screencast :)