How do you include alternate themes in a skin?

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How do you include alternate themes in a skin? - wyrm - 2014-10-14

I am trying to confirm something that I'm sure I saw mentioned in a post on the forums dealing with including alternate themes with a skin submitted to the main XBMC/Kodi repo. I have searched thru the forums looking for the post with no luck, but from memory alternate themes where handled like this:

Include a Theme directory in the skins root directory.
Inside the Theme directory create a sub directory with the same name that you want to call the alternate theme.
Copy the required graphics files (and any sub directories required) to this directory.
When the skin is processed by the repo guardians, anything in the Theme directory is processed by themepacker and the resulting .xbt file is added to the Media directory of the skin.

Is this basically correct, or have I got it completely wrong?

Wyrm (xTV-SAF)

RE: How do you include alternate themes in a skin? - DjCisco - 2014-10-14

Correct, but the folder on the skin root should be called themes

RE: How do you include alternate themes in a skin? - wyrm - 2014-10-15

(2014-10-14, 09:02)DjCisco Wrote: Correct, but the folder on the skin root should be called themes

Thanks DJCisco,

so is that "Themes" or "themes"? Just want to make sure I've got it correct as I will put this in the wiki when I have all of the details correct.

Wyrm

RE: How do you include alternate themes in a skin? - Hitcher - 2014-10-15

themes

RE: How do you include alternate themes in a skin? - ronie - 2014-10-15

(2014-10-15, 05:09)wyrm Wrote:
(2014-10-14, 09:02)DjCisco Wrote: Correct, but the folder on the skin root should be called themes
Thanks DJCisco,

so is that "Themes" or "themes"? Just want to make sure I've got it correct as I will put this in the wiki when I have all of the details correct.

Wyrm

it's listed here, should you wish to make any changes to it:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on_rules#Requirements_for_skins

edit: that page might be protected from editing.
let me know and i'll change it for you.

RE: How do you include alternate themes in a skin? - wyrm - 2014-10-16

(2014-10-15, 10:29)ronie Wrote:
(2014-10-15, 05:09)wyrm Wrote: [quote='DjCisco' pid='1813119' dateline='1413270157']
Correct, but the folder on the skin root should be called themes
Thanks DJCisco,

so is that "Themes" or "themes"? Just want to make sure I've got it correct as I will put this in the wiki when I have all of the details correct.

Wyrm

Thanks for the reply Hitcher, have made required change for my skin and will make sure that makes the wiki.

Quote:it's listed here, should you wish to make any changes to it:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on_rules#Requirements_for_skins

edit: that page might be protected from editing.
let me know and i'll change it for you.

Ronie,

I have been adding a couple of ToDo's into the skinning Manual as I leave this window open on my browser while skin coding to remind me of any bits of skinning I feel unsure about. I am finding there would appear to be a number of missing bits of info, so I try to fill the holes as I find them.

As a side note, while I have stumbled across the page you mentioned in the past, it probably could stand to be made a little more prominent and reachable from either this page or this page.

Wyrm