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Please read this wonderful article by ^ginkgografix concerning this issue: [link]

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I come across this a lot, people do not seem to realize that simple image/bg/color/fonts swaps on someone else's skin is art theft. Their code is their work. You can reference their code, but copying line by line and slightly altering it does not make it yours. It's their layout, their hard work. Sure, it's as much hard work to dig through someone's code to alter it. At that point, you might as well do it yourself. Hopefully, this tutorial can display how easy it is to create one from scratch, rather than backwards engineering someone else's code. If you still feel you simply must take other's hard work, do not redistribute it claiming as your own work. When you do that, that makes it theft.

If you would like someone to design a skin just like theirs with your images, then try two things, 1) Ask Permission! 2) Ask or commission them to do it for you. If they said no, then do it yourself.

Don't know CSS? There are a ton of walkthroughs, guides and tutorials all over the place, here's a good place to start: [link]

Just a note to any one who comments or faves or watches me, I'm one of those people who actually looks at the profile before I say "thanks, bye". I like to leave thoughtful comments whenever I can or reciprocate for a fav or comment. I often look at the galleries. If I find stolen art, I report it. So if you steal, and have visited me, really, don't bother commenting, you'll only get yourself in trouble.

Here is the free skin (free to use, not to alter and redistribute) used in this tutorial:

And a few recommended resources:

Description
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Please read this wonderful article by ^ginkgografix concerning this issue: [link]

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I come across this a lot, people do not seem to realize that simple image/bg/color/fonts swaps on someone else's skin is art theft. Their code is their work. You can reference their code, but copying line by line and slightly altering it does not make it yours. It's their layout, their hard work. Sure, it's as much hard work to dig through someone's code to alter it. At that point, you might as well do it yourself. Hopefully, this tutorial can display how easy it is to create one from scratch, rather than backwards engineering someone else's code. If you still feel you simply must take other's hard work, do not redistribute it claiming as your own work. When you do that, that makes it theft.

If you would like someone to design a skin just like theirs with your images, then try two things, 1) Ask Permission! 2) Ask or commission them to do it for you. If they said no, then do it yourself.

Don't know CSS? There are a ton of walkthroughs, guides and tutorials all over the place, here's a good place to start: [link]

Just a note to any one who comments or faves or watches me, I'm one of those people who actually looks at the profile before I say "thanks, bye". I like to leave thoughtful comments whenever I can or reciprocate for a fav or comment. I often look at the galleries. If I find stolen art, I report it. So if you steal, and have visited me, really, don't bother commenting, you'll only get yourself in trouble.

Here is the free skin (free to use, not to alter and redistribute) used in this tutorial:

And a few recommended resources: