Orbona Yahoo! Widgets

Skin Management

Video tutorials can be found here.

Important!

Do not try to run skins under versions of the widget that are not supported. Very Bad Things may happen, since older versions of the widgets lack sufficient error handling with respect to skins. If you disregard this notice and your widget appears to lock up, try right-clicking (Windows) or CTRL-clicking (Mac) on the widget and doing a "Restore Default Preferences" to fix things.

Click to hide sectionHow to Install a New Skin

  1. Download a skin file from the list on this page. If the skin is in .ZIP format, do not extract the files.
  2. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL-click (Mac) on the widget and select Skin Management >> Import Skin from the context menu, which is shown below.
    Import Skin Menu Item
  3. On the window that opens, click the "..." button, which is circled in red in the picture below, and locate the skin (.SKN, .ZIP) file that you downloaded in step 1.
    Select Skin File Dialog
  4. After you have selected a file, click the "Import" button, which is circled in red in the picture below.
    Select Skin File Dialog
  5. That's it! If the skin is supported by the version of the widget you are running, it will be imported and applied immediately.

Click to hide sectionHow to Apply an Installed Skin

  1. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL-click (Mac) on the widget and select Select a Skin from the context menu.
    Select Skin Menu Item
  2. The next window will show you a list of the skins you have installed. Select a skin from the list and click OK.
    Select Skin Dialog
  3. The selected skin will be applied.

Click to hide sectionHow to Delete a Installed Skin

Please note that the "Default" skin can't be deleted.

  1. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL-click (Mac) on the widget and select Skin Management >> Clean Up Skin Listfrom the context menu, which is shown below.
    Clean Up Skin List Menu Item
  2. The next window will show you a list of the skins you have installed. Select the skin you want to delete and click Delete, which is circled in red in the picture below.
    Select Skin to Delete Dialog
  3. You will be asked to confirm that you really want to delete the skin. Click Yes if you want to delete the skin, or click No to keep the skin.
    Confirm Delete Dialog
  4. The skin will be deleted (unless you clicked "No" in the previous step). If the skin is currently applied to the widget, the Default skin will be applied before the current skin is deleted.