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For PSP users
If you're going to make a layout using PSP, use this tutorial instead
Custom Userpage
Tutorial- Paint Shop Pro Edition **MT3**
its done by belmikry. ^__^
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before we begin lemme say one simple thing.
Read the whole post before you post something or problem! I said this since there are
many times where people keep asking questions that has been answered in the tutorial. so read ALL OF THEM! even to the smallest detail!
Alright here's my comprehensive tutorial on how to make the userpage custom layout.
1st of all download this: MTv3 Skin Template [PSD file]
That file contains all you need to start making your very own layout.
Alright, now you have the file, lets begin the tutorial.
Oh yah, before we begin lemme just say I did this using Photoshop. It might be different for other image editing
software.
1. 1st up, open up MTv3 Template.psd.
2. As you can see from [this picture] its a bit different from the previous skin package. However, it is still pretty much the same thing. The text are just explanation. You can delete those layer after you read them. The black area are where you should start making your layout, where you should place your character. If you made it outside of the box, it can't be seen unless you or the person viewing have a huge resolution. But, try to make your background effects reach those outside area incase there are people with huge resolution.
3. Now for the fun part, making the bg! Just do your stuff and make your bg on that empty, white .psd~!
4. After your done you might have something like [this]. As you can see, I deleted the text's layer and leave the darken area as a guide to place my character.
5. Next is saving it. Go to File > Save For Web... or use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S. (yes, quite a handful). Oh yeah before saving make sure to hide or delete that darken area layer. (to hide click da eye icon at its layer)
6. Next, select all slice (Ctrl+A) and make sure the option under preset is set to Jpeg. Then click Save.
7. Now, as the name says, we're saving it for web. So it will want to create a .html page. Just save it with any name you want.
8. Now you are done with the userpage. Time to go to do the table and menu headers. What are they? [This image] explains everything. To make it, just make a new 960x16. Put anything you want on it, and you might have something like [this]. Save it under the images folder which was created earlier when you save your layout. A little notice here, file size for both file, menu header and table header must be less than 30kb.
9. [This image] shows the files which you have made.
10. Now as of MTv3, uploading the slices and setting the color is easier. Go to your Control Panel and then Skin Builder. First is the color settings.
Set your color according to your going to be layout. [Example]
*Note: When inputting color, remember to put a '#' in front of the code.
11. Now is uploading the slices. Scroll down a bit until you found Background Tiles section. [This picture] shows the slices being set to upload.
12. After that click build skin and its done.
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Optional Stuff
I'm sure some of you have seen it when you get to the skin builder page. The Name and Features section.
~ Name section
This will be the name of your layout. The name will then be seen when people is choosing member layout as their MT
layout.
~ Features section
This is where the category of your layout will be. (like if its from Negima, Bleach, Guilty Gear, etc) You need to
insert the specific gallery number for this. To know the number, go to Browse.
Find the category which it falls under, go in it. Check your adress bar. I'll take an example from FMA category.
[http://browse.minitokyo.net/174/fullmetal-alchemist/] See the number 174 in
there? Thats the category number. Put that in the box in Feature section.
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Use FireFox to upload
Dunno if it's still the same with MTv2, but it is always recomended to upload using Firefox. ^_^
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
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Slices Dimension
incase some people are wondering about the dimension of each silces.
#1: 588x470
#2: 720x470
#3: 3x470
#4: 588x738
#5: 720x748
#6: 588x10
#7: 3x748
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Frequently Asked
Questions
~ I made everything exactly as the steps but why there's no changes?
Remember to clear your cache (hold Ctrl + F5) if there seems to be no changes happening.
~ I got en error "Files too large". What's that?
That means your file is large in size (kb). When saving (in step 5/6), lower the quality a little.
~ I got en error "Could not complete your request because an unexpected
end-of-file was encountered". What's that?
I myself don't know what's wrong. However I can suggest a way to solve it. Download from this, MTv3 Template hosted by
Rapidshare. If still cannot, please make a post regarding this and I'll try and get back to you as soon as
possible. Sometime other member might come earlier to help.
~ Where can I got the hex codes (color codes)?
As provided by one of the members,
http://www.mrs.umn.edu/committees/wwwac/toolbox/color.html