Basic Guide to Generating Niche Skins
Introduction to Niche Skins
While downloading and activating Niche Skins is easy, creating them from scratch can be more difficult. We generally only recommend that people who are familiar who have CSS, HTML, and graphic design experience attempt to create their own skins for commercial distribution. However, if you still want to develop a Niche Skin for your personal use, please read on.
For the average user with little-to-no programming experience, Niche Skin Generation can be accomplished when starting with the Affiliate Theme Default Skin. Again, we must mention that for the casual user, it is much better to simply activate a preexisting Niche Skin and customize from there.
How to Generate a Niche Skin
Generating a Niche Skin is very simple and can be completed at any step in the theme modification process. If you’re a knowledgeable web developer (proficient in HTML/CSS/PHP), we recommend you read our Advanced Guide to Niche Skin Development.
Step 1: Activate the Default Skin.
Activate the Affiliate Theme Default Skin in the Niche Skins panel of the Affiliate Theme admin panel. You can generate a new skin only from the Affiliate Theme Default Skin – existing Niche Skins cannot be regenerated.
Step 2: Click the Generate button.
A Niche Skin can be generated at any point in the theme modification process. Simply click the ‘Generate Skin’ button.
Step 3: Enter your Niche Skin details.
Enter your skin name, description, and provide a link to a .PNG file which will be used for your theme screenshot. The theme screenshot should be a 300×225 px file. The screenshot can be added later, as well.
Step 4: Download or activate your Niche Skin.
Once you have finished, you will be taken back to the Niche Skin panel where your new theme will be available for download or activation.
