How to edit themes?

[virtue]

Hey, I was wondering how I would edit a theme somebody else has made? I'm using the slipstream theme but would like to see the box art and disc/cart next to each other when selecting a game rather than this static screenshot on the right. If anyone could point me in the direction of learning how to to that that would be great.

 

[JoeViking245]

13 minutes ago, virtue said:

Hey, I was wondering how I would edit a theme somebody else has made? I'm using the slipstream theme but would like to see the box art and disc/cart next to each other when selecting a game rather than this static screenshot on the right. If anyone could point me in the direction of learning how to to that that would be great.

If it's the same theme as here: Slipstream Theme - Custom Themes - LaunchBox Community Forums

...that particular theme was created using the Community Theme Creator (CTC), a 3rd party [paid for] GUI app to create Big Box themes.  You can find the CTC files for the theme here: Slipstream CTC-files - Custom Themes - LaunchBox Community Forums

You can edit the .xaml Views files with any text editor.  But I'm not sure (never really looked) if there are tutorials/videos available for doing so this way ("manually").  Also, CTC adds in a bunch of [useful] plugin code to make the views do what they do. And could be difficult to decipher when just starting out with XAML.

This link... well, is pretty self-describing by its title:  Tips for using the Community Theme Creator - video bookmarks and other notes - Custom Theme Tutorials - LaunchBox Community Forums.  

 

[RVZ]

15 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

If it's the same theme as here: Slipstream Theme - Custom Themes - LaunchBox Community Forums

...that particular theme was created using the Community Theme Creator (CTC), a 3rd party [paid for] GUI app to create Big Box themes.  You can find the CTC files for the theme here: Slipstream CTC-files - Custom Themes - LaunchBox Community Forums

You can edit the .xaml Views files with any text editor.  But I'm not sure (never really looked) if there are tutorials/videos available for doing so this way ("manually").  Also, CTC adds in a bunch of [useful] plugin code to make the views do what they do. And could be difficult to decipher when just starting out with XAML.

This link... well, is pretty self-describing by its title:  Tips for using the Community Theme Creator - video bookmarks and other notes - Custom Theme Tutorials - LaunchBox Community Forums.  

 

Thank you!  I love this theme, but wanted to change the aspect ratio.  Been trying with the normal theme files, but just couldn't get it working correctly.  This will definitely help.