Viewer Skins/Starlight - Revision history

EnCore Mayne at 08:59, 7 August 2023

2023-08-07T08:59:44Z

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	StarLight and StarLightCUI are two of the viewer skins available as standard with the [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory/Firestorm Firestorm Viewer].		StarLight and StarLightCUI are two of the viewer skins available as standard with the [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory/Firestorm Firestorm Viewer].

			220322 Firestorm announces Starlight skins are no longer maintained [https://www.firestormviewer.org/firestorm-release-6-5-3-65658/ Firestorm Blog]

			220526 Firestorm announces user ScentualLust steps in to maintain the suite.[https://www.firestormviewer.org/firestorm-release-6-5-6-66221/ Firestorm Blog]


	====StarLight Lite====		====StarLight Lite====
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	== Discussions, information, support and questions ==		== Discussions, information, support and questions ==

	~~To discuss StarLight and get news of changes/versions/bugs etc. please visit the [http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/viewer-xml-skinning/ Viewer xml and Skinning Forum].~~

	~~Problems, issues and new feature requests can also be entered on the [http://jira.phoenixviewer.com/browse/STAR StarLight JIRA] (which is kindly hosted by the Firestorm team).~~

	StarLight is assembled by Hitomi Tiponi, who may be contacted through the aforementioned forum or by IM or notecard in-world.		StarLight is assembled by Hitomi Tiponi, who may be contacted through the aforementioned forum or by IM or notecard in-world.

Hitomi Tiponi: Changed to reflect compatability with Viewer 5.0.3

2017-03-14T12:48:05Z

Changed to reflect compatability with Viewer 5.0.3

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	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/8buwsdfew8z8819/Starlight_5.0.1170.zip StarLight 5.0.1170]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/8buwsdfew8z8819/Starlight_5.0.1170.zip StarLight 5.0.1170]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/8qd0y72jkqnz2v4/StarLight_5.0.1170_Setup.exe StarLight 5.0.1170]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/8qd0y72jkqnz2v4/StarLight_5.0.1170_Setup.exe StarLight 5.0.1170]
	\| '''Viewer 5.0.1 (5.0.1.~~323027~~)*'''		\| '''Viewer 5.0.3 (5.0.3.324435)*'''
	\| February 6th 2017		\| February 6th 2017
	\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]		\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]

Hitomi Tiponi: New release for Viewer 5.0.1 added

2017-02-06T14:13:45Z

New release for Viewer 5.0.1 added

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	\|author=Hitomi Tiponi		\|author=Hitomi Tiponi
	\|viewer_version=2.0 - 5.0		\|viewer_version=2.0 - 5.0
	\|skin_name=Starlight 2.0.1 - 5.0.~~1167~~		\|skin_name=Starlight 2.0.1 - 5.0.1170
	\|skin_image=StarLight 3 2 versions.png		\|skin_image=StarLight 3 2 versions.png
	\|summary=StarLight 'Silver Pink' theme - colourful, versatile, practical		\|summary=StarLight 'Silver Pink' theme - colourful, versatile, practical
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	\|---		\|---
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/~~2xox35uvbbbhtec~~/Starlight_5.0.~~1167~~.zip StarLight 5.0.~~1167~~]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/8buwsdfew8z8819/Starlight_5.0.1170.zip StarLight 5.0.1170]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/~~t85kba9fcxtgmbu~~/StarLight_5.0.~~1167_Setup~~.exe StarLight 5.0.~~1167~~]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/8qd0y72jkqnz2v4/StarLight_5.0.1170_Setup.exe StarLight 5.0.1170]
	\| '''Viewer 5.0.0 (5.0.0.~~321958~~)*'''		\| '''Viewer 5.0.1 (5.0.1.323027)*'''
	\| ~~December 15th 2016~~		\| February 6th 2017
	\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]		\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]
	\|---		\|---

Hitomi Tiponi at 12:22, 15 December 2016

2016-12-15T12:22:46Z

Hitomi Tiponi: Update for Viewer 5

2016-12-15T12:20:04Z

Update for Viewer 5

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	{{viewer skin		{{viewer skin
	\|author=Hitomi Tiponi		\|author=Hitomi Tiponi
	\|viewer_version=2.0 - 4.1		\|viewer_version=2.0 - 5.0
	\|skin_name=Starlight 2.0.1 - 4.1.~~1166~~		\|skin_name=Starlight 2.0.1 - 5.0.1167
	\|skin_image=StarLight 3 2 versions.png		\|skin_image=StarLight 3 2 versions.png
	\|summary=StarLight 'Silver Pink' theme - colourful, versatile, practical		\|summary=StarLight 'Silver Pink' theme - colourful, versatile, practical
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	<br/>		<br/>
	==About==		==About==
	StarLight is designed to provide a colourful, versatile and practical alternative to the default skin for Viewer 4. Hopefully it will improve the usability, and promote increased usage of the viewer - all official releases of Viewer ~~4 (and Viewer 3)~~ have a StarLight version produced to work with them.		StarLight is designed to provide a colourful, versatile and practical alternative to the default skin for Viewer 4. Hopefully it will improve the usability, and promote increased usage of the viewer - all official releases of the Second Life Viewer have a StarLight version produced to work with them.
	StarLight consists of a number of previously published viewer tweaks - produced by various residents (see credits in the downloaded 'Read Me' file or in the 'StarLight Skin' tab of the viewer 'About' floater), together with a continual addition of new ones. In addition there is a slight re-skinning to give the interface a lighter feel and several colour variants (called 'Themes'). It should hopefully benefit those people who have no wish to edit the XML code themselves, yet wish to benefit from a number of tweaks made by other residents, without using a third-party viewer.<br /><br/>		StarLight consists of a number of previously published viewer tweaks - produced by various residents (see credits in the downloaded 'Read Me' file or in the 'StarLight Skin' tab of the viewer 'About' floater), together with a continual addition of new ones. In addition there is a slight re-skinning to give the interface a lighter feel and several colour variants (called 'Themes'). It should hopefully benefit those people who have no wish to edit the XML code themselves, yet wish to benefit from a number of tweaks made by other residents, without using a third-party viewer.<br /><br/>
	'''Over 20,000 downloads so far!'''<br />		'''Over 20,000 downloads so far!'''<br />
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	\|---		\|---
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/~~1q6gsfvj7ht09o0~~/~~Starlight_4~~.1.~~1166~~.zip StarLight 4.1.~~1166~~]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/2xox35uvbbbhtec/Starlight_5.0.1167.zip StarLight 5.0.1167]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/~~ujkza5ijt2xkoxl~~/~~StarLight_4~~.1.~~1166_Setup~~.exe StarLight 4.1.~~1166~~]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/t85kba9fcxtgmbu/StarLight_5.0.1167_Setup.exe StarLight 5.0.1167]
	\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.~~320331) or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.321518~~)*'''		\| '''Viewer 5.0.0 (5.0.0.321958)*'''
	\| ~~October 14th~~ 2016		\| December 15th 2016
	\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]		\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]
	\|---		\|---

Hitomi Tiponi at 05:25, 24 November 2016

2016-11-24T05:25:23Z

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	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/1q6gsfvj7ht09o0/Starlight_4.1.1166.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/1q6gsfvj7ht09o0/Starlight_4.1.1166.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/ujkza5ijt2xkoxl/StarLight_4.1.1166_Setup.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/ujkza5ijt2xkoxl/StarLight_4.1.1166_Setup.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331)* or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.321518)'''		\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331) or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.321518)*'''
	\| October 14th 2016		\| October 14th 2016
	\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]		\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]

Hitomi Tiponi: /* Known Bugs and Issues */

2016-11-24T05:24:07Z

Known Bugs and Issues

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	<div style="padding:10px; text-align: justify;">		<div style="padding:10px; text-align: justify;">


			<span style="font-size:14px">''' - In Viewer 4.1.2 messages about HUD complexity may not display correctly'''</span>
			* When using StarLight 4.1.1166 the messages associated with HUD complexity may display incorrectly, but still be readable. This will be resolved in the next StarLight release.<br /><br />

	<span style="font-size:14px">'''[https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-25735 VWR-25735] - When 'plain text IM and chat history' is selected the name of the 'speaker' is coloured the same as 'URLs''''</span>		<span style="font-size:14px">'''[https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-25735 VWR-25735] - When 'plain text IM and chat history' is selected the name of the 'speaker' is coloured the same as 'URLs''''</span>

Hitomi Tiponi: version number change

2016-11-24T05:20:17Z

version number change

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	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/1q6gsfvj7ht09o0/Starlight_4.1.1166.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/1q6gsfvj7ht09o0/Starlight_4.1.1166.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/ujkza5ijt2xkoxl/StarLight_4.1.1166_Setup.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/ujkza5ijt2xkoxl/StarLight_4.1.1166_Setup.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331)* or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.~~320461~~)'''		\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331)* or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.321518)'''
	\| October 14th 2016		\| October 14th 2016
	\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]		\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]

Hitomi Tiponi at 22:27, 14 October 2016

2016-10-14T22:27:39Z

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	\|---		\|---
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/~~download~~/~~22dvrduxnekcvzn~~/Starlight_4.0.~~1164~~.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/1q6gsfvj7ht09o0/Starlight_4.1.1166.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/~~download~~/~~do2fyung6k4z8v1~~/StarLight_4.0.~~1164_Setup~~.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/file/ujkza5ijt2xkoxl/StarLight_4.1.1166_Setup.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331)* or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.320461)'''		\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331)* or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.320461)'''
	\| October 14th 2016		\| October 14th 2016

Hitomi Tiponi: New release for viewers 4.1.1 and 4.1.2

2016-10-14T21:55:41Z

New release for viewers 4.1.1 and 4.1.2

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	{{viewer skin		{{viewer skin
	\|author=Hitomi Tiponi		\|author=Hitomi Tiponi
	\|viewer_version=2.0 - 4.0		\|viewer_version=2.0 - 4.1
	\|skin_name=Starlight 2.0.1 - 4.0.~~1164~~		\|skin_name=Starlight 2.0.1 - 4.1.1166
	\|skin_image=StarLight 3 2 versions.png		\|skin_image=StarLight 3 2 versions.png
	\|summary=StarLight 'Silver Pink' theme - colourful, versatile, practical		\|summary=StarLight 'Silver Pink' theme - colourful, versatile, practical
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	\|---		\|---
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/download/22dvrduxnekcvzn/Starlight_4.0.1164.zip StarLight 4.0.~~1164~~]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/download/22dvrduxnekcvzn/Starlight_4.0.1164.zip StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| [http://www.mediafire.com/download/do2fyung6k4z8v1/StarLight_4.0.1164_Setup.exe StarLight 4.0.~~1164~~]		\| [http://www.mediafire.com/download/do2fyung6k4z8v1/StarLight_4.0.1164_Setup.exe StarLight 4.1.1166]
	\| '''Viewer 4.0.8 (4.0.8.~~319463~~)*'''		\| '''Viewer 4.1.1 (4.1.1.320331)* or 4.1.2 (4.1.2.320461)'''
	\| ~~September 20th~~ 2016		\| October 14th 2016
	\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]		\| [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_Skins/Starlight#Recent_Release_Notes Release Notes]
	\|---		\|---

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	==About==		==About==
	StarLight is designed to provide a colourful, versatile and practical alternative to the default skin for Viewer 4. Hopefully it will improve the usability, and promote increased usage of the viewer - all official releases of the Second Life Viewer have a StarLight version produced to work with them.		StarLight is designed to provide a colourful, versatile and practical alternative to the default skin for Viewer 5. Hopefully it will improve the usability, and promote increased usage of the viewer - all official releases of the Second Life Viewer have a StarLight version produced to work with them.
	StarLight consists of a number of previously published viewer tweaks - produced by various residents (see credits in the downloaded 'Read Me' file or in the 'StarLight Skin' tab of the viewer 'About' floater), together with a continual addition of new ones. In addition there is a slight re-skinning to give the interface a lighter feel and several colour variants (called 'Themes'). It should hopefully benefit those people who have no wish to edit the XML code themselves, yet wish to benefit from a number of tweaks made by other residents, without using a third-party viewer.<br /><br/>		StarLight consists of a number of previously published viewer tweaks - produced by various residents (see credits in the downloaded 'Read Me' file or in the 'StarLight Skin' tab of the viewer 'About' floater), together with a continual addition of new ones. In addition there is a slight re-skinning to give the interface a lighter feel and several colour variants (called 'Themes'). It should hopefully benefit those people who have no wish to edit the XML code themselves, yet wish to benefit from a number of tweaks made by other residents, without using a third-party viewer.<br /><br/>
	'''Over 20,000 downloads so far!'''<br />		'''Over 20,000 downloads so far!'''<br />
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	'''INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOWS AND LINUX USERS'''		'''INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOWS AND LINUX USERS'''

	# Log out of Second Life Viewer 4, if you are using it.		# Log out of Second Life Viewer, if you are using it.
	# Go to the directory you use for Viewer 4.		# Go to the directory you use for Viewer.
	# Copy across the contents of the 'skins' and 'app_settings' folders into the Viewer 3 folder at the same level as the existing folders with the same name, making sure you accept any overwriting of existing files.		# Copy across the contents of the 'skins' and 'app_settings' folders into the Viewer folder at the same level as the existing folders with the same name, making sure you accept any overwriting of existing files.
	# NOTE: This will NOT delete the existing 'skins' folder - it is essential that the only change to the existing 'skins' folder is the change to these two files as well as the addition of the new StarLight skins.		# NOTE: This will NOT delete the existing 'skins' folder - it is essential that the only change to the existing 'skins' folder is the change to these two files as well as the addition of the new StarLight skins.
	# To uninstall rename the 'panel_login_backup.xml' file to 'panel_login.xml' in the /skins/default/xui/en sub-folder, and 'commands_backup.xml' file to 'commands.xml' in the /app_settings sub-folder.<br />		# To uninstall rename the 'panel_login_backup.xml' file to 'panel_login.xml' in the /skins/default/xui/en sub-folder, and 'commands_backup.xml' file to 'commands.xml' in the /app_settings sub-folder.<br />
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	'''INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAC USERS'''		'''INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAC USERS'''

	# Find the Second Life Viewer 4 application in you Applications folder.		# Find the Second Life Viewer application in you Applications folder.
	# Right click on the Second Life Viewer 4 application icon. You will get a menu.		# Right click on the Second Life Viewer application icon. You will get a menu.
	# Choose "Show Package Contents" from that menu.		# Choose "Show Package Contents" from that menu.
	# Open the "Resources" folder and scroll down until you see the "skins" and "app_settings" sub-folders of StarLight.		# Open the "Resources" folder and scroll down until you see the "skins" and "app_settings" sub-folders of StarLight.
	# Make sure you are not actually running Second Life Viewer 4 as you do this.		# Make sure you are not actually running Second Life Viewer as you do this.
	# Copy the files from the folders in StarLight into the Second Life Viewer 4 application folder - this will add in the new skin elements and will overwrite some files.		# Copy the files from the folders in StarLight into the Second Life Viewer application folder - this will add in the new skin elements and will overwrite some files.
	# To uninstall rename the 'panel_login_backup.xml' file to 'panel_login.xml' in the /skins/default/xui/en sub-folder, and 'commands_backup.xml' file to 'commands.xml' in the /app_settings sub-folder.<br />		# To uninstall rename the 'panel_login_backup.xml' file to 'panel_login.xml' in the /skins/default/xui/en sub-folder, and 'commands_backup.xml' file to 'commands.xml' in the /app_settings sub-folder.<br />