I have divided the Yahoo messenger skin tutorial up into six seperate categories to make navagation easier.

Introduction | Make a Platform | Color the .BMP's
Guide to the .BMP's | Alter the .XML | Guide to the .XML

Here is a exausted list of the .xml

#1 Back = All Yahoo 6.0 messenger windows, backgrounds

#2 Frame h = n/a

#3 Frame shadow = All Yahoo 6.0 messenger windows, thin line frames

#4 Text = Title text for control boxes

#5 Groupbox border = n/a

#6 Groupbox = n/a

#7 Button h = All buttons, color of text when button is highlighted (mouse rollover)

#8 Button dh = All disabled buttons, shadow color of text

#9 Button ds = All disabled buttons, color of text

#10 Button = All useable buttons, color of text

#11 Menuitem b = n/a

#12 Menuitem = All menu's, color of text

#13 Menuitem h = All menu's, color of highlighted text (mouse rollovers)

#14 Menuitem d = All menu's, unavailable option text color

#15 Menuitem dh = All menu's, unavailable options text highlighted (mouse rollover)

#16 Menubar = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window, menubar text

#17 Menubar h = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window, menubar text highlighted (mouse rollover)

#18 Menubar p = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window, menubar text selected

#19 Statusbar = n/a

#20 tab = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window, text on tabs that reads "Messenger and Address Book"

#21 Tab h = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window, text on tabs when highlighted (mouse rollover)

#22 Tab p = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window, text on tabs when selected

#23 Toolbar h = All toolbar buttons, color of text when highlighted (mouse rollover)

#24 Toolbar ds = n/a

#25 Toolbar dh = n/a

#26 Toolbar = All toolbar buttons, color of text

#27 Toolbar border = IM and Chat windows, color of thin borders or lines around toolbar

#28 Header = All headers, color of text (Ex. Address Book, My Profiles)

#29 Header h = All headers, color of highlighted text (mouse rollovers)

#30 Header ph = n/a

#31 Header dh = n/a

#32 Header ds = n/a

#33 Control hb = Preferences window, begining highlighted option in control box

#34 Control ht = Preferences window, begining highlighted option in control box's text

#35 Control fb = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window highlighted name, Preference window header

#36 Control ft = Main Yahoo 6.0 messenger window highlighted name text, Preference window control box text

#37 Control nb = All control box backgrounds

#38 Control nt = All control box text

#39 Control db = n/a

#40 Control dt = n/a

The rest you can change the font style, size, and weight.

#41 Caption = All Yahoo 6.0 messenger windows active, title text

#42 Caption Inactive = All Yahoo 6.0 messenger windows inactive, title text

#43 Caption s = n/a

#44 Caption Inactive s = n/a

#45 Caption t = Pop-up notification window, title text

#46 Caption Inactive t = n/a

#47 Groupbox Header = All Yahoo 6.0 messenger windows with groupboxes, header

#48 Menubar = All menubars, text

#49 Menubar h = All menubars, highlighted text (mouse rollover)

#50 Menubar p = All menubars, selected text

#51 Menuitem = All menus, text

#52 Menuitem d = All menus, unavailable option text

#53 Statusbar = IM window, last message recieved text

Special Thanks goes to Bugz for her contributions to this list.

Well that should do it. If you have any questions or problems please check the f.a.q.'s page before contacting me. If you have created a skin and would like to share it I would be extremly happy if you would use this websites upload function. Once uploaded you can see how many times its been downloaded along with feedback in ratings and comments from users and other skinners.