My favorite skin for Rainlendar is the default one that comes installed. It’s simple and looks really good, especially with transparency. But, there’s just a couple things that I felt needed to be modified to be completely satisfied.
The first modification is with the red circle around the current day. I feel that it covers too much of the number, so I have to look at the numbers beside it to tell what the current day is. Although that isn’t difficult to do, I’d rather just be able to see the number. Lazy? Maybe.
So, I extracted the skin file and went into the images folder and found Today.png and used Photoshop to edit it. I figured a square would be a better shape around the number, so I created a square and added a small shadow.
You’ll see on the right how it looks.
Next, the last change I wanted to make was in the to-do list. I love the new progress bar feature, which shows you how much you’ve completed that task. But, the only thing I didn’t like was how large and ugly it was. It covered up the task and I couldn’t really read what the task was.
Just like before, I went inside the images folder and looked for Todo-Progressbar-Large.png. There is also a small one, but the large one is what is being used in the skin. So, I opened it up in Photoshop so I could start editing.
I didn’t even know how I wanted it to look, so I tried a couple things, one being a red line, which would stretch over the task, so when it’s completed, it would appear as if it had been marked off. But, that didn’t turn out very nice, so I tried something else with the same idea. I went with black, and instead of being in the middle going through the task, it would be underneath the task and appear as a progress bar.
Even though my progress bar doesn’t look placed perfectly, as you can see on the right, it’s the best I could do to make myself happy. I didn’t do this to make anyone else happy. So, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to download the changed skin.
I don’t usually provide customizations made to skins or themes created by other people to the public, but I figured this time that maybe someone might feel the same way I do about the red circle and the progress bar. So, if you like what I changed, then go ahead and download. Please be sure to back up the original skin before replacing. I won’t be responsible for anything breaking. Nothing broke for me, and there are no viruses. It is a clean file!
If you don’t know how to insert the PNGs into the skin file, then download the skin with the PNGs already inside. Otherwise, if you know what you’re doing, download the PNGs.
