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04-27-2003, 01:50 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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Invison Board Skinz, what would you pay?
Just thought i'd the questions,
I've been skinning a few of my own boards as test's and i was wondering what people would pay for custom skins,
There would be 2 different kinds, 1st would be the Skins that would be resold time and time again and the second would be a total custom skin where you would be the only person with it,
Just wondering what you would pay for it,
I dont have any smaples just asking the questions,
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04-27-2003, 02:03 PM #2Aspiring Evangelist
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I guess you have to look at who's buying
vBulletin skins tend to go for quite a few hundred dollars (and up) , but as the general stereotype, these people actually purchased vB, and therefor are probably more likely to be able to fork out more for addons and skins.
But i'm sure if you can make good skins for I*** it'd be a nice little revenue maker, there's not many around I can really think of, it's just waiting for someone to do it and advertise properly
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04-27-2003, 02:27 PM #3Build It Better!
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Paid for skins for free software?
There are a lot of skins available for free for Invision forums and they are not all that hard to create....
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04-27-2003, 03:14 PM #4Web Hosting Guru
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Yea there are a few free ones, but they are mostly just colored editing on the old colors. i mean something like this
http://www.vbskins.com/demo/indexorbitz.htm
or this
http://www.vbskins.com/demo/indexorbitz.htm
Originally posted by Watcher_TVI
Paid for skins for free software?
There are a lot of skins available for free for Invision forums and they are not all that hard to create....
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04-27-2003, 04:26 PM #5Disabled
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I would pay probley $50 bucks out becasue i like IPB over VB.. probley a little cheap $50 normaly i would say $100 bucks..
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04-27-2003, 05:21 PM #6Build It Better!
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Like anything else you may find people to pay you for it but like I said, they are not all that hard to make nor are they worth that kind of money IMO.
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04-28-2003, 03:48 AM #7Web Hosting Guru
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Watcher_TVI have you ever tried to make a skin before?
from what you are saying i dout you have,
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04-28-2003, 08:28 AM #8Evenly Divided
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lol
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04-28-2003, 08:57 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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I worked out a deal with someone I know to do 3 skins for me for a decent price. Each skin cost under $50.
They are good quality skins with custom graphics. I am not sure how much these would of cost if I bought them from a company..
Example: http://www.thesobertruth.com/
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04-28-2003, 11:20 AM #10Build It Better!
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Originally posted by AdminWHF
Watcher_TVI have you ever tried to make a skin before?
from what you are saying i dout you have,
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04-28-2003, 11:41 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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I paid $35 dollors for my IPB theme which was custom made for me and my site to match the layout. It can be seen at http://www.tech-critic.com/forum and I need it re-done because of the new version using XML. WOuld you be interested? hehe if so IM me on AIM
MrWatchDawg
Http://www.tech-critic.com
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AIM: MrWatchDawg
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04-28-2003, 11:08 PM #12Build It Better!
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I'll see if we can't help you out some...
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04-29-2003, 07:55 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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So that's where this guy got, I mean designed, I mean ripped rest of his site from!
http://www.addicted2hockey.com/forum/index.phpDANG DANG! DANG!!™
I know ***** ripped off everybody else, but they wouldn't do it to me.
"When you use bottom feed for bait, you are only going to catch bottom feeders."
"You do what you are, and you are what you do."
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04-29-2003, 08:13 PM #14Build It Better!
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That's similiar but I don't think that's a rip ATST, unless I'm missing something here....
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04-29-2003, 08:25 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Well we all know that the header and footer design came from WHT, and now we know where the rest of addicted2hockey's forum design came from.
and it wasn't "Designed by: Slapshot Harry Media"DANG DANG! DANG!!™
I know ***** ripped off everybody else, but they wouldn't do it to me.
"When you use bottom feed for bait, you are only going to catch bottom feeders."
"You do what you are, and you are what you do."
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04-29-2003, 08:30 PM #16Disabled
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I'd probably pay $10-15 for a skin, since its not really unique and users might see it around other forums.
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04-29-2003, 11:27 PM #17Build It Better!
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I'll give you that. The header and footer look pretty familiar...
Having the tables for the categories the way they are there is a pretty common way to do it though. There are a lot of sites that would look similiar to that part of those forums.
If someone is going to sell a skin, the entire thing better be custom and all original. From the smallest button to the logo graphics and backgrounds.
For as much money as I see going for CPanel skins I am thinking I'll have a look at doing a custom one of those...
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04-29-2003, 11:56 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Invision is easier to skin then vB but I like invision over vB. I have done Invision skins before, and they are much easier then vB but still not a peice of cake.
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04-30-2003, 12:18 AM #19Build It Better!
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Everytime Invision has a new release you need to create a new skin. The skins are never compatible with new releases. That will give you practice to say the least...
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05-01-2003, 04:27 PM #20Junior Guru
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It really depends on the complexity of the design. Even the simplest-looking theme can take hours to do.
It makes no difference which one of us you vote for. Either way, your planet is doomed... DOOMED!
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05-01-2003, 05:25 PM #21Build It Better!
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I totally agree that skins can be very time consuming.The work itself is not all that difficult though, a lot of repetition involved...
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05-01-2003, 06:40 PM #22Ahh! I'm sideways!
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Originally posted by MrWatchDawg
I paid $35 dollors for my IPB theme which was custom made for me and my site to match the layout. It can be seen at http://www.tech-critic.com/forum and I need it re-done because of the new version using XML. WOuld you be interested? hehe if so IM me on AIM
http://www.liquid2d.com/detail.aspx?ID=63
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05-01-2003, 07:47 PM #23Build It Better!
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Well that sure looks like a heavily inspired design....
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05-01-2003, 10:56 PM #24Ahh! I'm sideways!
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Well, if he bought it from Liquid2D I think it's fine to use it all on your own forum, but he can't sell the header/buttons if he wants to sell the skin, which is what I gathered from "would you be interested?"
But I don't understand why he would want to sell it in the first place, since it matches his site's design?
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05-02-2003, 02:23 AM #25Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally posted by MrWatchDawg
I paid $35 dollors for my IPB theme which was custom made for me and my site to match the layout.