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[Richard]

It's pouring down rain right now and I've decided that instead of spending $30 to $199 on an amazing SquirrelMail theme from some professional SquirrelMail theme designers, I'd hack up the basic CSS sheet and create my own 'Windows XP' look directly from the stylesheet.

(Instructions based on cPanel-powered server, other control panels may vary by path)

# cd /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/themes
# wget http://www.metafound.com/xp_theme.txt
# mv xp_theme.txt xp_theme.php

Now you need to include this new entry in your config so that it becomes an option in your theme selection menu.

# cd ../config (/usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/config)
# pico -w config.php

Look for the following lines:

$theme[34]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/penguin.php';
$theme[34]['NAME'] = 'Penguin';

Below this, add the following new entry and save the file:

$theme[35]['PATH'] = SM_PATH . 'themes/xp_theme.php';
$theme[35]['NAME'] = 'Windows XP';

Now log in to SquirrelMail and select the new theme. I've included a screenshot as not to disappoint someone looking for the eye candy $199 XP themes you see for sale.

Feedback is welcome. Enjoy.

[avythe]

I must say Richard, you're quite the pimp.

LOL looks good, I'll try it out later

[Richard]

I can't take any credit, but I am looking to create a full-featured graphical theme (like those $199 ones I keep talking about) and give it away for $1.99/ea (Yes, less than two dollars). I think I did a good job on the color selection and it's now my default theme.

[Sa1Nt]

looks great, i'll try it later... thanks for the theme

[TaTonka-FX]

looks nice, gj

[the_pm]

This one definitely belongs within the list of tutorials for Web designers. And so now it's there

[Richard]

Sorry about that. I wasn't sure where to place this one.

[adriantr]

I use SquirrelMail alot and this is useful for customizing it a bit. Nice!

[Nytol]

Great looking theme, I will definatley use this!

[Mephistox]

how would I implement this if my host doesn't use cPanel?

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Mephistox

how would I implement this if my host doesn't use cPanel?

You can install a local copy of squirrelmail in your website's root directory and implement it that way if you don't have root access to the server you're on.

For non-cPanel servers, just type the following and look for the correct file -- then follow the same steps:

# locate squirrelmail|grep config|more

[globaltap]

Use RoundeCube www.roundecube.net
Looks great out of the box (it's free!) and acts more like a client based email manager (like outlook).

Suppors drag-n-drop, double click, ajax loaded.

Really sweet webmail client.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by globaltap

Use RoundeCube www.roundecube.net
Looks great out of the box (it's free!) and acts more like a client based email manager (like outlook).

Do you mean RoundCube?

The reason this was created for SquirrelMail is because since it's pre-installed by so many hosting control panels (like cPanel), it has quickly become one of the most used webmail applications on the Internet -- almost by default.

[globaltap]

Originally Posted by Richard H

Do you mean RoundCube?

The reason this was created for SquirrelMail is because since it's pre-installed by so many hosting control panels (like cPanel), it has quickly become one of the most used webmail applications on the Internet -- almost by default.

Thanks for the fix. Yes! www.roundcube.net

[aingaran]

Great theme!