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{{howto|Upload skins to the VideoLAN website}}

'''Skins should now be uploaded and validated through the web interface on http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php'''
(this page is kept for reference)




<div class="widebox" style="border-color: red;"> This page is designed for those with access to videolan@ganesh.videolan.org. </div>

Skins are on ganesh. Log on ganesh as videolan.

== Add a skin ==
Download the skin and its image in ~videolan/www/vlc/skins2/

Connect to the postgresql database:
 % psql -d www-videolan

Add the skin to the skins table:
 INSERT INTO skins (name,min_version,author,image,url) VALUES ('<name>','<VLC version number>','<author>','<image name>','<vlt name>');

And rate the skin:
 INSERT INTO "skins-rating" (skin_id,rating) VALUES ((SELECT LAST_VALUE FROM skins_id_seq), '5');
(ratings can be 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, 5 being the best rating)
We need to rate the skin at least once or it won't appear on the webpage (unless someone fixes the SQL query).

Add a thumbnail for the skin, add it to the skin pack and update the skins size in the database:
 % skins-update

== Update a skin ==
Download the new skin and its new image in ~videolan/www/vlc/skins2/. Be sure the image and the skin have the same name.

Connect to the postgresql database:
 % psql -d www-videolan

When connected, find the id of the skins like that
 % SELECT Id FROM skins WHERE name LIKE '<name>%';
Check that you only got ONE id. :D

And update the time
 % UPDATE skins SET date_modified = date(now()) WHERE id = <id>;

If needed, update the minimum VLC version requirement too
 % UPDATE skins SET min_version = '<the version>' WHERE id = <id>;

Update the thumbnail and size for the skin, update the skin pack:
 % skins-update