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<section begin="intro"/>Many of us have been tempted by the allure of Kodi's beauty. There are some excellent skin designers out there who have gone to great lengths to create and share beautiful ways of viewing and navigating our media collections. As default, Kodi comes with the excellent skin Estuary, but there are plenty more to choose from.<section end="intro"/>
<section begin="intro"/>Many of us have been tempted by the allure of Kodi's beauty. There are some excellent skin designers out there who have gone to great lengths to create and share beautiful ways of viewing and navigating our media collections. As default, Kodi comes with the excellent skin Estuary, but there are plenty more to choose from.<section end="intro"/>


== Where do I change the skin? ==
== Installing a new skin==
# From Kodi's home screen, cursor right (on a keyboard) until you have highlighted ‘System’.
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# Cursor down to highlight ‘Settings’.<br />[[File:Changeskin1.jpg]]<br /><br />
File:Estuary_home_blank.png|'''Step 1:''' Start from the Home screen
# On the Settings menu, press enter on ‘Appearance’.<br />[[File:Changeskin2.jpg]]<br /><br />
File:Esturary_home_settings_icon.png|'''Step 2:''' Navigate to the top of the menu and select '''Settings''' (the gear icon).
# Cursor right to highlight the line ‘Skin – Confluence’ at the top and press enter
File:Interface_settings.png|'''Step 3:''' Select '''Interface settings'''.
# Now you will see a screen which looks like this:<br />[[File:Changeskin3.jpg]]<br /><br />
File:Interface_settings_skin.png|'''Step 4:''' In the Interface setttings, select '''Skin''', then '''Skin''' under '''Look and feel'''.
File:Skin_get_more.png|'''Step 5:''' By default, there are only 2 skins installed, '''Estuary'''(the default skin) and '''Estouchy'''.  To install another skin, select '''Get more...'''
File:Skin_get_more_browse.png|'''Step 6:''' In the new window, select the skin you want to install from the list.
File:Skin_get_more_downloading.png|'''Step 7:''' After you have select the skin it will begin downloading.
File:Skin_get_more_installing.png|'''Step 8:''' Once downloaded, the skin and any dependencies it requires will install.
File:Skin_get_more_switch_skin.png|'''Step 9:''' Once installed, Kodi will ask you if you want to start using that skin.  If you do the select '''Yes'''
File:Skin_get_more_new_skin.png|'''Step 10:''' Enjoy your new skin!!!
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== There’s only one skin there! ==
== There’s only one skin there! ==

Revision as of 17:27, 17 April 2017

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Many of us have been tempted by the allure of Kodi's beauty. There are some excellent skin designers out there who have gone to great lengths to create and share beautiful ways of viewing and navigating our media collections. As default, Kodi comes with the excellent skin Estuary, but there are plenty more to choose from.

Installing a new skin

There’s only one skin there!

Right now you’ll only have the default skin Confluence installed. We need to fetch more from Kodi's repositories.

  1. Press cursor left so that the ‘Get More...’ button is highlighted and press enter.
  2. Now you can pick which skin you want to install from the list! Simply cursor up and down to highlight the one you want to try, then press enter.
    Changeskin4.jpg

  3. A confirmation window will appear. Press enter on ‘Install’ to continue.
    Changeskin5.jpg

  4. You will see a percentage value beside the skin name complete, followed by the word ‘Enabled’ appear beside it.
    Changeskin6.jpg

  5. You may be prompted if you’d like to enable the skin now. Select 'Yes'.
    Changeskin7.jpg

You’re done!

Note: Confluence was designed to be fully featured. Sometimes as a new user, it can be daunting enough to get used to the program for starters without changing things. It is highly recommended that you stick to Confluence until you’re sure of how things work. Should you ever encounter issues with another skin, such as the feeling that something is missing, consider reverting to Confluence to see if it was simply an issue with that skin.'