[MLMJ] MLMJ gsb Skin v1 - Replacement "Skin" for My Lil Movie Jukebox

[gsbaker]

I have been working on a skin for My Lil Movie Jukebox (MLMJ). Because of the way MLMJ has been designed, this skin will "replace" the existing MLMJ templates and resulting html pages. Here are some pics of what it looks like.

Installation files are available for download from here.

Please review the Readme.txt files and backup your existing Jukebox system and html files before using.

Let me know what you think.

PS These may not be the best graphical images as these were taken from the pages rendered with Firefox instead of the PCH box itself. But it should give you a sense of what it will look like.

1. Main Index - the main index is sorted by "date added" so that them most recently added titles will appear on the first page. Summary information is shown at the bottom of the page for the selected title. The Page Up and Page Down buttons on the remote are used to browse through the pages in the index. This image shows a 2 x 6 grid for the index. It is also possible to generate a 3 x 8 grid - which might be Ok for larger screens.
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2. Navigation Menu - Navigation links have been moved from the index pages to a separate "Navigation page" and links to all of the index pages and genres. This makes the index pages much cleaner. The Navigation Page is accessed by pressing the "Menu" button on the remote control.[img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgsbSkinv1NavigationMenuPage.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgsbSkinv1NavigationMenuPage.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

3. Genre Index pages - Here is an example of one of the Genre Index pages. Follows the same layout as the main index, but provides for 4 sort options (by using the Remote Color Buttons) - by Title, by Release Date ("oldest to newest" and "newest to oldest") and by Last Modified Date. [img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgsbSkinv1Genrepage.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgsbSkinv1Genrepage.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

4. Detail pages - The detail pages show plot information and links to the media files. In this case there are links to 2 media files. Information related to the MPAA rating code reasoning is also provided, where that information is available on IMDB. The detail pages are also capable of using a "Fanart" image as the background for the page. I don't show it here as Firefox does not render the text overlay very well.[img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgsbSkinv1DetailpageMovie.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgsbSkinv1DetailpageMovie.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

5. Detail pages - additional information - Where available, the detail pages are also able to provide "additional information" such as Cast/Crew and Trivia related to the title. This information is actually on the same detail page and is accessed by scrolling down the page.[img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgsbSkinv1DetailpageMovieNotes.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgsbSkinv1DetailpageMovieNotes.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

6. Box Set Index pages - where the title selected on the Main Index or Genre Index page is a "Box Set" (such as a TV series). The link loads the "Box Set" index page. The Box Set index page has the same characteristics as the other index pages.[img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgsbSkinv1BoxSetIndexpage.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgsbSkinv1BoxSetIndexpage.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

7. Detail page - Multiple Episodes - Where the title has multiple episodes (such as a TV series) individual links are available to each episode. Episode plot information is shown in the Plot section for the episode selected. This works for both ISO/VOB files and for multiple .avi links to the episodes.[img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgbSkinv1DetailpageEpisodes.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgbSkinv1DetailpageEpisodes.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

8. Help/Info Pages - From the index pages clicking on the INFO button will like to a set of information pages. These can be manually created/adjusted. Here is an example providing information on the Remote Control function keys.[img]<a href="http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/?action=view&amp;current=MLMJgsbSkin-RemoteControlInformationPage.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/gsbaker57/MLMJ%20gsb%20Skin%20v1/MLMJgsbSkin-RemoteControlInformationPage.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/img]

9. Actor Bio pages - The jukebox also generates Bio pages for a pre-defined list of 400 Actors. Their bio pages includes links to titles in your collections where they appear. I have not posted a picture of this feature as it has not changed from Legion's original My Lil Movie Jukebox.