Theme Creation/Skin Creation
Asked by Mark Norville on September 25, 2026 - 3 replies
Hi Rick and Team,
Is there a way that we can create themes and upload them to share or simply have in our own jukeboxes?
I have looked in the installation folder, but cannot find any of the themes, so I am not sure if they are stored in another location?
It would be fantastic to be able to change the theme as and when you want to (I prefer a cleaner version with less colour ) yes I am old and boring, but it would be fantastic if every playlist could use their own themes, so 80's, Country etc.
Switch the playlist and a new theme shows up, I think that someone has mentioned that as well, but that was Christmas.
I know that a skin tool is possibly not going to be possible, but imagine what the community could produce if the software was more fluid. I know that I would have the visuals at the top, menu's below that and album selection underneath that.
So much potential, but a hell of a lot of work needed to make changes, software wise.
Just so many ideas, but I am an ideas man not a programmer, I am not a skinner really but I know what I would like to see and would try to recreate things if I can upload stuff.
You guys have opened up a can of worms with the new update lol
Regards
Mark
3 replies
wetware0 - September 26, 2026
G'Day Mark,
Create a skin
Create each skin as a separate folder under:
```text
%LOCALAPPDATA%\DigitalCenter\skins
```
The safest starting point is a copy of the default skin:
```powershell
$skinsDir = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'DigitalCenter\skins'
Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $skinsDir 'default') `
-Destination (Join-Path $skinsDir 'my-skin') -Recurse
```
Then:
- Edit `my-skin\skin.json`.
- Replace the background, tile, cover, preview, and optional font files.
- Optionally add `intro.mp3`.
- Start Digital Center.
- Select the skin under **Administration > Appearance**.
If Digital Center was running when the folder was created, restart it if the
new skin does not appear.
Use a short folder name containing lowercase letters, digits, or hyphens. The
folder name is the skin identifier.
Do not modify the `default` folder directly. Application updates or repairs may
replace it.
Kind Regards
Peter
Mark Norville - September 26, 2026
Many thanks for your reply
I have found the default skin, so I will have a look when I am on my other PC as this one is vertical and a pain to do anything.
Hopefully, I can do something but we shall see lol
Regards
Mark
Noller - September 26, 2026
https://www.zenpoint.org/guides/how-to-make-your-own-skin