how do i get more colors for AIM?

[Kaitlyn0214]

i cant define custom colors because, of ourse i have the lastest aim & i have no idea how i can get more colors. anyone know how to get some more perrrrtyful colors?

[bhpxsz]

Go to GOOGLE.COM or SEARCH.YAHOO.COM and look for "AppleSauce for AIM"


it's a tiny program (27 KB) and yes it gives you more font colors.

if you can't download it just IM me (trangnguyenxp) and i'll send you my applesauce

[Tigerblade]

Originally Posted by bhpxsz

Go to GOOGLE.COM or SEARCH.YAHOO.COM and look for "AppleSauce for AIM"

interestingly enough, if you Google search for "Applesauce", about halfway down the first results page it has a section asking if you really wanted to search for "Applesauce for AIM" and then lists results for that. anyway, the one you want is Applesauce for AIM at FileForum

[bhpxsz]

Originally Posted by Someguy03

Its called Applesauce, here ya go: http://s93438047.onlinehome.us/applesauce.exe

I actually found that quote when i was surfing at search.yahoo.com for applesauce.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UT...eSauce+for+AIM

[Jon8RFC]

If you know the hex color code you want to use, you can do what I do.

1) on your buddylist at the very top, click on My AIM>save buddylist...
2) when the window pops up, uncheck all of the boxes except the "text composition and viewing settings" and save to desktop.
3) right-click on the file you saved and click on "open with..." and select notepad.

It will look like this

Config {
 version 1 
}
User {
 screenName Jon8RFC 
}
IM {
 font {
  windowColor #ffffff 
  textColor #000000 
  size 12 
  face "Times New Roman" 
  style 0 
  zoom 100 
 }
}

4) change the textColor #000000 to the hex color code of your choice. I changed mine to look like this:

Config {
 version 1 
}
User {
 screenName Jon8RFC 
}
IM {
 font {
  windowColor #ffffff 
  textColor #dc143c 
  size 12 
  face "Times New Roman" 
  style 0 
  zoom 100 
 }
}

5) save the file and close notepad.
6) again, click on my aim>load buddylist... and select the .blt file to load. BAM, you're finished!


You can do the same for the windowcolor, which is the window color/text background color.

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials...le.php/3478961
http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials...le.php/3479001

You can just google for [color=red]hex color codes[/url] and find tons of sites with color codes. The first link above has a pretty solid chart for common colors, but they're beyond the colors you can select within AIM.

If you'd like to enable the custom coloring option in AIM, you can run this program while you have AIM running:
http://www.fx-soft.com/downloads/colors.exe

^That's a handy program, but it isn't as precise as I want, because I like easy-to-choose colors from a site such as htmlgoodies.com

[AsdfYay]

http://andrewismy.name/index.php?a=programs