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• AIM Smiley Codes
• Free AIM Expressions
• Send hidden messages using the 'F2' trick
• Create your own AIM Expressions
• A.I.M. Frame
• Learn about AIM Expressions Skin AIM 5.x with AIMutation

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What's in blskin.xml?

Below is what you'll find in the file blskin.xml. To edit the file, right click on it and go to Open With > Notepad

If you don't see Notepad, then click on Choose Program... and pick it from the list.

Change the red text to point to the location of the HTML file that contains your Buddy List side image.

Change the teal text to any hex code to change the color on top of and below the buddy list. If you don't know what a hex code is, don't mess with it, or go look it up.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <DOCUMENT> <RESSET TYPE="SKIN"> <RESREC ID="BUDDYSKIN" FILLCOLOR="CCCCCC" CONTENT="http://www.yourURLhere.com/tutorialbl.html"/> </RESSET> </DOCUMENT>

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