How To: Create custom skins

Have you ever wanted to create a custom skin for your RadControls? While the RadControls do ship with some of the most visually stunning skins available in any component suite, there are definitely times when an application needs a custom look and feel. Fortunately, creating your own custom skin is easy, especially with the vast collection of tutorials on Telerik.com that guide you through each step. If you can find them.

Telerik.com is a big website being updated all the time, and it is easy to miss some of the invaluable resources that are added to make your lives easier. So to make your life easier, I've assembled a list of direct links to tutorials and guides for building custom skins for most of the RadControls:

• Skinning RadCalendar
• Skinning RadCombobox
• Skinning RadEditor
• Skinning RadGrid
• Skinning RadInput
• Skinning RadMenu (extensive support)
• Skinning RadPanelbar
• Skinning RadTabstrip (extensive support)
• Skinning RadToolBar
• Skinning RadTreeView
• Skinning RadUpload
• Skinning RadWindow (extensive support)
• Download RadControl skin Photoshop files
• General guidelines for creating skin (PDF)

With these resources, some CSS knowledge, and a basic handle of Photoshop (or similar), you'll be well on your way to making your own custom skins. Be sure to let us know if you find any of the skinning tutorials for a particular RadControl lacking by commenting in the new documentation forums. Your feedback will help us add even more helpful material Telerik.com.

Have fun creating custom skins and feel free to share links to your handywork in the comments!