I’m happy to release the next update to Tinseltown today.  This version cleans up a lot of the areas that I didn’t spend to much time on with the early release.

Tinseltown Updates Include:

• Right click menus have new snow graphics.
• URL bar auto complete menu has been re-designed with a snowman.
• Back/Forward drop down arrow has a flake behind it.
• Star graphic in URL bar is now prettier.
• Tab hover text color is now easier to see.
• Addon window has snow.
• Download window has snow.
• Preferences window has a selected text color.

iPox Remix has been updated for Firefox 3.

iPox Remix is a set of tutorials on creating your own Firefox theme.  You are provided with a starter theme that contains all the necessary files and images to get you going.  It also contains a set of tutorials to help you customize the files and create your own theme.

Unfortunately I don’t have a tutorial for converting themes from Firefox 2 to 3.  I did it manually and re-coded everything.  It’s what worked best for me.

I’ve had quite a few people wonder where Tinseltown was.  In my mind, Christmas is still a little ways away and it’s easiest to build a Christmas theme when you are in the Christmas mood.  However, I pulled together an early release of Tinseltown for Firefox 3.

What’s an early release?  Well it just means that it’s not completely updated.  I didn’t spend to much time theming all the new elements in Firefox 3.  I just quickly coded them to match with the theme.  There is so much more I want to do, and will do.  But for now, the early release will bring back the familiar Tinseltown look and feel for those that want to get int he holiday spirit now.

Have you heard of the Pink for October campaign?  What they ask is that people modify their sites, aviators or whatever they can to add a bit of pink and spread breast cancer awareness.  You may have already noticed this and just didn’t realize why things were changing to pink.

PinkHope is a perfect match for Pink for October.  The Firefox theme is bright pink and integrates well in to the campaign.  PinkHope has also recently been added to the official Pink for October downloads page.

What do you think?  Are you going pink for October?

I’ve been tweaking HalloFF over the past few weeks to add a bit more Halloween to the theme.

Here is what is new in the most recent version.

• New scrollbars featuring bones.  Jack Skellington is the Bone Daddy after all.
• New right click menus featuring orange options with green highlights.
• New tabs that should resemble grave stones.
• New creepy fence background for the bookmarks toolbar and other toolbars.
• New light up pumpkin throbber.
• Added a bit of orange to the find bar background.
• Cleaned up the big back button as there was some minor issues that only I probably saw.

I realized over the past weekend that iPox Aqua was 90% the same as iPox.  And since iPox has been updated for Firefox 3, iPox Aqua shouldn’t take to much time.  So I’ve updated it.

iPox Aqua has the same style and feel as iPox, with a bit more colorful buttons and brighter blues.

Now I think I have only 3 more to update.

Theming Firefox has its good and it’s bad times.  Yes, it’s a lot of work for no money, but making people happy is something I like to do too.  And it appears that, according to Mozilla’s stats, I’m making a lot of people happy with my themes.

Check out these stats!

Miint
Total downloads since April 8th 2007: 234,303
Active Daily Users on Wednesday September 3rd: 35,425

PinkHope
Total downloads since January 29th 2007: 530,214
Active Daily Users on Wednesday September 3rd: 80,814

iPox
Total downloads since January 4th 2006: 1,479,462
Active Daily Users on Wednesday September 3rd: 79,518

I got a nice surprise yesterday when MidnightFoxy was made live on the Mozilla Addons site!

The Firefox 2 version never made it out of the sandbox over there and was never publicly available.  It bugged me, but there wasn’t much I could do.  However now, MidnightFoxy can get the attention it deserves.

MidnightFoxy is a dark theme just like MidnightFox.  The main difference is the buttons are square and they get larger when you rollover them.

Give MidnightFoxy a shot if you like MidnightFox or dark Firefox themes.

Another day, another theme. MidnightFox has been released for Firefox 3.

Instead of waiting until it’s perfect, I decided to release what I had done.  Thanks to the beta testers, any major bugs should be worked out and it’s ready to rock!

If you are a fan of the spinoff theme, MidnightFoxy, that’s still awaiting approval from the Mozilla folks.  It can be found on the Addon’s site though.

As always, any bugs can be reported in the bug tracker.

I wish I could say I’m on a roll, but I’m not to sure about that.

Miint has been released on Mozilla’s add-on site and is now public!

That makes two out of nine themes that are ready to go for Firefox 3.  One other is in production and the others waiting to get converted.

Miint fans rejoice though, the cool and tasty theme is read to go!

Feel free to report bugs in the bug tracker.

Enjoy!