Gothic Series 1: DarkPleasures V1.0

GENERAL INFORMATION

This theme is part of a series of themes based on the Gothic Subculture and is designed to work with Microsoft Plus! and compatible programs, on PCs with WINDOWS 95 and WINDOWS 98 (though it should still work on Windows 2000 and Me with a lot of adapting). This particular Theme is inspired by the "Dark Pleasures" compilation CD, which was released in 1999, and includes a sampling of various "gothic" bands.

All themes were designed using Desktop Architect, available from http://www.desktoparchitect.com/. You will need either Desktop Architect, Plus! or equivalent program in order to use this theme. Two versions of the theme definition file are supplied for each theme -- one for use with Desktop Architect (which configures extra icons and sets web images), and another for use with Plus! and other programs (which use different codes for logo settings).

THEME COMPONENTS

Each "GOTHIC SERIES" theme uses a common set of sounds, and icons. The wallpaper, fonts, logos, and appearance settings may be different for each individual theme. A complete list of files in this archive is listed in g1DarkPleasures.txt. You may distribute this archive freely, so long as no component files are removed or added, and this message remains intact. If any of the files in this theme appear to be missing, you can contact the author via gallae@octapod.org.

INSTALLING THE THEME

All the above files should be extracted to the \Gothic1 directory underneath your theme directory. For example, if your theme directory is \Program Files\Plus!\Themes then the files should be extracted to \ProgramFiles\Plus!\Themes\Gothic1. In addition to the above, you should also extract the g1DarkPleasures.Theme and g1DarkPleasures (Plus).Theme files to your theme directory (which would be \Program Files\Plus!\Themes in the above example). These two files hold the theme definition, the first for use with Desktop Architect, and the second for use with Plus! and other programs.

Normally extracting the files should not be a problem. This zip file was created using WinZip and folder information was saved for each file. If you are using WINZIP 8 or later then to extract the theme, select Install and choose which version you wish to install -- Winzip will then extract the files to the appropriate directories.

If you are using an earlier version of Winzip, select Extract (without selecting any files) and then target your theme directory, making sure that the "Use folder names" option is ticked. If you are using some other program, you may have to extract the files manually to the correct directory. Don't worry if you overwrite any files in an existing \Gothic1 directory, as both themes use common files in this directory to save space.

DESIGN NOTES

Startup Logo	A copy of the front cover of the "Dark Pleasures" CD.
Background	This is a collage of bands that appear On the CD. The file "dark key.gif" shows Which band is which. The bands shown are: The Damned; Sex Gang Children; Bauhaus; Tones on Tails; Love and Rockets; Specimen; The Cramps; and The Church.
Wait Logo	This is a photo of the band "The Mission".
Shutdown Logo	This image actually appears underneath the Plastic CD tray of the album.

This theme compilation © 2001-2003 Laura Seabrook