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Calaméo Skins are a great way to customize your client's Calaméo experience.

What are Calaméo Skins?

Calaméo Skins put you in control of the whole User Interface of your publication :

Customize all the icons of the interface, with their multiple states
Import from png, jpg, gif or Flash
Customize their position, size, tooltip text
Add interactive elements in the viewer (extra icons, Company logo...)
Add HTML where you want in the viewer
... and much more!

What do I need to start using Calaméo skins?

Using Calaméo Skins is real easy! You need:

A PREMIUM or PLATINIUM Account
An XML editor (any text editor will do just fine)
An image editor (be it Photoshop or plain MS Paint) or a SWF Flash editor
A server on which to host your XML and image/flash files. It must allow the Calaméo server to connect to it by means of a crossdomain file.
Some ideas!

What is XML?

Calaméo Skins Markup Language (CSML) is based on XML a powerful description language.
The basics of XML are very simple, and we will discover them together along the way.
However, if you feel you need to know more about it, have a look at its Wikipedia page.