First of all, download & Install artisteer 2 beta
(“http://www.artisteer.com/?p=download_v2beta)
As you can see, it’s a trial version. With this version, every export you make is “watermarked” with “TRIAL”… quite annoying…
(http://com-uk.us/uncategorized/create-wp-templates-with-artisteer-free-and-easily/)
Unfortunatly, Artisteer is a bitch and, when it generates the files, it will automaticaly delete the /images/ folder so you can’t do anything… Once again, quite boring.
But, those files, even if there are deleted in a sec, ARE created. So here comes the idea -> wait for Artisteer to create the images and copy them before the program delete the files.
“But, how can I do? I’m not fast enough…”
Here comes my contribution, a little bat script that will dump the images when they are created:
(Windows XP, adapt it for Vista, it’s quite easy)
Code:
@echo off
:START
IF EXIST “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer0\images” (
md “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer0\imgZ”
copy “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer0\images\*.*” “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer0\imgZ\*.*”
)
IF EXIST “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer1\images” (
md “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer1\imgZ”
copy “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer1\images\*.*” “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer1\imgZ\*.*”
)
IF EXIST “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer2\images” (
md “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer2\imgZ”
copy “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer2\images\*.*” “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer2\imgZ\*.*”
)
IF EXIST “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer3\images” (
md “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer3\imgZ”
copy “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer3\images\*.*” “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp\Artisteer3\imgZ\*.*”
)
goto start
What it does?
Checks if the folder /images/ exists in the user temporary data of Artisteer, if so, it copy the content to /imgZ/
How to use it?
1. Copy and paste the script into a new .bat file (a .txt rename .bat).
2. Launch this .bat
3. Launch Artisteer
4. Create your theme the way you want it
5. Export your template (do not close Artisteer)
6. (while Artisteer is running) Go to your /Local Settings/Temp/ArtisteerX/ folder (X is a num), you’ll see a folder called /imgZ/, it’s the folder containing “proper” images. Copy those images to the /images/ folder of your exported template
7. It’s done, isn’t it?