On the first look, 1001winampskins.com is just another website for downloading tons of free Winamp skins, but that is not the whole deal. All of the skins on this site were contributed by a large pool of skin authors, who have spent many hours (days, or even months) of hard work creating them, so that you can download them for free. For them, this website offers numerous skin activity statistics and feedback opportunities, so that 1001winampskins.com becomes more of a community platform, where skin authors and users can interact with each other.
Finding the right skins
If you don't know what you are looking for and would like to be inspired a bit, take a look at the most popular Winamp skins that everybody else is downloading, or browse through the top rated Winamp skins to find the best of the best.
If you have a slight idea of what you might be looking for, you should browse through our skin categories, where you will find theme and style related skins grouped together. All of the skin categories can be accessed within the black navigation bar on the right hand side of every page.
If you are looking for a specific Winamp skin, you should search our database using the Skin Search, also located in the black navigation bar near the top. Go ahead and try it out. Your query will be looked up in the name and description of all skins, the name of the author and also in all skin comments, so the chances are pretty good that you will find something appropriate.
Downloading and installing skins
Once you have found a skin that you would like to download, simply click on the appropriate download link. If you have Winamp installed correctly, the skins should automatically install themselves when downloading them from this site. To manually install Winamp skins with a .wsz ending already located on your harddrive, simply doubleclick them in your windows explorer. Older Winamp skins with a .zip ending can be installed by simply copying them to your "winamp/skins" directory, which usualy is "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins".
Becoming a member of 1001 Winamp Skins
1001winampskins.com offers free membership to anybody who wants to be part of the skin community. As a member you can enjoy the following privileges:
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Access to the member area with your personal login and password
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Ability to write skin reviews
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Ability to post messages to the Messageboard
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Ability to post comments to the Newsboard
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Skin authors can post their skins to the site in real-time *
*First time skin postings of new authors are subject to being reviewed by the operators of 1001winampskins.com. Once accepted, further skin postings can be made directly to the site in real-time without being reviewed.
Posting your Winamp skins
In order to post your skins to 1001winampskins.com, you must first set up a free member account. You can then submit your first skin, which will be reviewed and processed by a member of 1001winampskins.com usually within one or two weeks. If your skin submission is accepted, you will be notified via email. Please note that we do not post all submissions -- we only pick worthy skins in order to keep up the high quality of the site. Sorry, but we do not have the resources to give personal feedback to rejected submissions, so if you don't hear from us within a few weeks, chances are your skin did not make the cut. Once a skin is accepted, you will be able to post further skins directly to the site in real-time without them having to be reviewed.
