Removal of my old skins

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e1twat0
5 years ago
1 hour ago
266
25 Feb 2026 19:32:47

I'm looking at removing some older skins I've created as they are no longer supported. I'm working on a couple of new ones and I'm looking to keep the uploads to a small amount. Can you advise?

I want to remove skins:

DaveHouto - Dark Skin FM26 version 1.1 (Skin Builder and bundle files)

Roma FM26 skin (skin builder and bundle files) v2

Liverpool FM26 skin (Skin Builder and bundle files)

Fiorentina skin for FM26 (Skin builder and bundle files)

Genoa FM26 skin (skin builder and bundle files)

Athletico Madrid FM26 skin (Skin Builder and bundle files

Chelsea FM26 skin by DaveHouto v2 - (Skin builder and bundle files)

Real Madrid FM26 skin by DaveHouto (Skin builder and bundle files) v1

Dark skin FM26 by DaveHouto - (Skin Builder and Bundle files) Windows only

Footygamer
20 years ago
4 months ago
981,621
29 Mar 2026 13:01:53

@e1twat0 it seems unnecessary to keep deleting skins and recreating new ones.

 

Generally we don't delete anything, there are no doubt old files from FM18 that don't work anymore but that's fine, they're there for posterity sake, it may have some use to someone.

 

Perhaps there's some additional reason you keep deleting skins that i'm not aware of but ideally the deletion of skins would not be a regular event.

e1twat0
5 years ago
1 hour ago
266
29 Mar 2026 13:36:48
By Footygamer 29 March 2026 - 13:01 PM UTC 

@e1twat0 it seems unnecessary to keep deleting skins and recreating new ones.

 

Generally we don't delete anything, there are no doubt old files from FM18 that don't work anymore but that's fine, they're there for posterity sake, it may have some use to someone.

 

Perhaps there's some additional reason you keep deleting skins that i'm not aware of but ideally the deletion of skins would not be a regular event.

 

When I was first learning to skin I created quite a few but then I found it difficult to keep up with the demand and also the game updates so I stopped updating them. I just thought it might clean things up a little bit on the skins page that's all. One of my latest ones had quite a few comments on an older format so I thought it best to start a fresh post which I'll be keeping to this one as I don't see me changing much on my latest skin other than a few changes to the formatting. No worries if you don't remove them that's ok. Doesn't make much difference to me I just thought you might want the site so only show clean links/posts and not older archived ones. 

Footygamer
20 years ago
4 months ago
981,621
30 Mar 2026 00:43:12

Hey I totally understand wanting to keep it clean but starting again breaks how people tend to use the website and the internet as a whole

 

(1) We have the download tracker which lets people know when a file they've downloaded has been updated, if you create a new post instead nobody is going to get the notification.

 

(2) It's common for people to not remember the names of things when they return. If someone is looking for the skin they downloaded last time (your skin) people will do things like check their download history or read post history, if things are deleted you're stopping users from that common path to finding something.

 

For example when people say “thanks alot great work” they're not always just being nice, that's a very common technique to “bookmark” something. When they come back they check their post history to find the comment and remember what it was they liked before.

 

If we delete the comments “because they were made on an older format” all you're going to do is break that path for that person and make them think they're crazy “I could have sworn I commented on a yellow skin and the author replied to me, but I can't find it anywhere now!”

 

I totally get the desire to keep things neat and tidy and clear out “old” things and that makes perfect sense when you're organising your documents folder on your personal computer.

 

But an internet forum isn't the same, it's used by millions of people who all navigate the “mess” in their own way and it's better to keep the history.

 

I hope this doesn't come across as criticism, text can often come across more sternly when typing. I'm just trying to explain from a perspective that you probably haven't though about before, hopefully you find that interesting and thought provoking.

 

At the very least can you try and make sure you update the post if it's an update to the skin so that it doesn't break the download tracker.

e1twat0
5 years ago
1 hour ago
266
30 Mar 2026 02:55:21
By Footygamer 30 March 2026 - 00:43 AM UTC 

Hey I totally understand wanting to keep it clean but starting again breaks how people tend to use the website and the internet as a whole

 

(1) We have the download tracker which lets people know when a file they've downloaded has been updated, if you create a new post instead nobody is going to get the notification.

 

(2) It's common for people to not remember the names of things when they return. If someone is looking for the skin they downloaded last time (your skin) people will do things like check their download history or read post history, if things are deleted you're stopping users from that common path to finding something.

 

For example when people say “thanks alot great work” they're not always just being nice, that's a very common technique to “bookmark” something. When they come back they check their post history to find the comment and remember what it was they liked before.

 

If we delete the comments “because they were made on an older format” all you're going to do is break that path for that person and make them think they're crazy “I could have sworn I commented on a yellow skin and the author replied to me, but I can't find it anywhere now!”

 

I totally get the desire to keep things neat and tidy and clear out “old” things and that makes perfect sense when you're organising your documents folder on your personal computer.

 

But an internet forum isn't the same, it's used by millions of people who all navigate the “mess” in their own way and it's better to keep the history.

 

I hope this doesn't come across as criticism, text can often come across more sternly when typing. I'm just trying to explain from a perspective that you probably haven't though about before, hopefully you find that interesting and thought provoking.

 

At the very least can you try and make sure you update the post if it's an update to the skin so that it doesn't break the download tracker.

 

Thanks so much for explaining that, makes it very clear now how your the site works. I didn't consider any of this I just thought like the old man that I am and as I'd changed a fair few things on my skin I wanted to break it away. When I look at other peoples skins they have kept the same kind of format so are very recognisable whereas because I'm learning I've swapped and changed, plus I was stupid enough to think that creating custom skins for others, for example for their teams I would be helping them, quickly found out to maintain those would take far too much time.

 

I have no way took this badly, as you say text sometime can come across badly but honestly mate, I think I needed to understand it's not just about keeping things clean.

 

I'll keep updating the post I've currently got so I 'll not create new ones. 

 

Thanks again for this. 

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