Why do all the available styles look just like the default?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by woffie

There are limits to what you can do with 4.0. Maybe start with some skins that are not so complex. I learned how to convert my skins in about 2 days of playing with the stylevars. I now have 17 custom skins for my members to choose from. I can convert 2 skins per day only working maybe 6 hours max (3 hours per skin). It is simple, it just takes a little time to learn it. Before 4.0 I never had any success trying to do any skinning.

I like your skins, however, all you've done is change the colors. That just means changing the stylevars. It doesn't look like you did anything to change any of the css to change the look of the site or modified any templates to get a different look, both of which are the things the original poster is talking about.