Really weird issue with skillet....

So I have this really odd issue on my mage, my main, where if I try to use skillet, I click the enchanting or jewelcrafting tab and it highlights showing it's open, but the skillet window never pops up. It is really weird because it works just fine on all of my other characters. So today is my try to fix skillet day, I am going through and one by one disabling addons to see if any of them are interfering with skillet after uninstalling and reinstalling. If none of this works, I am going to copy my WTF folder out and delete it. If that doesn't work, well I am going to just go sob in the corner for a while haha. Any ideas?

Doom Cooldown Pulse

So today I wanted to share a quick addon which I think adds information for you in an incredibly quick and simple way. What Doom CooldownPulse does is that when an ability is ready it will flash the image of that spell anywhere on your screen, as you can see here:



As you can imagine this can be incredibly useful and is one of the easiest ways I have found yet to help me see when a spell is able to be used.

You can find Doom CooldownPulse at both of the two main addon sites:

• WOWInterface.com here
• Curse.com here
  

Giving it one more try!

Hey everyone,

So to say the least I have well been absent. I basically had given up on this blog. I had thought that hey I am not a great writer, and well I don't have anything interesting to write about. But I thought hey, other bloggers have probably gone through these same issues, and I am sure they have overcome it. My goal now is to make a new post at least once a week. Although this is lower than other bloggers, I feel that this is more than doable. I hope for those of you who love tweaking your UI that this would be a great place to learn about new addons and ways to configure your UI. I am going to make this a priority.

Valrot

Looking for help with something

For those using an RSS reader, here is today's post

Hey everyone, I know there has got to be someone out there who knows how to create customized art to place onto your UI. I have used the addon eepanels, and well I guess I just wasn't reading into it enough or something. What I want is to find a reader who knows how to do custom art on their UI and is willing to teach. I then will write about what I have learned and help any readers who are like me that want to learn but have no idea where to start. (large amounts of credit will of course be given). If you are interested in helping me with this project, shoot me an email at mikemage2@gmail.com

I look forward to learnign from one or more of you,
Valrot

Pitbull and it's endless possibilities.

So today I am going to talk aout the best Mod I have found out there for unit frames. On my mage (my main) I currently use pitbull for all my unit frame needs. The thing that is most amazing about pitbull, is it's amount of customization. Pitbull is configured via the use of layouts, you then apply these layouts to the different units. This is nice, because I am able to use the same layout for my target as I use for my player. Pitbull can be configured to show as much or as little information as you want. For my mage, I have two settings, one for PVP and one for PVE.

My PVE set up is designed to show me all the information I need to know about my party/raid, as well as knowing what percent the boss is at. Not a ton of information needed here, so I made it flashy and fun. On the other hand, my PVP set up for pitbull is very streamlined. it is what you see on my screenshots. It shows (in a very large lettering) my health and mana, that's it, for me everything else is just excess that I do not need on my unit frames. I use other addons for vital information, that way my information is not crowded into a small unit frame. With both my set ups, I have my unit frame and my target frame in the middle bottom of my UI, it makes it so my eyes don't have to do much moving, and helps me avoid tunnel vision when fighting.

What addon do you use for unit frames? do you use the default frame? How are your unit frames configured? What was your thought process when you set your unit frames up?

Hooray the End of All Things Sad and Depressing!

Well it's done, it may not be pretty, but it's done. I am finished with all of my finals. Beginning with a final english paper, and then a physics exam the next day, and a engineering calculus exam the very next day, I felt swamped, overwhelmed, and downright near insane. It was weeks like these which made me wonder if my choice of mechanical engineering as my major was a good or bad choice. Oh well time will tell. All of that to say: I am done with finals, I am off for 3 weeks, and I will be blogging!

Today I would like to ask what you think of action bar mods. I personally used bongos in the past followed by dominoes, and then followed by bartender 4. Last night, I tried out a new addon for action bars, macaroon. This is the first addon I have found since dominoes replaced bongos that allows you to create bars and have them have as many buttons as you want. I was so excited to see that I once again had the ability to create bars which are 1X20 or any other super random combination I could think of. What about you? What action bar mod are you using? Why do you use the one you use? and what would you like for the author to change that you think would make it better?

Finals Week

Hey everyone, Wow! it has been forever since I last posted. I am getting ready to enter my week of finals for college, then I will dive back into working on the blog. I hope to get up to a 3 times a week posting over break and be able to carry that into the next semester. I appreciate everyone's understanding behind my absence previously, but the good news is I am back and playing with addons more than ever.

valrot