You can pick the theme up at TwisterMC’s web site.  Just download it from there, then open Firefox, go to Tools > Add-ons and drag Midnight-iPox.jar into the left side of the Themes section.  Once it has been installed, restart Firefox to be able to use it.  Always love to see the openness and creativity of the Mozilla fan base – and this is a perfect example of that at its best.

There are a few requirements, such as getting your own unique UUID, giving TwisterMc some credit, and coming up with something original – but those are easily done in exchange for the knowledge you will be receiving.

Some of the tutorials covered are:

- Packaging Firefox Themes
- Creating Your Themes’ Identity & Install Files
- Graphics Editing for Firefox Themes
- Custom Firefox Toolbar Buttons
- Customizing Toolbar Backgrounds
- Submitting Your Theme to Mozilla
- Customize Firefox’s Scrollbar
- Changing Fonts & Colors in Firefox Themes
- User Generated Q&A

Check it all out here:

• iPox Remix – Create Your Own Firefox Theme

Big thanks to TwisterMc for updating this for all of us to enjoy. Know of anymore theme resources or tutorials out there?

This time around it is Mint.  Mint is a flat, small, green and gray Firefox theme.  It is very simple, but does a good job a looking different from the rest of the Firefox theme pack. 

If you like the taste, go pick it up on the Firefox Add-ons web site, and be sure to give TwisterMC your thanks too! 

You can pick it up at the Firefox Add-ons site and be sure to stop by  TwisterMC’s bug squashier if you notice any bugs or problems.

It isn’t every day that we get the chance to pick the brain and converse with probably one of the most popular Firefox theme designers (and all around pretty cool guy) TwisterMc.  He is best known for the iPox series of themes he has done for Firefox, but also has several other projects worth checking into when you get the time.

To many you are only known as TwisterMc, the brilliant designer that does all those iPox themes for Firefox. Where did the nickname come from?

TwisterMc: I’ve always been fascinated with the weather and especially tornados; even though I’ve never seen one. When it came time to get my own domain, I wanted something that had to do with weather. Since twister was already taken, I added Mc from my last name and came up with TwisterMc.

Where do you draw your inspiration or ideas from when it comes to sitting down and designing a theme from scratch?

TwisterMc: I get inspiration from everything. It could be a web site I came across, cool packaging or just the result of trying a few designs and seeing what I like.

Now your not all just about the Firefox themes, what other side projects have you got going on?

TwisterMc: Besides themes I’ve dabbled in Firefox extensions, WordPress plugins, desktop backgrounds and a few miscellaneous Growl notifications and Apple Scripts. I also operate a lot of web sites that cover a variety of topics.

Now you have done many different themes for Firefox. Out of them all which one would you consider to be your favorite and why?

TwisterMc: Ohh that’s a hard one. I love the one I’m working on at any given moment. If I had to pick one, I really like iPox as it’s where it all started.

With Firefox 3, you were one of the first ones to note that there would need to be some big changes to the current themes to get them up to date with the new look and feel of the newest version of the browser. Are you looking forward to the challenge or wishing Mozilla would have left well enough alone?

TwisterMc: I do like the challenge. Re-working the themes take me back into each and gives me added incentive to polish the themes even more. The only difference this time is that I have a lot more themes to update.

If there was no Firefox, what do you think you would be skinning up instead if anything at all?

TwisterMc: Probably WordPress. I’m a big WordPress fan and I think there are a lot of possibilities with WordPress themes right now. I know how to do it, I just haven’t sat down and done a public theme yet.

Thanks to Thomas (aka the twisted one) for taking the time out to answer a few of my questions. If you know of any other Firefox or Mozilla aficionado you’d like for me to give the shakedown to till they answer some of our questions, let me know.

Mozilla, do we have a problem?

I have a feeling I am not the only one who is wondering about this one.  What will happen to all the current Firefox themes once Firefox 3 goes final?  It seems like a handful of theme designers are having issues with getting their themes to look right with the new Firefox 3 interface.  Will they all have to start from scratch again?

The above screen shot was taken from TwisterMc – who is describing his own issues getting the iPox theme to work correctly.

As you can see, it is another TwisterMc masterpiece that I am sure many of the Firefox Facts fans (say that 10 times fast) will enjoy. It is currently in the Mozilla sandbox, so if you don’t have a login there you can pick it up at TwisterMc.com.

The Extero theme for Firefox is something mixed between a stylish vibe and a familiar face.

TwisterMC is at it again with another off the wall – yet creatively inspiriting Firefox theme that I am sure more than a few of you will enjoy.

Here is how he describes the theme:

I tried to take a different avenue with extero and break away from the norm just a little bit. It’s not crazy different, but there are some oddities that make extero unique.

Overall yet another that deserves to be in anybody’s collection.

iPox Remix hopes to be a new starting point for people who want to design their own theme, but don’t know where to get started at first. You can download the entire theme via his Web site, and over time he promises to push a few more tutorials and updates so you have something to do with that customizable theme. What are the requirements?

You’ll need to know how to create or edit images to customize your theme. That may be using Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP or another graphics application. If you know CSS, that’ll help a lot to, but it’s not required. Without CSS knowledge, you’ll be limited to the edits you can make.

+ Learn More on the iPox Remix Web Page! (via TwisterMc.com)

+ Download and Install the MidnightFox theme for Firefox!