the horrid state of disrepair my ui ended up in

[Azgrul]

i used the elv downloader i mean it got downloaded but i couldnt configure

[Azgrul]

tried to download it got confused instantly

It is like every other addon!
Download the folders into your WOW addon folder.
That's it.
This is how it was done for about 5-7 years before curse Downloader.

i did play in bc for a bit so ive done vanilla way

[Jaedaddy]

i used the elv downloader i mean it got downloaded but i couldnt configure

Ahh... I don't use the ElvUI Downloader. I manually update it, checking every other week or so. I heard some people had issues with the downloader, but I've never had to use it. Curse does all my other downloads, so manually doing this one is not much more time than loading the curse Downloader.

[Azgrul]

does it delete your presets

[Azgrul]

thanks for helping me get to this state

[Jaedaddy]

thanks for helping me get to this state

That's a great start! I hope you found that it wasn't that hard after all!?!

A few suggestions:
Shrink the size of your action bars - do you really need 50x50 of your tradeskills? (go go fishing!!!)
Do you really need your coordinates separated? (I recommend having them on auto hite)
Minimap is also a bit large for my taste
And finally, your target buffs/debuffs are going to get blocked by your target of target unit frames

[Azgrul]

thanks for helping me get to this state

That's a great start! I hope you found that it wasn't that hard after all!?!

A few suggestions:
Shrink the size of your action bars - do you really need 50x50 of your tradeskills? (go go fishing!!!)
Do you really need your coordinates separated? (I recommend having them on auto hite)
Minimap is also a bit large for my taste
And finally, your target buffs/debuffs are going to get blocked by your target of target unit frames

i spent two hours messing with buffs/debuffs they are fine coordinates are tom tom related and i cant find its option to remove

[Tiziana]

looks pretty good Az. nice job

[Jaedaddy]

i spent two hours messing with buffs/debuffs they are fine

I love all of the options.
In time, it won't take so long to tweak things you want to change.

coordinates are tom tom related and i cant find its option to remove

Go to Interface Options
Click on TomTom
Click on Coordinate Block
Uncheck "Enable coordinate block"

[Azgrul]

i tried to make the professions hotbar combat hide like so [combat:hide] didnt work?

[Jaedaddy]

i tried to make the professions hotbar combat hide like so [combat:hide] didnt work?

To change visibility states the code is like this:
[combat] hide; show
*make sure you press the [Accept] Button after adding the [combat] before hide; show*

I recommend the mouseover feature (built in, just check the box for the action bar of choice) for any actionbars I don't need/want to see all the time. I do the same for the game menu.

[Kalistae]

Looks like you've got a lot more open space now. Good job!

[Azgrul]

and then where would i find the floating combat text wanna get rid of the monochrome outline

[Jaedaddy]

and then where would i find the floating combat text wanna get rid of the monochrome outline

Looking like I am your personal ElvUI support tech!

Open ElvUI config panel (btw the C up near your minimap will open it)
Click on Nameplates
Change Font Outline
And any other settings you want

One addon that is settings free and really updates the look and feel of most other addons is called AddOnSkins. I especially like the WeakAuras & Skada changes.

[Azgrul]

and then where would i find the floating combat text wanna get rid of the monochrome outline

Looking like I am your personal ElvUI support tech!

Open ElvUI config panel (btw the C up near your minimap will open it)
Click on Nameplates
Change Font Outline
And any other settings you want

One addon that is settings free and really updates the look and feel of most other addons is called AddOnSkins. I especially like the WeakAuras & Skada changes.

thanks to everyone for helping me out jae you deserve special thanks lol