Switch template for index

[DGTALGOODIES]

Hi i was just on your online demo and saw Switch template.

I would like to know how to do it for index.html, i think be a cool feature to have for users.

[Bruceper]

The way it's done is not a good way to do it, plus it doesn't work for all browsers. There is no code available so you would need to figure out how it's done, I have ideas as to how it can be done, but have no code for it.

[inspireme]

I jsut did a quick test, seems its pretty simple to do with a little hack to application.php - this is in no way a workign example, just a concept that seems to work. You need to make a template switcher that sets a cookie, and then change the code here to a cookie checking code. I did this quick-and-dirty to see if it worked.

If your interested in this, i could probably write an article on my site, but its going to be a few weeks i got tons of stuff lined up now!

Okay so check it out :
http://indexu.co.uk/demoSVN/index.php?usertheme=momo
and
http://indexu.co.uk/demoSVN/index.php?usertheme=kosmos

notice i can overwrite the default theme easily. In application.php the code i have is :

//theme checker. 
$usertheme = $_REQUEST['usertheme'];
if ($usertheme !='') {
$active_theme = $usertheme;
}
else {
  $active_theme           = 'kosmos';
}
// end theme checker.

and thats it ... i would need to replace the application.php code to check for a cookie instead ( $_COOKIE['usertheme'] instead of $_REQUEST ) and i would need to build a theme changer that set the cookie

I havent had time to see whats messed up with the momo theme, i jsut dont think its completed... i havent uploaded any other alternative themes so i jsut used that as it was already available

okay hope that sparks some ideas.

[inspireme]

okay, probably need to add the cookie checking code in a couple more php files, but doesnt look too difficult.. dont have time to check further though.

[DGTALGOODIES]

OK il give this thread sometime since i am a total noob in this lol.

Il just keep checking every so often.

But thanks to look into it.

[seveneth]

Well, I dont think this will be useful for most users.
But if you're selling templates, then this is a must have mods.

I have this kind of mods, but it is not free mods.
I'm not sure that if mods will for work all browsers, but I have test it on IE, FF, Opera and no problem so far.

Let me know if you interested.