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[tyler]

Im redesigning my website and i'm looking to have an option on the index page where you can choose the color theme.

How would i go about doing this?

[tyler]

meant to say that the color theme will be images

[Lang]

Ok first off name all your images regarding color. So
red_bar.jpg or blue_bar.jpg ect.

Then make a form with a select option with all the colors.
Make the name of your select color.

Then include this code:

if (isset($_GET['color'])){
$color = $_GET['color'];
}else{
if isset($_POST['color']){
$color = $_POST['color'];
}else{
$color = 'DEFAULTCOLORHERE';
}
}
echo '<img src="'.$color.'.jpg">';

Make sure everythign link has ?color='.$color.' at the end of your links so the color is carried over.

Edited by Lang, 21 September 2005 - 01:40 PM.

[rc69]

Or you could simply search through one of the 5,000 tutorials on how to do this in CSS
The database should have a few, and i believe spoono.com has a tutorial on how they do theirs.

But if you're doing actual images like what lang mentioned, you can try that, or javascript (javascript would probably be harder)

[tiki]

Just use the code off of spoonos page.

www.spoono.com

They wont mind.

[rc69]

You're right they won't mind, that's only copyright violation... Nothing wrong with that...
You can look at their code to see what they did, but don't copy/paste and change a few image names

p.s. My first statement is sarcasim, copyright violation is illegal...

[blinek]

Lang

could you please elaborate more

~aeiko

[tiki]

rc69, on Sep 22 2005, 08:20 PM, said:

You're right they won't mind, that's only copyright violation... Nothing wrong with that...
You can look at their code to see what they did, but don't copy/paste and change a few image names

p.s. My first statement is sarcasim, copyright violation is illegal...

Haha no they dont care, its in there tutorials somewere.

Ive asked on the forums aswell.

[MillerTime]

why not just use sessions?

[liveman]

using sessions would have a problem, because if u did the nav wrong it would cause errors... cookies might work though

[MillerTime]

sessions would work fine actually imo.. cookies would be beqtter but you'd need to have more experience in php

[austen]

I'd say that PHP Cookies would probably be one of the best ways to get this done, look for php theme changer tutorials or something of the like. I'm pretty sure that I've read somewhere on spoono that this the method they use. In my opinion it would be the best way at least for a layout with images. Cookies aren't really that much harder than sessions either, if you'd like more help with how to do this, I can give you a basic example, just pm me.

[austen]

MillerTime, on Sep 24 2005, 04:14 PM, said:

sessions would work fine actually imo.. cookies would be beqtter but you'd need to have more experience in php

though also using a session would eventually expire and if they wanted it to stay the same color each time they got on cookies would be the best way.

[tyler]

cheers for all the help guys, i will give this ago and let you know how i get on

thanks again

[Chaos King]

tyler, on Sep 25 2005, 01:32 AM, said:

cheers for all the help guys, i will give this ago and let you know how i get on

thanks again

Hey, if you havnt figured it out yet, I already had a script somewhere on the forums in another help post about it!

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As you may of seen on http://www.spoono.com They have a skin changer! This is something similar and it has the same idea as theirs. Just that this has a refresh page that will bring you back to the last page page you were viewing instead of going back to the home page.

1) First off, create your index.php This will have a very few lines of code, and add this in there:

Quote

//COOKIE MONSTER
ini_set("session.cookie_lifetime", "315360000");
session_start();

//Settign the styles
switch($_SESSION["style"])
{
case "red":
  include("red.php");
  break;
/*
To add a new skin, simply add:
case "NAME OF SKIN":
  include("FILENAME TO SKIN");
  break;
*/
default:
  include("default.php");
  break;
}
?>

All your skins will be in different files. Your default skin will be set to default.php So you would set up that file the same you would with index.php. If you wanted a red skin. You could simply create the red skin on the file red.php with the images set to the red images and etc. Please also note:

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/*
To add a new skin, simply add:
case "NAME OF SKIN":
  include("FILENAME TO SKIN");
  break;
*/

2) Now, create a style.php and insert this code:

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//COOKIE MONSTER
ini_set("session.cookie_lifetime", "315360000");
session_start();
$_SESSION["style"] = $_GET["set"];
?>

Please Wait...
 

 

  layout scheme selected, please wait to be redirected...
 

 

( Click here if you are not redirected in 3 seconds )

Please notice the code $HTTP_REFERER which is the last page you visited. If you did not visit a page before the style page is loaded. You are stuck

To change a skin, you can simply set a hyperlink to

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style.php?set=red

and it will redirect you to the index.php but this time, it is loading from the red theme.

Final Notes: Cookies must be enabled for this to work. Also, this is a lifetime cookie so it will take a LONG time to expire.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, please feel free to speak your mind.

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