[SOLVED] Changing Colours

crackafaza · #1 (**permalink**) Oct 18th, 2007, 13:24

Sorry if this is in the wrong area, but here goes with my Q!?

On my portfolio website, I have a certain colour scheme, but when doing making it, i went through loads of different colour schemes, and most were liked, so what I was wondering was, whats the code, so that someone can just pick the colour scheme they like and use it for the rest of the site!
I dont no where to begin

Thanks for any help
Cracka

Rakuli · #2 (**permalink**) Oct 18th, 2007, 13:31

I would just set up a .css file for each colour scheme and then use a script that stores the prefered scheme in either $_GET, $_SESSION or $_COOKIE to write the required file to the page.

If you have a database backend you could do the same thing with a DB query.

I wrote a similar snippet for swagner in [SOLVED] PHP Printer-Friendly Page

Cheers

crackafaza · #3 (**permalink**) Oct 18th, 2007, 13:46

Hi, thanks for your help, but I am complete beginner at php you see, so don't really have a clue what is being said in that link you sent me, sorry for being such a dumb***, could you try walk me through it a bit more please!

Thanks
Cracka

crackafaza · #4 (**permalink**) Oct 19th, 2007, 13:46

Can Anyone Help Me With This?

c010depunkk · #5 (**permalink**) Oct 19th, 2007, 13:56

do you have any code already?

crackafaza · #6 (**permalink**) Oct 19th, 2007, 14:15

No, complete beginner, I know nothing really about php!

c010depunkk · #7 (**permalink**) Oct 19th, 2007, 14:43

HTML code?

MikeHopley · #8 (**permalink**) Oct 19th, 2007, 15:20

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/alternate/

Rakuli · #9 (**permalink**) Oct 19th, 2007, 21:45

Okay, say you have 4 styles of css you can use the below code.. Just replace your current <link etc.. with the PHP below, then add a form or link on your site that sends style=(1,2,3 or 4) to your pages.

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<?php



$myStyles = array ();



$myStyles[1] = 'this.css';

$myStyles[2] = 'that.css';

$myStyles[3] = 'your.css';

$myStyles[4] = 'mine.css';



// This will add selected style to the session

if (isset($_REQUEST['style']) && isset($myStyles[$_REQUEST['style']]))

    $_SESSION['style'] = $myStyles[$_REQUEST['style']];



// now write to the page



if (in_array($_SESSION['style'], $myStyles))

    echo '<link href="', $_SESSION['style'], '" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />';

else

    echo '<link href="', $myStyles[1], '" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css />';



?>

So all you need to do is make it so when a user wants a different style, they are sent to the same page but add to the query string..

eg.

http://www.example.com/index.php?style=1

and for the rest of that session they will have that style.

Cheers

crackafaza · #10 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:13

Hi Rakuli!
I have tried what you have suggested but it is still not working :S, and the link you sent me doesn't work, so that doesn't help me!
Do i have to use .php extension, or can i stick with the html?

Thanks
Cracka

Rakuli · #11 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:19

Hi Cracka, the link is example.com and is used to actually show examples

You would replace example.com with your domain once you have the php code in the files.

You need to have .php extensions for this to work, .html will not work unless without some apache tricks.

crackafaza · #12 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:21

Ok, thanks, my bad :P
Well i will have a look see if that does anything, and i will get back to you!

Thanks
Cracka

crackafaza · #13 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:27

No, it is still not working

Here is a screenshot of what my webpage looks like using that code, hoping that would help!

Thanks
Cracka

Rakuli · #14 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:47

LOL can't say that helps at all.

Can you post the code in the way you have integrated it?

say 10 lines before and after the PHP so see how you have dropped it in..

Cheers

crackafaza · #15 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:51

Here is the code!:

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>CF DesigNz</title>

<?php
$myStyles = array ();
$myStyles[1] = 'styles.css';
$myStyles[2] = 'styles1.css';
$myStyles[3] = 'styles2.css';
$myStyles[4] = 'styles3.css';
// This will add selected style to the session
if (isset($_REQUEST['style']) && isset($myStyles[$_REQUEST['style']]))
    $_SESSION['style'] = $myStyles[$_REQUEST['style']];
// now write to the page
if (in_array($_SESSION['style'], $myStyles))
    echo '<link href="', $_SESSION['style'], '" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />';
else
    echo '<link href="', $myStyles[1], '" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css />';
?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header"><img src="images/header.jpg" alt=""></div>
<div id="menu"><img src="images/menu.jpg" alt=""></div>
<div id="menucont"><a href="index.htm">Home</a> | <a href="services.htm">Services</a> | <a href="portfolio.htm">Portfolio</a> | <a href="contact.asp">Contact Me</a> |<a href=""> Blog</a></div>
<div id="main"><img src="images/main.jpg" height="630" width="999" alt=""></div>
<div id="maintext"><h1>CF DesigNz</h1>I am a website Designer and Developer. I can create websites from scratch or modify a template produced in Graphical programs such as Photoshop and Fireworks.  I can create websites in different langauges such as:

Thanks
Cracka

Rakuli · #16 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 10:56

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"



"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">



<html>



<head>



<title>CF DesigNz</title>







<?php



$myStyles = array ();



$myStyles[1] = 'styles.css';



$myStyles[2] = 'styles1.css';



$myStyles[3] = 'styles2.css';



$myStyles[4] = 'styles3.css';



// This will add selected style to the session



if (isset($_GET['style']) && isset($myStyles[$_GET['style']]))



    $_SESSION['style'] = $myStyles[$_GET['style']];



// now write to the page



if (in_array($_SESSION['style'], $myStyles))



    echo '<link href="', $_SESSION['style'], '" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />';



else



    echo '<link href="', $myStyles[1], '" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css />';



?>



</head>



<body>



<div id="header"><img src="http://www.webforumz.com/images/header.jpg" alt=""></div>



<div id="menu"><img src="http://www.webforumz.com/images/menu.jpg" alt=""></div>



<div id="menucont"><a href="index.htm">Home</a> | <a href="services.htm">Services</a> | <a href="portfolio.htm">Portfolio</a> | <a href="contact.asp">Contact Me</a> |<a href=""> Blog</a></div>



<div id="main"><img src="http://www.webforumz.com/images/main.jpg" height="630" width="999" alt=""></div>



<div id="maintext"><h1>CF DesigNz</h1>I am a website Designer and Developer. I can create websites from scratch or modify a template produced in Graphical programs such as Photoshop and Fireworks.  I can create websites in different langauges such as:

Try that:

To ask a couple of obvious questions, you're going to yoursite/index.php?style=1/2/3 or 4 and you have your stylesheets in the same directory as the page?

crackafaza · #17 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 12:19

No that didn't work, the top images didn't work, because it was set to webforumz

, how come you did that?

So it is still not working!
&& Yess, my stylesheets are in the same directory as the index file, any other suggestions?

Thanks
Cracka

Rakuli · #18 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 12:36

I have no idea how that happened

I honestly did not add webforumz to the urls.. When I first posted all spaces were replaces with asterixes too... very weird..

Have you viewed the source to see if a different link is being written each time? Can you also check your PHP error log.

Cheers

crackafaza · #19 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 12:40

Hi!
There is no error coming onto the page, its just rearrangeing the text and images funny, so i am still confused, would it be easier for me to send the zip file to you, and you have a play around with it?

Thanks
Cracka

Rakuli · #20 (**permalink**) Oct 22nd, 2007, 12:43

Yeah do that

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