skin or theme switcher?

  • Resolved photocurio

    (@photocurio)


    14 years ago

    I sure would like to be able to let users change the look of my site, like Jeremy Keith’s site (I’ve emailed Keith, no response). There is a theme switcher plugin, but it is not persistent–as soon as a user hits a link, you are back to the original theme. I assume this is because Keith’s site puts a cookie on your machine.

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  • Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    Jeremy Keith’s site is not built on WordPress, but I’m using this plugin right now on two 3.1 sites. https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/theme-switcher/ Working very, very well for me so far, and the sidebar widget allows you to select a list or a drop-down menu.

    Thread Starter photocurio

    (@photocurio)

    Hey thanks, I don’t know how I missed that.

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    You’re welcome.

    Thread Starter photocurio

    (@photocurio)

    When I switch themes it loses all widgets from the sidebar.

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    Dramatic differences in theme layouts can cause those issues. Most notably, the number of sidebars/widget areas, and their locations in individual themes. You can try going to the widgets page as admin after switching to a theme and dragging the widgets to the sidebar, then see if wordpress will remember their locations when switching themes as a user.

    The themes I use in the switcher all use the same sidebar/widget layout to preserve my basic site structure, while still allowing a change in visual presentation that suits the user. Some compromise may be required.

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