Theme Chager for SMF2 RC3

[!RFAN]

yess i want to add a theme changer on every page so that users might be able to change their theme whenever they want to

i searched for it but i cant find any thing for smf2 rc3...

please :S

[CapadY]

Did you have a look at the forum profiles of your users ?

It is a default option of SMF.

[!RFAN]

forum profile of users?? :O

sir i want it on every page... cant u read???

[Arantor]

sir i want it on every page... cant u read???

Can't you be nice to people who were trying to help you?

[Liam.]

sir i want it on every page... cant u read???

Can't you be nice to people who were trying to help you?

Ditto.

However I have got a mod almost ready to be submitted, and it will include a theme changer...

[!RFAN]

submit it please..ASAP

[Arantor]

submit it please..ASAP

Nice to see a please in there. I have two theme changer mods, in fact, but I doubt either of them will suit your needs... which you haven't explained what you actually want anyway.

[CapadY]

forum profile of users?? :O

sir i want it on every page... cant u read???

Oke, I'm gone from this thread and this user.

Goodluck.

[bidzinski]

Just curious but why would you want to change the theme on everypage? and wouldn't you need a mod which would make it so you could have a different theme loaded on certain pages, IE when you go to discussion it shows a red theme but then you click the next topic and your on a blue theme? is that what you mean, if there is a mod out like this for smf rc3 I want it please.

[Liam.]

Well the mod I'm making is more than just a theme changer - it will offer quite a bit more, this'd just be a part of it. Also, some more features may be like permissions - who will be able to view it, or what permissions will there be? Do you want to show a thumbnail of each theme. Do you want it changed permanently or temporarily?

bidzinski - That would be near impossible to do I think. Although it's possible on a per-board basis, per-theme would be a hell of alot harder, and too-ott. However, having a theme that changes colors every page load may work, but it'd be terrible and confusing.

[bidzinski]

It is way over my head I am at the very very beginning when it comes to this kind of stuff, I couldn't create a mod to save myself from disaster.

[Liam.]

It is way over my head I am at the very very beginning when it comes to this kind of stuff, I couldn't create a mod to save myself from disaster.

Making a mod can be hard to start with - if you start fiddling about with the code though, you'll eventually learn new things

But I wouldn't mind making something similar myself - except, no to be rude, but having a different colored theme each topic would be annoying, confusing, it'd take up space, and did I mention annoying? ^_^`

[!RFAN]

okay now i'll xplain... the members of my forum are not agreed on one theme.. some say dark is good and some say light is good... so i decided to give them an option to change the theme whenever they want to...
i put a code for that in GHF...its working fine ..only one problem.. it takes to the index page after changing the theme...
so i am asking for any better option available...
nd... m sorry if anyone felt my words rude..

[Yağız...]

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1342

[!RFAN]

its not for rc3^^

[Yağız...]

Try this one.

[!RFAN]

installed without errors... but i cant see any theme changer anywhere o my forum?? :S

[Yağız...]

Which theme are you using?

[Arantor]

And did you select "install on all themes"?

[!RFAN]

yess i selected all themes... ryt now i am using default core theme..

thanks

[Yağız...]

Sorry forgot to add it
Find in ./Themes/core/index.template.php:

Code Select Expand

echo '
</div>
</div>';
Replace with:

Code Select Expand

echo '
</div>
<div class="floatright">
<select id="simple_theme_changer" onchange="switch_theme();">
<optgroup label="', $txt['simple_theme_changer_name'], '">';

foreach ($context['themes'] as $id => $theme)
echo '
<option value="', $id, '"', (($settings['theme_id'] == $id) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''), '>', $theme, '</option>';

echo '
</optgroup>
</select>
</div>
</div>';

[!RFAN]

no, i still cant see any theme changer

[Yağız...]

Can you post a link to your site please?

[!RFAN]

http://www.amigozone.tk

[Yağız...]

It's there At the bottom of the forum.

[!RFAN]

oh yess... i can see..

but its not working... whenever i change a them it shows..."page not found"

[Arantor]

It's not designed to work with Pretty URLs.

[!RFAN]

hmmmm... okay thank you so much

can u tell me one thing?? can pretty urls really benefit me??? and when i submitted a sitemap to google it says the links in sitemap does not match.. how can i resolve it??

[Arantor]

Technically that's two things, not one

Simple resolution is to uninstall Pretty URLs - will fix both issues.

Pretty URLs doesn't really have that much SEO benefit, if any. All it *might* (and it is MIGHT, not even "maybe") do is get you a few extra people clicking through from Google.

Then again I'm not even sure a sitemap is that useful on a forum.

[!RFAN]

okay.. what can give me more SEO benefit

actually last time i was running wordpress blog and i submitted a sitemap.. i noticed rapid improvement in in seo.. i was able to see my site one first page... but after that i left wordpress and working with SMF only.. but  now i cant see any SEO working...i can see old wordpress links, keywords in google webmaster tools and analytics... wat should i do for SEO..

[Arantor]

It's a bit different on a blog, where you only have one author and one stream of pages that can be optimised for search engines. User generated content is a LOT different.

I'm still not sure why people are trying to optimise forums for SEO when the *content* is the key anyway, and it's kind of hard to optimise content you don't create yourself!

[!RFAN]

hmmm.. okay i understood.. i can see logic..
one more thing please
can portal articles do that... i mean if i am using tinyportal??

edit:: and what about robots.txt... can u guide me here please http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=382259.0

[Arantor]

You can add articles in TP, but if you have any questions, ask on tinyportal.net

Someone else can help on the other issue, I don't really have time to answer endless questions, just here while on a break from working on SimpleDesk.

[!RFAN]

okay thank you very much