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Posted by deko on 08/23/06 05:54
Thanks random, I will give it a shot and post back
"randomname" <randomname12345@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156310103.341962.196350@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>
> deko wrote:
>> > or you can simply include a
>> > <style type="text/css">... </style> for the background image in the
>> > header of the page.
>>
>> That sounds easier than maintaining multiple stylesheets.
>>
>> Do this scenario sound correct:
>>
>> Put HTML buttons on the page, something like this:
>>
>> <form action="" method="post" name="newbackground">
>> <input type="submit" value="white">
>> <input type="submit" value="yellow">
>> </form>
>>
>> Then, in the head section of the page, use PHP like this:
>>
>> <head>
>> <style type="text/css">
>> <?php
>> if (!empty($newbackground = trim($_POST['white']))
>> { ?>
>> #page {
>> background-image:url(/images/background-white.gif);
>> <?php }
>> elseif (!empty($newbackground = trim($_POST['yellow']))
>> { ?>
>> #page {
>> background-image:url(/images/background-yellow.gif);
>> <?php } ?>
>> </style>
>> </head>
>>
>> Is this correct? Something tells me I'm missing something on that form...
>>
>> Thanks for the help!
>
> The $_POST array is keyed by the variable name... and your submit
> buttons do not have names.
>
> You should assign "name" attributes to your submit buttons, or use a
> dropdown. I'd do it like this:
>
> <select name=color>
> <option value=yellow>yellow</option>
> <option value=white>white</option>
> </select>
>
> then in your script:
>
> <style>
> <?php
>
> $background = trim($_POST['color']);
>
> if ($background = 'yellow'){
> //yellow bg
> }elseif ($background = 'blue'){
> //blue bg
> }else{
> //default bg
> }
>
> But look ahead.. what happens when you want to change more than just
> the background image? You should really just have separate themes in
> separate css files, and load those corresponding stylesheets based on
> the form input:
>
> <?php
>
> $theme = $_POST['theme']
>
> if ($theme = 'yellow'){
> //<link rel="StyleSheet" href="yellow.css" type="text/css">
> }elseif ...
>
> ?>
>
> inside the stylesheets you can define the entire theme and save
> yourself a lot of work.
>
> -sam
>
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