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[David Brooks Friend David BrooksJoin date: September 2014Posts: 7Downloads:309Uploads:0]

#127309

I have 4 main sections on my site and I want each to use a different color theme. What’s the best way to use the color switcher so it’s triggered on the ‘home’ page for each section?
Thanks
Dave

[Menalto Friend MenaltoJoin date: May 2007Posts: 4736Downloads:0Uploads:43 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 531 times in 361 posts]

#244671

I think the best in this case would be to copy the template 3 times and assign them to each menu, and set up with the colors you want on each of them. You need to rename the template folder and rename the template name in the templatDetails.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<install version="1.5" type="template">
<name>ja_drimia</name>
<creationDate>15 Dec 2007</creationDate>
<author>JoomlArt.com</author>
<copyright></copyright>
<authorEmail>webmaster@joomlart.com</authorEmail>
<authorUrl>http://www.joomlart.com</authorUrl>
<version>1.5</version>
<description>JA Drimia - the Stylist within</description>
<files>
. And in ja_templatetools.php:
var $template = 'ja_drimia';

[David Brooks Friend David BrooksJoin date: September 2014Posts: 7Downloads:309Uploads:0]

#244675

My rather crude solution was to use the switchTool script on each of the section ‘home’ pages something like this.

<script type=”text/javascript”>
if (Cookie.get(‘ja_drimia_ja_color’) != ‘green’)
switchTool(‘ja_drimia_ja_color’,’green’);
</script>

I added this to the top of the section home page article, but obviously this mean I can only edit it with a non-WYSIWYG editor otherwise the <script> part gets stripped out.

[Menalto Friend MenaltoJoin date: May 2007Posts: 4736Downloads:0Uploads:43 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 531 times in 361 posts]

#244678

You can try to use this at the end of the link:
?ja_color=orange
But then you need to add all links maually, and not sure if it will work out as you want, but give it a try?

[David Brooks Friend David BrooksJoin date: September 2014Posts: 7Downloads:309Uploads:0]

#244683

That works great, but as you say, I’ll need to add it manually to each link I have to the section.

[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#244759

why can’t you just use a program like textpad and create a clone using the find and replace function, its the same process for having multiple versions of a compnent run on one site.

From my experience, the renaming of the template is the best way to go

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