[Done] Skin mod

[Thunderace]

I'm having probs getting this running Chris. Are the <style> </style> meant to be in there somewhere?

[Chris Cromer]

No, the style tags are to be removed completely.

[Thunderace]

The obvious scenario has occured, based on the fact that Chris is a turbo charged Mod producer and I'm an annoying "don't understand anything yet" type yabbse user  

As one would expect of Chris's mods, of course when I upload all his files (Chris read template.php) it works first time no probs, wasn't that easy  

However, I then try to adjust my template (As opposed to using Chris's own) and it all goes horribly wrong  

OK the bones, what am I doing wrong, when I run my modified template It seems to ignore CSS this is exemplified by an "illegal use of yabbse" message.

[Thunderace]

Ok got this working by modifying the colours on Chris's template.php.

Can't save profile changes from admin centre but no big problem.

Nice Mod Chris thanks.

[Chris Cromer]

Your welcome, glad you like it.

[lenaP]

Is it possible at all to make the template version so that you could use different pictures to each template?
I'm thinking of the on and off.gifs that I've changed so they'll fit with my colors. The will definitely not fit with other colors...
And now I have the pictures for the collapsed categories mod too.

Maybe you could store the template-specific pictures in a different folder, or have they template-specific named? Or is this an completely unrealistic thing to do?

[Chris Cromer]

Hmm... images do seem to be a problem with matching colors... I had planned on making the images within the skin directory part of the skin... but I didn't get around to that yet.

[lenaP]

I've decided to wait for the template version, but I couldn't... I'd just have to try this one.
I was reading your instructions in the first post to do it properly and you write

Next upload the Skins.php file to the sources directory.

Ok... but that file isn't included in the zip?

[Thunderace]

There should be a sources folder with skins.php inside.

[lenaP]

No...
I've got:

Skins.mod
skinsdb.php
template.php
3D/skin.css
deafult/skin.css

...but no skins.php   And I have downloaded the zip-file twice, just to make sure.

[Thunderace]

skins.php is a short script as follows


<?php
global $modSettings,$settings,$username,$sourcedir,$imagesdir;

$requestskin = mysql_query ("SELECT skin FROM {$db_prefix}members WHERE (memberName='$username')");

$skintemp = mysql_fetch_row($requestskin);

if ($username == "Guest") {
  $skinscsslocation = "$modSettings[skinDirectory]/$modSettings[skinAdmincenter]/skin.css";
print <<<EOT
<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="$skinscsslocation">
EOT;
}

if ($username != "Guest") {
  if ($skintemp[0] == "") {
    $skinscsslocation = "$modSettings[skinDirectory]/$modSettings[skinAdmincenter]/skin.css";
print <<<EOT
<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="$skinscsslocation">
EOT;
  }
  else {
  $skinscsslocation = "$modSettings[skinDirectory]/$skintemp[0]/skin.css";
print <<<EOT
<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="$skinscsslocation">
EOT;
  }
}

?>

[Thunderace]

Not sure if It's against rules to post scripts moderators. I thought it would be ok as it's short.

[lenaP]

Thank you!

I don't think it's against any rules - you'll find scripts and parts of scripts much bigger than this here.
But it's a goo idea to use the button "Insert Code" next time

Thanks agian, now I can move on with my experimenting.

[Chris Cromer]

Did I forget to put Skins.php in the zip?

[lenaP]

It seems so...

I have some probs with this one, I haven't figured out yet exactly what's wrong, and I just started from the beginning again. I'll come back and report if I find out.