[phpBB 2.0 How to] Create simple style demo board.

[DoubleJ]

In this tutorial I will explain how you can easily create a simple style demo yourselve.

Files we will edit for this are:
includes/functions.php
includes/sessions.php

First off, in functions.php is a function called "setup_style()" which is responsible for loading the desired template.

It gets the style ID when the user preferences are loaded.
What we simply do here is ignore the style_id that has been entered but we will first check if the url contains the style ID. If it doesn't then simply load the style it would normally load.

Open functions.php
Find:

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function setup_style($style)
{
   global $db, $board_config, $template, $images, $phpbb_root_path;

Replace with:

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function setup_style($style)
{
   global $db, $board_config, $template, $images, $phpbb_root_path, $HTTP_GET_VARS;
   //
   // Check if a style ID is added to the url, and make sure it is not emtpy.
   //
   if( isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['st']) && intval($HTTP_GET_VARS['st']) )
   {
      $style = intval($HTTP_GET_VARS['st']);
   }

Now if we have added a style_id to the url( index.php?st=1 ) we see that style. But normal links on the board do not contain the style_id in the url.

To fix that we will modify the "append_sid()" function which is called with every url and adds a session ID. it will now add the style ID for us.

open sessions.php
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function append_sid($url, $non_html_amp = false)
{
   global $SID;

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function append_sid($url, $non_html_amp = false)
{
   global $SID, $HTTP_GET_VARS;

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   if ( !empty($SID) && !preg_match('#sid=#', $url) )
   {
      $url .= ( ( strpos($url, '?') !== false ) ?  ( ( $non_html_amp ) ? '&' : '&' ) : '?' ) . $SID;
   }

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   if ( !preg_match('#st=#', $url) )
   {
      $url .= ( ( strpos($url, '?') !== false ) ?  ( ( $non_html_amp ) ? '&' : '&' ) : '?' ) . 'st=' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['st'];
   }

Now the style ID is added to every url on the forum.

And your done with your basic style demo.

[Reiji Kurosaky]

Hello,

This will be useful, thanks.

[Reiji Kurosaky]

Uh, I have a problem.

After applying this, all the link lead to index.php (Profile, Search, etc.)

What´s causing this?

[DoubleJ]

These code changes shouldn't effect the content of the links.
it would just add the st=# behind the url if it wasn't included yet.

[Reiji Kurosaky]

Well, it was this (because I don´t use any other MOD on my demo board) and after I removed the code from those files, everything was back to normal.

[DoubleJ]

[quote user="Reiji Kurosaky" post="74346"]Well, it was this (because I don´t use any other MOD on my demo board) and after I removed the code from those files, everything was back to normal.[/quote]
I have tried this code on a fresh phpBB install with no mods or whatsoever, and it just works.
Make sure you applied all changes correctly.

[Reiji Kurosaky]

Okay, now it works.

Thank you again DoubleJ.

[pinocchio]

`Thanks for the tutorial

At this case guest can change there style (only de first two A`s)
http://www.pinocchio.nl/phpbb/ (testforum)

But i can`t login as administrator anymore.
I see the also the forum in the leftframe or
it`s redirect to the frontpage after login for the second time.



I realy need this solution for guest
with a visual disease but will be stay anonymouse.

How can i fix this in the sessions.php?
(Javascript is no option for me)


Thanks.

[pinocchio]

Problem solved with:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=17005

Thanks

[GHS]

Simple but very efficient tutorial, congratulations.

[odessit]

Thank you for an outstanding tutorial. This does 90% of what I am looking for. Is there a way to also pass style ID with the account activation link and possibly store in a cookie as well?

I am running two different sites (same subject) with different designs. i would love to be able to share a forum between them while preserving the look and feel of the site the user came from.