template switcher for template developers

[tomyeah]

i made a few templates now and i was sick of creating new domains and pixelpost installations for every template to give people a live showcase ...

so i made this little addon for template developers.

get this file (, extract it) and place it in the "/includes" folder of your pixelpost base directory.
template_switcher.zip

look for these lines in the index.php of your pixelpost base directory:

around line: 85

$upload_dir = $cfgrow['imagepath'];

around line: 239

$tpl = file_get_contents("templates/".$cfgrow['template']."/".$_GET['x']."_template.html");

around line: 260

$tpl = file_get_contents("templates/".$cfgrow['template']."/image_template.html");

right after these 3 lines you place this line:

require("includes/template_switcher.php");

you can see a demo of this addon here.


if you want to insert special instructions for individual templates you can do this in the template_switcher.php . i'Ve inserted a little example:

if($cfgrow['template'] == "macstyle"){
	$cfgrow['thumbnumber'] = 22;
}

that means, if the template "macstyle" is loaded than it should display 22 thumbnails for the <IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_ROW> .

regards, tom.

[Dkozikowski+]

Nice work Tom but hopefully the new Pixelpost website (when it's completed) will include a template preview system but this is nice for those who want to let their viewers choose which template they like to view your site with.

[tomyeah]

@dwilkinsjr: oh, any details or even a preview about the new website ?

[Dkozikowski+]

Originally Posted by tomyeah

@dwilkinsjr: oh, any details or even a preview about the new website ?

No, it's being worked on slowly but there is no public preview or anything.

[EcoSee]

Yeah Baby... nice feature. I am in the process of porting about 25 templates and it was driving me nuts. Nice job and thank you!!!

[Scarabaeus]

I've just added this to my site. Very good and works well. Also I changed so when you select the option from the drop down it changes without having to click submit.