multiple skins
By David
Hello,
We are looking to use elgg for a new project. It looks really good, however I have a question I am hoping someone might be able to help with.
We will need to use different themes for different parts of the site. It looks like this is possible if we use the multisite plugin, however is this the only way?. Is there another way to do this?
Thanks
David.
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You must log in to post replies.MultiSite won't do that for you.. But have a look at Marcus Povey's nouveau Multi Sites Pkg.. maybe can-do.
Can creating new view structurs and cross-linking them be an option ...?
You dont need multisite. But you need some big rewriting of elgg page structure and design. But this is definitely possible.
Here's the simplest solution I've got assuming all you need is different css files:
Create view for each theme: css/theme1.php, css/theme2.php, etc...
Overwrite the page_elements/head view to include the correct theme when appropriate conditions are met
Done
@evan: what about simple cache when css is used in that format? There wont be any caching, rt?
Simple cache should still work in this case. Certainly it would in 1.8. Btw this is essentially how 1.8 has a separate them for the admin area.
Thanks for your thoughts on this. I will keep you posted on how I get on.