To those who brought it up, yes I am aware that the site loads ‘plain’ (without colour) when you first visit if you’ve not seen the new layouts before. This is to do with the cookies in the JavaScript style switcher, at a guess. Anyway, to get past this simply refresh or choose a theme from the left. I may move the positioning of the themes yet, though.
I’m going to create my own style switcher, in PHP, to combat this.. I’m just debating the best way to do this. Do I do something similar to the popular skinning method with a page for the themes with important info, etc.. or do I have it like it is now where you can click a theme and continue without disturbing your browsing? Decisions decisions!
Off topic; an image in Modi’s most recent entry reminds me of Telford Town Centre — and why anyone who’s seen the TV adverts for it recently should be advised to stay away. It’s full of fat chavs with their asses hanging out.
04 Dec at 6:12 pm
and all the exits lead to car parks. argh, no escape! have it so it switches without changing the page. ‘you have changed your skin! click here to continue or select a new one’ pages really annoy me.
04 Dec at 6:16 pm
I really like it when it switches without changing the page. I wish there was some way wordpress could do that.
04 Dec at 6:32 pm
I put in another vote for having the themes change without the browsing being interrupted. =)
04 Dec at 7:16 pm
Echoing what they said too
04 Dec at 10:14 pm
I HATE getting my browsing disturbed when changing a theme…I’m weird like that. You know, as opposed to just being mildly annoyed. =)
05 Dec at 4:02 am
are seriously asking us whether we LIKE our browsing getting disturbed? By the way, I saw a PHP style switcher on ALA, doesn’t that work the way you’d like? I’ve yet to try it out, true… exams are a bitch. So don’t use the skinning tutorial. :)
05 Dec at 4:03 am
It’s not that I don’t like methods already available, I just like to do things my own way. :)
05 Dec at 4:23 am
Ah yes, Telford Town Centre. It’s a cesspit for chavvery, I hope to be doing some of my Christmas shopping online to avoid it.
05 Dec at 7:55 am
Telford shopping centre – Chavs indeed. That’s all that lives in Telford, well, the majority. To be honest though, I don’t mind the shopping centre itself. Quite scary to find someone else who lives in Telford haha :)
05 Dec at 3:13 pm
If only I could create my own style switcher! I would have it have the themes change without interrupting browsing…. If I could :)
05 Dec at 3:54 pm
Aw, my brother -was- in the same position; waiting to here back from a job interview for a week, but they rung today. Its so frustrating when they don’t bother to let you know the outcome. What job did you go for?
05 Dec at 3:59 pm
IT & Web Technician at New College. They said they’d get back to me whether they want to employ me or not by last Wednesday.. obviously they lied.
05 Dec at 7:30 pm
I love the new layout :D
05 Dec at 8:57 pm
I love that you can change themes while browsing. It’s just easier and less long for lazy people like me.
05 Dec at 10:26 pm
Jem, does the styleswitcher need to be PHP or can it be a script file?
06 Dec at 1:44 am
I haven’t talked to you in so long! I hope you’re doing ok. Love the new look by the way ;)
07 Dec at 10:19 am
Ah, I see you’ve gone back to your single-column layouts. I need to design a layout for my personal site.