Skin Switch

05 Jul 2015, 22:28

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Skin Switch

This new mod provides the capability to dynamically switch templates from the catalog side.

Download link is: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2009

26 Aug 2015, 00:05

#2

mcqueeneycoins

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Re: Skin Switch

swguy, thanks for posting this! I'm trying to incorporate this function automatically based on mobile detect...would you be able to tell me how to automatically have template #1 used for desktops and template #2 used for mobile devices? I don't want to just rely on a responsive template as it still does not display the way I want on a mobile device. Having two templates would give me the flexibility I need. I would also like to mask the url to remove the template name if possible--that way if I sent a link from a mobile device to a desktop user, they would not be directed to the wrong template. Any help you can provide is appreciated. Thanks!

26 Aug 2015, 00:25

#3

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

I'm actually working on the next version of this mod, which has a second set of example files that show you how to do automatic setup. Stay tuned!

06 Sep 2015, 14:29

#4

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

The module has been updated with an example of how to do automatic template selection.

20 Sep 2015, 11:08

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Re: Skin Switch

Hi,

" I would also like to mask the url to remove the template name if possible--that way if I sent a link from a mobile device to a desktop user, they would not be directed to the wrong template. Any help you can provide is appreciated."

I Would like to have an update regarding above question. Thx!

21 Sep 2015, 12:28

#6

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

Example2 in Skin Switch (just released in Sept) shows you how to do this.

12 Feb 2016, 23:58

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cefyn

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Re: Skin Switch

Great add-on . Now my templates switch from PC to mobile every Sunday.

function use_nondefault_template() {
// check whatever you want to here.
if (date("D") == "Sun") {
return true;
}
What I would really like them to do is switch whenever a mobile is detected. Would someone be kind enough to tell me how I can set up a mobile checking function in such a way as to operate this switch when ,

if ($detect->isMobile()) {
return true;

Thanks.

13 Feb 2016, 00:23

#8

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

Use a mobile detect library such as http://mobiledetect.net/.

13 Feb 2016, 00:35

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cefyn

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Re: Skin Switch

Thanks for replying. I've got the Mobile_Detect.php alright, but I can't figure out where to put it and how to get set_template.php to refer to it.

13 Feb 2016, 00:57

#10

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

Look at example 2 - it shows how to use a single check.

13 Feb 2016, 14:53

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cefyn

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Re: Skin Switch

I'm using 1.5.4. The switch works fine on days of the week. I have includes/classes/Mobile_Checker.php ,and in the legacy template that I want to use as default I have , in common/html_header.php

if (!class_exists('Mobile_Detect')) {
include_once(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'Mobile_Detect.php');
$detect = new Mobile_Detect;
}
Then in set_template.php , I have ,

function use_nondefault_template() {
// check whatever you want to here.
if($ismobile) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
But this won't switch the template when the site is accessed by a mobile device , so I figure I must be missing something ?

14 Feb 2016, 20:28

#12

cefyn

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Re: Skin Switch

This seems to work without breaking anything else.
// check whatever you want to here.
$useragent=$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
if(preg_match('/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino/i',$useragent)||preg_match('/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i',substr($useragent,0,4)))
{
return true;

I got the list from http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/

18 Sep 2016, 17:16

#13

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Re: Skin Switch

This mod was just updated for Zen Cart 1.5.5a.

16 Oct 2016, 13:33

#14

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

Thanks to @WebsiteRob for letting me know I uploaded the wrong file - this has been fixed.

18 Oct 2016, 18:19

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Re: Skin Switch

swguy:
Thanks to @WebsiteRob for letting me know I uploaded the wrong file - this has been fixed.

HAHAHA! I thought I was going crazy or that I did something wrong, then when I downloaded today (without seeing this before) and kinda confirmed that I did something wrong... :P good thing to know I'm not losing it... YET!

Question:
Is it possible to create a list of templates? Is it possible to transfer the list/links to a custom sidebox without losing functionality? If there are 10 templates, that header will get crowded.

18 Oct 2016, 18:36

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swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

ideasgirl:

Question:
Is it possible to create a list of templates? Is it possible to transfer the list/links to a custom sidebox without losing functionality? If there are 10 templates, that header will get crowded.

Sure - just put these links in the sidebox instead of the header.

20 Oct 2016, 02:06

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ideasgirl

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Re: Skin Switch

I finished this... do you want me to pack it and submit it to have it in your module as an option?

20 Oct 2016, 10:49

#18

swguy

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Re: Skin Switch

Sure, thank you. Make it "example3" please.

20 Oct 2016, 16:26

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ideasgirl

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Re: Skin Switch

My pleasure... THAN YOU! and the team for the hard work.

Submission done. :clap:

15 Dec 2016, 18:39

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Re: Skin Switch

First of all, thank you for the app. I was going nuts trying to make classic_resposive look good in mobile and desktop mode and this enabled me to work on the separately. Great work!

I would like to have the link to the desktop view on the header when the mobile site is viewed on a desktop. It's working fine but I had to put in a sidebox with the desktop link so that if anyone gets to the mobile site on a desktop they can easily switch to the desktop view In other words I want to make the header uniform for both the mobile and desktop versions when they''re viewed on a desktop. Here's a link to the site.https://www.spminiatures.com/storetest2. So far it's in test mode. My concern is that many of my customers are not very computer literate and will get lost.
I tried a few things but they they either didn't work or destroyed the site.

Thanks for any help
Carol