[eluser]JoostV[/eluser]
Use the following setup if you wish
- to use multiple themes for your CI app, like in Wordpress;
- while leaving your application folder and system folder outside of the webroot.
First of all, the folder structure:
/application
/config
/other application folders
/system
/cache
/codeigniter system folders
/public_html
/themes
/default
/views
/css
/jscripts
/images
/some-other-theme
.htaccess
index.php
First, edit the following lines in you index.php so CI can find the application and system folders.
Code:
$system_folder = "../system";
$application_folder = "../application";
And now... theming!
Create a file MY_Loader.php in your application/libraries folder. This file will extend default the CI_Loader class, adding some handy theming functionality to $this->load.
MY_Loader.php
Code:
/**
* @category Accent Interactive CMS
* @package Accent_Library
* @name MY_Loader.php
* @version 1.0
* @author Joost van Veen
* @copyright Accent Interactive
*/
class MY_Loader extends CI_Loader
{
// Set the default theme. Make sure this folder exists!
public $theme = 'default';
public function __construct() {
parent::CI_Loader();
// Set the loader to use the default theme path.
$this->set_theme($this->theme);
}
/**
* Set the theme location. This is where the loader class will look for view files.
* his location is in the webroot, like public_html/themes/default.
* New theme? Upload all views, css, images, jascripts to public_html/themes/my-new-theme
* @param string $theme_name
* @return void
*/
public function set_theme($theme_name){
$this->theme = $theme_name;
$this->_ci_view_path = FCPATH . 'themes/' . $this->theme . '/views/';
}
}
Now you can easily switch between views in your controller, or your MY_Controller.
Controller
Code:
// Get theme from database and set it
$theme_name = $this->settings->theme;
$this->load->set_theme($theme_name);
// Do a lot of other stuff
// Load the view, for instance 'pages'
$this->load->view('pages');
Because the entire theme (view files, css, jscripts, etc) is in a single folder you can drop new themes into the /themes folder and use them at the drop of a hat.
