Dynamic Header - CT_RN Theme

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:26 pm

Was playing around with the CT_RN Theme a found a way to load a different header image for each day of the week as well as custom header images by module... Not sure if it's coded correctly and/or efficiently but it works without errors and it's kinda fun so i thought I'd share Smile

Sorry no working online model ATM but here it is for those interested.

Create header images for each day of the week and name them Monday.jpg, Tuesday.jpg, etc and place them in the themes/CT_RN/images directory. If you want custom header images for any specific modules create them and save as their module name (not custom module name), for example Forums.jpg, Clan_Roster.jpg, etc... Also upload to them to the themes/CT_RN/images directory.

Find in Theme.php (CT_RN)

Code:

      echo '</div>


      <div id="themecontainer">


      <!-- Banner -->


      <h1>


      <a href="./"><img src="themes/CT_RN/images/mainbanner.jpg" alt="A Free Theme By www.clan-themes.co.uk" /></a>


      </h1>


      <!-- Spotlight Section -->


      <div id="spotlight">


      <span><span>&nbsp;</span>


      </span>


      <img src="themes/CT_RN/images/small_spotlight.gif" alt="Spotlight" class="overlay" />';

Replace With

Code:

// Change to the location of the folder containing the images, images must be named Monday.jpg, Tuesday.jpg, Forums.jpg, etc


$image_folder = 'themes/CT_RN/images';


if (file_exists($image_folder.'/'.$module_name.'.jpg')) {


  echo '</div>


      <div id="themecontainer">


      <!-- Banner -->


      <h1>


      <a href="./"><img src="'.$image_folder.'/'.$module_name.'.jpg" alt="'.$sitename.'" /></a>


      </h1>


      <!-- Spotlight Section -->


      <div id="spotlight">


      <span><span>&nbsp;</span>


      </span>


      <img src="themes/CT_RN/images/small_spotlight.gif" alt="Spotlight" class="overlay" />';


}


else {


$today = date('l');


  if (file_exists($image_folder.'/'.$today.'.jpg')) {


  echo '</div>


      <div id="themecontainer">


      <!-- Banner -->


      <h1>


      <a href="./"><img src="'.$image_folder.'/'.$today.'.jpg" alt="'.$sitename.'" /></a>


      </h1>


      <!-- Spotlight Section -->


      <div id="spotlight">


      <span><span>&nbsp;</span>


      </span>


      <img src="themes/CT_RN/images/small_spotlight.gif" alt="Spotlight" class="overlay" />';


}


}

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