Changing Header Image Module

darkchild · 25.04.2004, 05:21

There was a discussion a while back regarding a dynamic header and Mr Jinx provided some code for this. I have implemented the dynamic on one of my sites. Here is a snippet of Mr Jinx's css code:

Code:

#header {
	width: 800px; height: 138px;
	background: url(../images/stories/header.gif) no-repeat;
	}
body#News  #header { background-image: url(../images/stories/header1.gif)    }
body#Music  #header { background-image: url(../images/stories/header2.gif)    }

Essentially, the item after "body#" is the menu item. Does anyone have any idea how i can add a sublevel menu item to this sequence?

eyezberg · 25.04.2004, 10:42

In exactly the same way.
You can name them however you want,
the important thing is just how you set the style to be used,
so when checking the page you're on, the CSS style you select accordingly
can be anything you want, as in body#sub or body#newssub or whatever..
How did you write the switch code?

darkchild · 25.04.2004, 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by eyezberg

In exactly the same way.
You can name them however you want,
the important thing is just how you set the style to be used,
so when checking the page you're on, the CSS style you select accordingly
can be anything you want, as in body#sub or body#newssub or whatever..
How did you write the switch code?

I didnt write the code. Mr Jinx wrote it. I added the following to my template index.php file (after the head tag and replacing the body tag):

Code:

<?php include_once ("templates/hosting/template.php"); ?>
<body id="<?php echo getMenuName(); ?>">

I also created the template.php file which resides in the template folder.

Code:

?php
// $Id: template.php,v 1.0 2004/02/05 00:00:00 jjanssens Exp $
/**
* Editor handler
* @package Mambo Open Source
* @Copyright (C) 2000 - 2003 Miro International Pty Ltd
* @ All rights reserved
* @ Mambo Open Source is Free Software
* @ Released under GNU/GPL License : http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
* @version $Revision: 1.4 $
**/

defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Direct Access to this location is not allowed.' );

function getMenuName()
{
   global $Itemid;
   $name = getMenu($Itemid);
   
   $name = ereg_replace('[/ ]', "", strtolower($name));
   return $name;
}

function getMenu($itemid)
{
   global $database;   

   $sql = "SELECT name FROM #__menu WHERE id='$itemid'";
   $database->setQuery( $sql );
   
   return $database->loadResult();
}


?>

and the css code is as follows:

Code:

#header {
	width: 800px; height: 138px;
	background: url(../images/stories/header.gif) no-repeat;
	}
body#MyNews  #header { background-image: url(../images/stories/header1.gif)    }
body#MyDezigns  #header { background-image: url(../images/stories/header2.gif)    }
body#MyFamily  #header { background-image: url(../images/stories/header3.gif)    }
   }

Now I tried what (I thought )u suggested. I have a sub menu item under My Family called
"Last Vacations" so i added the following:

Code:

body#MyFamily/LastVacations  #header { background-image: url(../images/stories/header1.gif)    }

....and it didn't work. I also tried just entering the submenuitem after "body#" without success. I would appreciate your help.

ktizo · 17.07.2004, 08:04

hi, I'm having problems with changing the header for Search. The body id registers something like this <body id="">. Can anyone help in how to insert a var in the mod_search so that the body id can register <body id="search">.
Any help would be much appreciated.

YTW · 17.07.2004, 11:39

I am not quite sure if this thread is still alive but, regarding the header switcher code of Mr Jinx:

in your css when calling the page:

1. do not use caps letter nor space
2. the script is based on a link name not the menu hierarchy. body#lastvacations

For the search issue, not quite sure to understand waht you mean. Any url to see the problem ?¿

kergo · 21.07.2004, 01:38

I understand how the script is workin, but it's containing the whole <body> although it would be adequate to put the

Code:

id="<?php echo getMenuName(); ?>"

in the DIV-Tag where the header-image is (as a background-image). Or am I gettin high?

YTW · 21.07.2004, 11:09

That's 100% correct you need that id in the body tag:

<?php include_once ("yourpathtothescript/headerswitcher.php"); ?>
<body id="<?php echo getMenuName(); ?>">

ktizo · 21.07.2004, 15:02

Thanks all for your kind reply, I managed to get the customised header in all the different section except for Search component as theres no Itemid.
All others work because it has the Itemid=blahblah.

kergo · 21.07.2004, 16:38

Hmm, with this headerswitch you can switch the whole design for every section/category ...

kachete · 03.03.2005, 04:07

i want to implement it in my pages

can you gave us a solution in a newbie language so we can put it to work

you speak as you only talk php or mambo here

please help us here with a simple way or a tutor for it PLEASE

thanks in advance