Thread: Forum Display Enhancements - Hide a style from style chooser
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Old 06-22-2008, 07:18 AM
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Yes that is correct. That is why you would make the style user selectable (by checking the box and saving) , but hide it with a template edit such as this. I could then give the user a link, or use rewrites in my htaccess, or write a plugin that selects the style.

Why are people posting to this thread when they seem to have no need for it?

I only released it here as it is something I use and find personally useful and thought others may feel the same.

Let me give you a real life scenario which may help you understand where this has a purpose, and indeed why I wrote it.
  • My site has 2 styles which users can choose.
  • My site also has a mobile friendly style.
  • A plugin detects if a mobile device has connected to my site and then changes the style to the mobile style automatically
  • For a plugin (or anything for that matter) to be able to change the style for a non-admin user, the style must be user selectable
  • I don't want desktop PC users to be able to select the mobile friendly style as it looks crap on a desktop PC

Solution?
Hide the styles which I don't want PC users to manually select whilst allowing the system to still assign them.

Thus this template edit.
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