Theme Selection (rely on forum) works ?

If i select rely in forum
i get this Notice: Undefined index: x_z in f:\ocportal\sources\forum\phpbb.php on line 463
(x_z is my theme name)

Does it happen 2 anyone 2 ?

Originally posted by Joao@Jun 23 2004, 10:48 AM
 If i select rely in forum
i get this Notice: Undefined index: x_z in f:\ocportal\sources\forum\phpbb.php on line 463
(x_z is my theme name)

Does it happen 2 anyone 2 ?

Found the problem , it relys on my /themes/map.ini file … Fixed No Bug at all

Hmm ok 4 those who use that option (relying on forum and the forum is phpbb) ;
When a guest enters the portal, the default theme is selected by these order (i think) [see phpbb.php] :

• the theme according to our site name;

    if not found then:

• the theme from the  "select from php themes table where id = 1 (first theme)" (in my case subsilver)

    if not found then:

• hardcoded to default;

well in these last one, if u want, u can do this (in file sources\forum\phpbb.php) :
instead:
u can do this

This allows u to configure in map.ini the default theme u wanna!
(setting default = your_default_theme)

I set my theme to 'Rely on Forum' (phpBB) and nothing changed, even after I changed all the colors in my forum (I'm still using the same subSilver template, which I copied, modified color-wise, and renamed as a new theme).

Is this the way OCP is supposed to work (i.e. it only maps the template style, not the color-scheme)?

The way it works, it by linking your forum theme to an installed ocp theme.  for example, you can link subsilver to the default ocp theme. I have dustygreen on my forum, linked to gusblue on ocp, as the colour schemes are the same, it does not actually use the forum theme on the portal. if you want to use the same colour schemes, you can add your own themes to ocp, to match your forum themes, then link them. ill show you exactly how when i have a bit more time.

ok, found some time


In this example i have four themes on my forum (Norm, DustyGreen, subSilver, and bluetabs) and they are linked to the ocp themes gusblue, default, and alien.  

If you create, or add a new theme to your forum, then you have to edit the map.ini file in the ocp themes folder to link your forum theme to one you have on ocp. if you dont, it will use the default theme for users who select the new (unlinked) theme.

Hope this helps, if not, pm, email, or catch me on msn

i had to comment this code at sources/forum/phpbb.php
because this code runs before trying the ini file …notice that this code selects
the phpbb theme (id = 1) [most of the times subSilver] .


If in your case doesnt work comment that code or remove the #1 phpbb theme

i dont quite understand whay you mean… Does that part of the code look in the ocp themes folder for a theme with the same name as your forum theme, and if it cannot find, it uses the map.ini file to map the appropriat theme?  Or does that code just hardcode the default theme?  :blink:

Im kinda new to php, but im learning all the time, so please be patient with me  

Hmmm lets see …


this code (that ived comment) selects the #1 (id) theme name from phpbb_themes table and uses the result (example: subSilver) as the index to find the correspondent ocp_theme at ini file ($def=$map[$phpbb]; i. e. $def=$map['subSilver']
If these runs ok then the next condition :


will not "run" !(strlen($def)>0) ….

I did this cause i want to have a default skin for guests … when a guest enters the site it always returns me subSilver theme not my default theme at ini file ….

Im sorry this could be confusing, cause my english…. if u dont understand tell me and ill try to be more explicit. (im watching tv. so im a little distracted)

oh i think i get it. As guests do not have a forum theme for ocp to rely on, it will load the theme that correstponds to the forums default them (subsilver in this case) and load ocp's matching theme.

Yep … thats it …. dont know if it is usefull for u …. but im learning 2  B)