I’m working on a customised theme that adds functionality. Currently I’m the only user / tester of it, but I’d like to make it available for certain members, without listing it for everyone.
Is there any way to easily assign a theme to a group?
There is no way to do this, it sounds like an interesting request especially when extended to other parts like “default watched categories” for a group and other user defaults.
You would need a plugin for it now.
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Thanks for confirming Sam.
I’ve been developing a theme with modifications suitable for staff, but now realise I can’t make that theme available for staff, mods, a group or even for myself (except for hitting preview theme each time), unless everyone gets access to it. Seems like a useful feature. And would make theme testing easier before releasing themes to all.
I haven’t dived into Plug-ins.
You can kind-of do it. We add a class to the body tag for primary groups, for example .primary-group-team. So you could wrap your entire theme CSS in
body.primary-group-team {
// All theme styles here
}
There’s also a .staff class on body, of course this could make your CSS a bit large if you’re trying to cram a bunch of groups in one customization.
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Thanks Kris.
I also realised tonight, that I can create a bookmark in my browser straight to the theme “Preview” using the URL:
Where yy is the theme number. I got the URL by right clicking on the preview button and copying the link. This allows me to open the forum using my unreleased (in development) theme.
It’s also a faster way to get other staff to check it out, rather than telling them to click: ADMIN>Customize>theme>correct theme>preview.
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