[Phpwebsite-developers] Theme management by administrator - II

[Geoff S. <ge...@ho...>]

I left out an important aspect of the theme tailoring in the previous message:

The admin needs to be able to upload graphics files for the theme through 
this function - primarily a logo.

ALSO, we need the ability to create a logo on the fly. Perhaps by uploading 
a background image for a table cell and then being able to specify text to 
go over it.

Geoff

Below is the text of the previous post:

We need a function that will allow the admin to tailor a theme. This is 
probably only a temporary fix which will be superceded by version 1.0 when 
it comes out.

Here's my spec for this function.

1. It should be a module accessed via the admin control panel. The reason 
it should be a module rather than part of the core is because it would only 
work with themes setup to use the feature.
2. It should allow an admin to set variables in the style.css file.
3. There should be a file or table that contains the list of variables that 
can be modified through this admin feature.

This means that any item that can be customized by the admin will have to 
be defined in style.css. So, text, logos, colors, and other elements that 
are to be managed by this feature will have to be specified in the 
style.css rather than hard-coded in the theme files.

Geoff Staples
www.Hostricity.com