#bootstrapThemeSwitcher

jQuery plugin for dynamically loading Twitter Bootstrap themes from Bootswatch. This plugin allows for the automatic populating of UL and SELECT elements with the names of themes available, can switch a theme, save the selected theme to a cookie and load the selected theme from a cookie.

Support

• Bugs and Feature requests Bugs and Feature requests can be reported using the issues tracker. Please read the issue guidelines before posting.

Features

Dynamically Load Theme Name The plugin will pull in a list of the latest themes from Bootswatch. This will populate a select or ul element with a list of themes to choose. Switch the Bootstrap Theme The dynamically loaded themes will automatically switch the theme when chosen. Saves theme to a cookie Takes the selected theme information and saves it to a cookie to reload later Loads a theme from a cookie Loads a previous saved theme from a cookie

Requirements

Mandatory requirements

• jQuery v1.11+
• jQuery Cookie plugin

License

Released under the MIT license.

Usage

Clear

$(selector).bootstrapThemeSelector('clear');

Empties/removes the loaded ul or select element theme names

Destroy

$(selector).bootstrapThemeSelector('destroy');

Removes any reference to the bootstrapThemeSelector, empties the loaded control and removes the events.

LoadThemeFromCookies

$(selector).bootstrapThemeSelector('loadThemeFromCookies');

Checks for the presence of the theme cookie and loads that theme. options can be passed in to change the default cookies, path, etc.

switchTheme

$(selector).bootstrapThemeSelector('switchTheme', themeName, cssFile);

Loads a theme with the given cssFile. If the cssFile is undefined, the default bootstrap theme will be loaded from a CDN. You can use this option to load your own custom theme.

Update

$(selector).bootstrapThemeSelector('update');

Refreshs the theme list for the provided selector

Examples

Setup an UL or SELECT with the id of #ThemeSelect with a list of themes

    // Setup the theme selectors
    $('#ThemeSelect').bootstrapThemeSwitcher();

Change the theme

    // Change the theme
    $().bootstrapThemeSwitcher('switchTheme', 'default', '//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css');

Load the previously saved theme from the site cookie

    // Load the previously selected theme from the cookies
    $().bootstrapThemeSwitcher('loadThemeFromCookie');

Plugin Options

Bootstrap Theme Switcher can be set globally by setting the $.bootstrapThemeSwitcher.defaults object or individually for each call to $.bootstrapThemeSwitcher() by passing a plain object to the options arguement. Per-call options over the default options.

cssThemeLink

cssThemeLink: 'bootstrapTheme'

The ID used for the bootstrap theme css file

saveToCookie

saveToCookie: true

If true, a cookie will be saved with the currently selected theme

cookieThemeName

bootstrapTheme.name

The name of the cookie to be used to store the theme name

cookieThemeCss

cookieThemeCss: 'bootstrapTheme.css'

The name of the cookie to be used to store the css file used for the theme

cookieExpiration

expires: 7

The number of days the cookies should expire

cookiePath

cookiePath: '/'

The path the cookie should be stored

defaultCssFile

defaultCssFile: '//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css'

The default css file the plugin should use if it can not load the themes from Bootswatch

bootswatchApiUrl

bootswatchApiUrl: 'http://api.bootswatch.com'

The url for the bootswatch api

bootswatchApiVersion

bootswatchApiVersion: '3'

The version of the bootswatch api to use.

localFeed

localFeed: ''

The path to a JSON file that contains the themes you want to use. If this parameter is used, the control will be loaded the themes from here and not go to the bootswatchApiUrl. A sample of the json file can be found at themes.json

excludeBootswatch

excludeBootswatch: ''

Comma seperated list of BootSwatch names (e.g. Slate,Yeti) that should be excluded from the rendered <ul> or <select>