Question

I’m trying to make a stylesheet switcher in jquery with a success but when I try to save the changes in a cookie using jquery.cookie plugin, it doesnt work..

here’s the jquery code:

$("#theme-cp ul li").click(function () {
    var $pattern = $(this).css("background-image");
    $("body").css("background-image",$pattern);
    $("#main-wrapper").css("background-image",$pattern);
    $.cookie('background',$pattern);
    alert($.cookie('background'));
});

the alert is for a check but it doesnt work….

Answer 1

I have recently done the same thing, i got it working, thought i’d share my code with you.

jsFiddle

jQuery

//If Cookie isn't blank (i.e. do we have a cookie set at all?)
if($.cookie('colour')!='')
{
    $('body').addClass($.cookie('colour'));  //set the body to the cookie colour
}

$('#accessibility-colours a').each(function(index)
{
    $(this).click(function(e)
    {
        e.preventDefault();

        switch(index)
        {
            //black text white background
            case 0:
                $('body').removeClass($.cookie('colour'));
                $('body').addClass('blackText-whiteBackground');
                $.cookie('colour', null);
                $.cookie('colour', 'blackText-whiteBackground',{ expires: 7, path: '/' });
            break;

            //black text yellow background
            case 1:
                $('body').removeClass($.cookie('colour'));
                $('body').addClass('blackText-yellowBackground');
                $.cookie('colour', null);
                $.cookie('colour', 'blackText-yellowBackground',{ expires: 7, path: '/' });
            break;

            //black text pink background
            case 2:
                $('body').removeClass($.cookie('colour'));
                $('body').addClass('blackText-pinkBackground');
                $.cookie('colour', null);
                $.cookie('colour', 'blackText-pinkBackground',{ expires: 7, path: '/' });
            break;

            //blue text white background
            case 3:
                $('body').removeClass($.cookie('colour'));
                $('body').addClass('blueText-whiteBackground');
                $.cookie('colour', null);
                $.cookie('colour', 'blueText-whiteBackground',{ expires: 7, path: '/' });
            break;

        }
    });

CSS

html, body                              {font:0.9em/1.1em "Arial", sans-serif}

/* Accesibility Icons */
#accessibility-colours                  {margin:0px; overflow:hidden;}
#accessibility-blackWhite               {background:url(../images/design/icon-accessibility-blackWhite.gif) 0 0 no-repeat}
#accessibility-blackYellow              {background:url(../images/design/icon-accessibility-blackYellow.gif) 0 0 no-repeat}
#accessibility-blackPink                {background:url(../images/design/icon-accessibility-blackPink.gif) 0 0 no-repeat}
#accessibility-blueWhite                {background:url(../images/design/icon-accessibility-blueWhite.gif) 0 0 no-repeat}

    #accessibility-colours a            {float:left; display:block; margin:6px 0 0; padding:4px; border:0; width:16px; height:16px;}
    #accessibility-colours a span       {margin:0; padding:0; position:absolute; top:-9999px; left:-9999px;}


/* Colours to be set for accessibility choice */
.blackText-whiteBackground              {background:white; color:black}
.blackText-yellowBackground             {background:yellow; color:black}
.blackText-pinkBackground               {background:pink; color:black}
.blueText-whiteBackground               {background:white; color:blue}

HTML

<div id="accessibility-colours">
        <a id="accessibility-blackWhite" href="#" title="Black text / White background"><span>Black text / White background</span></a>
        <a id="accessibility-blackYellow" href="#" title="Black text / Yellow background"><span>Black text / Yellow background</span></a>
        <a id="accessibility-blackPink" href="#" title="Black text / Pink background"><span>Black text / Pink background</span></a>
        <a id="accessibility-blueWhite" href="#" title="Blue text / White background"><span>Blue text / White background</span></a>
    </div>

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