Anyone Setting Themes from Master Page

I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my
database.

I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in the
page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master pages do
not have PreInit events.

I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every page I
create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master pages?

Thanks.

Jonathan

Jonathan Wood

You could make every page inherit from a base class with the code you want
in the pre init event.


"Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
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>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my
>database.
>
> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in
> the page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master pages
> do not have PreInit events.
>
> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every page
> I create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master pages?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jonathan
>

Rain

Why don't you just set it in the web.config, for the whole site?

David Wier
http://aspnet101.com
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bloated markup


"Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
news:ej%...
>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my
>database.
>
> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in
> the page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master pages
> do not have PreInit events.
>
> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every page
> I create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master pages?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jonathan
>

David Wier

Check out K. Scott Allen's great articles with good sample code :

http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/arc...2/09/2604.aspx
http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx

Rick Strahl has an alternate method :
http://www.west-wind.com/WebLog/posts/4899.aspx

Also, you could set the global theme in web.config:

<configuration>
<system.web>
<pages theme="ThemeName" />
</system.web>
</configuration>




Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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"Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message news:ej%...
>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my database.
>
> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in the page's PreInit event or earlier. However,
> it appears that Master pages do not have PreInit events.
>
> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every page I create. How are you folks dynamically
> setting themes from master pages?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jonathan
>

Juan T. Llibre

Because that won't help me change it dynamically.

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"David Wier" <> wrote in message
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> Why don't you just set it in the web.config, for the whole site?
>
> David Wier
> http://aspnet101.com
> http://iWritePro.com - One click PDF, convert .doc/.rtf/.txt to HTML with
> no bloated markup
>
>
> "Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
> news:ej%...
>>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my
>>database.
>>
>> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in
>> the page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master
>> pages do not have PreInit events.
>>
>> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every
>> page I create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master
>> pages?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>
>

Jonathan Wood

It's a reasonable suggestion, but would still require that I go back and
modify each and every page created so far. I'll leave this as second choice
but am looking into more of a global handler approach if possible.

Jonathan

"Rain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You could make every page inherit from a base class with the code you want
> in the pre init event.
>
>
> "Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
> news:ej%...
>>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my
>>database.
>>
>> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in
>> the page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master
>> pages do not have PreInit events.
>>
>> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every
>> page I create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master
>> pages?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>
>

Jonathan Wood

Juan,

> Check out K. Scott Allen's great articles with good sample code :
>
> http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/arc...2/09/2604.aspx
> http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx
>
> Rick Strahl has an alternate method :
> http://www.west-wind.com/WebLog/posts/4899.aspx

Thanks, these look like good references.

> Also, you could set the global theme in web.config:
>
> <configuration>
> <system.web>
> <pages theme="ThemeName" />
> </system.web>
> </configuration>

I'm doing this now. But this doesn't help me change it dynamically.

Jonathan

Jonathan Wood

There is no work-around in this context Jonathan. We MUST use a base class
that each page inherits from.


"Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
news:...
> It's a reasonable suggestion, but would still require that I go back and
> modify each and every page created so far. I'll leave this as second
> choice but am looking into more of a global handler approach if possible.
>
> Jonathan
>
> "Rain" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> You could make every page inherit from a base class with the code you
>> want in the pre init event.
>>
>>
>> "Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
>> news:ej%...
>>>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in my
>>>database.
>>>
>>> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set in
>>> the page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master
>>> pages do not have PreInit events.
>>>
>>> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every
>>> page I create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master
>>> pages?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>
>>
>

clintonG

Actually... that's not quite true. In fact, I was able to implement my own
IHttpModule class that handles themes for all pages globally, without
needing to modify each page.

Jonathan

"clintonG" <> wrote in message
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> There is no work-around in this context Jonathan. We MUST use a base class
> that each page inherits from.
>
>
> "Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> It's a reasonable suggestion, but would still require that I go back and
>> modify each and every page created so far. I'll leave this as second
>> choice but am looking into more of a global handler approach if possible.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> "Rain" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> You could make every page inherit from a base class with the code you
>>> want in the pre init event.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jonathan Wood" <> wrote in message
>>> news:ej%...
>>>>I want to dynamically set my site's theme based on a setting stored in
>>>>my database.
>>>>
>>>> I just hooked this up but get an error that the theme can only be set
>>>> in the page's PreInit event or earlier. However, it appears that Master
>>>> pages do not have PreInit events.
>>>>
>>>> I REALLY do not want to have to stick the same code in each and every
>>>> page I create. How are you folks dynamically setting themes from master
>>>> pages?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Jonathan Wood