JavaScript style switcher in Wordpress

Question

I'm trying to implement a simple Toggle based style switcher in Wordpress. The solution was originally written for HTML. It can be found here.

The necessary .js files can be found there. Look at Vitch's comments below to correct one error in the stylesheetToggle.js file.

What this provides is a simple text link that I can put in my template that toggles between two stylesheets, with no page refresh, and is linked with a cookie that remembers the user's choice if they go elsewhere in the site.

This is what I have got so far (sorry, I'm cobbling this together from what I can learn reading scores of attempts to create a style switcher).

All files are on root of my theme folder, for simplicity sake.

I added this to my functions.php:

function wpb_adding_scripts() {
wp_register_script('stylesheetToggle', get_template_directory_uri() . '/stylesheetToggle.js', array('jquery'),'1.1', false);
wp_enqueue_script('stylesheetToggle');
}

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpb_adding_scripts' );   

function wpb_adding_styles() {
wp_register_style('contrast', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/contrast.css');
wp_enqueue_style('contrast');
wp_register_style('white', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css');
wp_enqueue_style('white');
}

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpb_adding_styles' );  

Then in my index.php I added (at the top, above get_header(); ?>):

<?php wp_enqueue_script("stylesheetToggle"); ?>

In my header.php I added:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href=" ... /style.css" title="white">
<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href=" ... /contrast.css" title="contrast">
<?php wp_enqueue_script("stylesheetToggle"); ?>

NOTE: URLs to stylesheets need to be absolute paths.

This also goes in header.php, between the end of the "head" and start of the "body":

<script>
jQuery.noConflict();
  jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
  $(function()
    {
        // Call stylesheet init so that all stylesheet changing functions 
        // will work.
        $.stylesheetInit();

        // This code loops through the stylesheets when you click the link with 
        // an ID of "toggler" below.
        $('#toggler').bind(
            'click',
            function(e)
            {
                $.stylesheetToggle();
                return false;
            }
        );

        // When one of the styleswitch links is clicked then switch the stylesheet to
        // the one matching the value of that links rel attribute.
        $('.styleswitch').bind(
            'click',
            function(e)
            {
                $.stylesheetSwitch(this.getAttribute('rel'));
                return false;
            }
        );
    }
);
});
</script>

In my relevant template file, I added:

<a href="#" id="toggler">Focus mode</a>

RESULT: This works now, thanks to Vitch and David.

Page URL: http://thiscouldbeparadise.org/change/

"Focus mode" is supposed to toggle the available stylesheets.

Answer 1

I've looked at your URL and I think I can see the problem...

Try changing line 25 of the styleswitcher code from:

$('link[@rel*=style][title]')

To:

$('link[rel*=style][title]')

I think that the @ is no longer necessary with recent versions of jQuery and may be causing problems (I wrote the style switcher code but it was many years ago and jQuery has changed a lot since). Let me know when you've updated your URL and if necessary I'll update my copy of the script so other people don't run into the same problem...

I also notice that in your page I can't currently see the two stylesheets ("default" and "contrast") that you were trying to add. Check that you are correctly adding them to the page as well...

Answer 2

you have a mistake in wp_enqueue scripts

wp_enqueue_script('stylesheetToggle.js');

should be

wp_enqueue_script('stylesheetToggle');

also the file you are loading needs to be in no conflict jquery, the simplest way of doing this is the replace each $ symbol with the word jQuery in your files (the 2 files you are enqueuing).

Also check paths to your theme are correct etc.

Also check you js files with jsfiddle it has a handy hint button (no php vars in the js code for this to work).

Post back if your still having problems.