Ch 6 Stuck on the DDL for Themes

Aristide · April 1st, 2014, 01:27 AM

Hi,

I really don't want to bother Imar, so if anybody can help me that would be great as well.

OK I completed the exercise on page 229 successfully and viewed the 2 themes. The problem started on page 239 when I added the drop down list. It won't switch.

AutoPostBack is on, I see the page refresh, and I hit PF5 anyway just in case.
I see themes applied inside the <head> tags. I'm getting the same results in IE and FireFox, I never change cookie settings.

To eliminate the possibility of a syntax error in Frontend.master.cs I copied the code from the download. I got the same results.

The default setting is working correctly, so I assume Web.config is correct.

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1a0fa8f5.jpg

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps456d45cc.jpg

I'm quite new at this, if you can point me in the proper direction I'd be grateful. I guess I will read Chapter 18 next.

Regards,
Aris

southside123 · April 1st, 2014, 07:14 AM

As I can see, you forgot the switch statement:

Code:

if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            string selectedTheme = Page.Theme;
            HttpCookie preferredTheme = Request.Cookies.Get("PreferredTheme");
            if (preferredTheme != null)
            {
                selectedTheme = preferredTheme.Value;
            }
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(selectedTheme))
            {
                ListItem item = ThemeList.Items.FindByValue(selectedTheme);
                if (item != null)
                {
                    item.Selected = true;
                }
            }
        }

        switch (Page.Theme.ToLower())
        {
            case "darkgrey":
                Menu1.Visible = false;
                TreeView1.Visible = true;
                break;
            default:
                Menu1.Visible = true;
                TreeView1.Visible = false;
                break;
        }

Aristide · April 1st, 2014, 10:51 AM

Thank you but I have not reached the Menu Chapter yet. It seems that's where this code is added, no? I see this code in Chapter 7, a bit after where I am stuck.

Regards,
Aris

Imar · April 1st, 2014, 01:53 PM

Did you follow the exercise that applies the theme? In that exercise you create a file called BasePage.cs / vb that applies the theme.

Hope this helps,

Imar

Aristide · April 1st, 2014, 05:38 PM

Hi Imar. Yes I completed the "creating a base page" how-to on page 221.

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps36df8672.jpg

Step 6 says to repeat steps 3 and 5 for all site pages, I'm assuming here the default and the login page are all of them. Here they are:

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps24ab484d.jpg

http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4d6621a7.jpg

Thanks for replying, I regret having to bother you for this.
Aris

Imar · April 1st, 2014, 06:21 PM

Your BasePage doesn't have code to apply the theme. Looks like you missed the Try It Out exercise that applies the theme. It is in the same chapter. Also, the first exercise that modifies the master page should have a note that explains things won't work until you complete the second exercise.

Cheers,

Imar

Aristide · April 1st, 2014, 10:37 PM

Resolved. I will double check the downloads before I ask any more questions.

Ugh, my error? I was at the end of the prior try-it-out and I didn't read the last 2 sentences in the last step. Too anxious to move fast.

Thank you for your time.