CSS Style Switchers

Posted in Influential, Tutorials | On 26th September 2009 | Comments Off

Cascading style sheet switchers came into prominence a while back now, but they seem to be making a come back! We are seeing more and more sites opting to use the stylesheet switchers and often using cookies so when users return their favourite style is still in place.

Switchers can be used for fonts, colours, images etc and not only do they have aesthetic benefits, they can go some way to assist your site with accessibility (eg: font size, dark/light background.)

Below is a few examples of the style switchers and also a few easy to use tutorials to get you started with your own switchers.

Best Web Gallery

Marius Roosendaal

Phono Phunk

Popurls

Wishtree

The tutorials are pretty easy to follow, and are quick to implement and for Wordpress users I have included a Wordpress Plugin Switcher.

CSS Style Switcher

Build a PHP Switcher

Switch stylesheets with jQuery

Working With Alternate Style Sheets

Build A Simple Style Switcher in CSS

WP Style Switcher (WP Plugin)

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