Hi eboyanov,
well, there is now documentation (from yesterday) on how to set up the MetaTemplate rules - but that's not going to help with your particular request.

MetaTemplate doesn't include any end-user interface elements. It doesn't include a module for the user to choose one of the installed templates, for example.

MetaTemplate *can* be used as the back-end for such a system though. So if you make a Javascript popup display that lists some templates, you could make hyperlinks from those images, back into your site. These hyperlinks could have "?template=XXXXX". Then MetaTemplate can pick up these URL parameters and use them to drive the rest of the session.

However, what you're asking for is actually very close to the functionality provided by modules such as Template Chooser, except that it appears in a module rather than as a Javascript popup. Perhaps you could take the source of Template Chooser and modify it to display in a popup rather than a module?

Hope that helps,
Stephen

Hi eboyanov,

in MetaTemplate Pro there's a text box that allows you to do substring searches of the URL, so you can check, for example, if the URL "ends with" "template=XXXXXX".

Alternatively, in the PHP box you can use the JRequest object, which picks up any URL parameter by name.

e.g.

$requested_template = JRequest::getVar("template");
if ($requested_template == "XXXXXX") return true;

If you do that, then the rule SUCCEEDS and you can set the template in the SUCCEED action, plus set a session variable etc to remember the decision for the future.

That's just a very simple example. There are a number of ways you can approach this, but I wanted to demonstrate using JRequest to get hold of URL parameters.

Best regards,
Stephen

Hi Evgeni,

Please watch this YouTube video to find out how to make the selection "sticky" for the rest of the user's session:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku8q9rJQGR8

Best regards,
Stephen