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Reputation: 3

How to use two themes in asp.net mvc project

I have two themes' folders called Default and New in Views folder. These folders are included .cshtml extension files. I want to use these folders as theme option. How can I do theme settings in global.asax?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 915

Answers (1)

Harun
Harun

Reputation: 5179

Install bootstrap through visual studio Manage Nugget Packages and you can utilize free themes available. Lot of free themes are available in https://bootswatch.com/. Download a CSS from the mentioned link and replace the one in your bootstrap CSS folder. Hope this helps...

EDIT

Actually in Asp.Net MVC Global.asax has nothing to do with setting themes. Current theme in MVC is decided by the styles specified in _Layout.cshtml file. Usually this file lies inside Views\Shared path. The _ViewStart.cshtml which lies directly under Views folder decides which layout should the view use.

Approach 1

If we require some other layout for certain views we can add another _ViewStart.cshtml inside the folder where those views exist and specify the path of _NewLayout.cshtml in it. The views will automatically get the new layout/theme while you render it.

Approach 2

Use a logic and set your layout/theme accordingly as shown below in /Views/_ViewStart.cshtml file,

@{
   if (this.User.IsInRole("Admin") || !this.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {
      Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
   } else {
      Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_LayoutUser.cshtml";
   }
 }

Upvotes: 1

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