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I'm working on a big new theme that I plan to roll out in a months time. I have a few beta test members that can access it to give me feedback, but guests can't view it for obvious reasons.

How can I do some testing for guests? Like how Facebook has that feature to see what your profile looks like to other people.

Could I just write a small plugin that if you are logged in to a test account, it switches your $mybb->user['usergroup'] to 0? Would that break anything?
AdminCP > Themes > That custom Theme > Edit > In "Allowed User Groups" multi-select box > select Guests and Those beta testing usergroups.
(2012-07-10, 02:40 PM)Yaldaram Wrote: [ -> ]AdminCP > Themes > That custom Theme > Edit > In "Allowed User Groups" multi-select box > select Guests and Those beta testing usergroups.

How can guests switch to that theme?
(2012-07-10, 02:42 PM)Jazza Wrote: [ -> ]
(2012-07-10, 02:40 PM)Yaldaram Wrote: [ -> ]AdminCP > Themes > That custom Theme > Edit > In "Allowed User Groups" multi-select box > select Guests and Those beta testing usergroups.

How can guests switch to that theme?

AdminCP >> Themes >> then click options on your theme then press force on users
(2012-07-10, 03:09 PM)Kurt Wrote: [ -> ]
(2012-07-10, 02:42 PM)Jazza Wrote: [ -> ]
(2012-07-10, 02:40 PM)Yaldaram Wrote: [ -> ]AdminCP > Themes > That custom Theme > Edit > In "Allowed User Groups" multi-select box > select Guests and Those beta testing usergroups.

How can guests switch to that theme?

AdminCP >> Themes >> then click options on your theme then press force on users

You're missing what I'm in need of. I've been using MyBB for years so I know how to do all of that.

What I need to do is view a theme as a guest but not for all guests. I don't want guests viewing my new secret theme. I just want to test how it looks and behaves for guests.
(2012-07-11, 08:27 AM)Jazza Wrote: [ -> ]
(2012-07-10, 03:09 PM)Kurt Wrote: [ -> ]
(2012-07-10, 02:42 PM)Jazza Wrote: [ -> ]
(2012-07-10, 02:40 PM)Yaldaram Wrote: [ -> ]AdminCP > Themes > That custom Theme > Edit > In "Allowed User Groups" multi-select box > select Guests and Those beta testing usergroups.

How can guests switch to that theme?

AdminCP >> Themes >> then click options on your theme then press force on users

You're missing what I'm in need of. I've been using MyBB for years so I know how to do all of that.

What I need to do is view a theme as a guest but not for all guests. I don't want guests viewing my new secret theme. I just want to test how it looks and behaves for guests.

This is impossible because no one has done this before and when it came to creating a theme people normally do it on a test board so they can view as a guest and others are unaware of it.
You mean something like this?:
http://mods.mybb.com/view/quick-theme-designed-for-14
http://mods.mybb.com/view/quick-theme-onchange

You can quick edit them to allow only certain groups to use it.
yes, quick theme is perfect. this is exactly what i used when developing the new harajuju.
One of those plugins has a bug (IIRC), by brad-t comment I suppose it is "Quick Theme OnChange".
(2012-07-11, 08:04 PM)Omar G. Wrote: [ -> ]You mean something like this?:
http://mods.mybb.com/view/quick-theme-designed-for-14
http://mods.mybb.com/view/quick-theme-onchange

You can quick edit them to allow only certain groups to use it.

I'll give them a shot.