ColorPicker for hex codes

[davidw]

Ok, here's another small hack that I threw together. It should be an easy one. I have tested this in both Firefox and IE and both work - other than those two I don't know.

This is handy for a website that allows its members to choose a color for anything - for example: allowing the user to change their username color (I used a hack for this).

I would rate this an easy modification - most everyone should be able to install this.

Don't forget to change www.yourwebsite.com with your domain name/location.

Step 1: Upload the entire ColorPicker folder to your website - remember where you have uploaded it to. The best place for this is in your root folder as in http://www.yourwebsite.com/ColorPicker/

Step 2: Create a reference to the colorpicker however you choose.

Add a reference from any page:

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Find the location on the page where you want to add the link and then do one of the following

For a button, add this:



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For a javascript text link, add this:



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Ultimately, you could directly link the page itself (located in the folder).

Temporary demo location:
http://www.christianboards.org/popup.php

All I did was make use of the reference location edits (above) and put them in a fresh php file.

[projectego]

Very useful tool. Thanks for sharing, christianb. :)

[Jeordie015]

Ooh. This could really come in handy. I was always wanting something like this. But is there something similar, but not something that is a Java applet? Like a simple 256 color picker?

[davidw]

I'm not sure - I've been looking for a long time and when I found this (for free / no strings - but leave author information, etc.) I jumped on it. You could essentially find another colorpicker.class file that is free for use on a website and alter it that way. I was actually looking for something a little less profile (smaller) to use, but I figure for now - this was decent enough. :D

[davidw]

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