provide a controlling user for theme settings, not necessarily local_user() - can't test on my test site so moving into production and I'll debug it there.

boot.php

@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ class App {
 	public  $account    = null;            // account record
 	public  $channel    = null;            // channel record
 	public  $observer   = null;            // xchan record
+	public  $profile_uid = 0;              // If applicable, the uid of the person whose stuff this is. 
+                                           
+
 
 	private $perms      = null;            // observer permissions
 	private $widgets    = array();         // widgets for this page
@@ -1533,7 +1536,7 @@ function profile_load(&$a, $nickname, $profile = '') {
 	}
 
 	$a->profile = $r[0];
-
+	$a->profile_uid = $r[0]['profile_uid'];
 
 	$a->page['title'] = $a->profile['channel_name'] . " - " . $a->profile['channel_address'] . "@" . $a->get_hostname();
 
@@ -2339,3 +2342,7 @@ function head_get_icon() {
 		$icon = z_root() . $icon;
 	return $icon;
 }
+
+function get_controlling_channel_id() {
+	return get_app()->profile_uid;
+}

include/Contact.php

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ function channelx_by_n($id) {
 
 function vcard_from_xchan($xchan, $observer = null, $mode = '') {
 
+	$a = get_app();
+
 	$connect = false;
 	if(local_user()) {
 		$r = q("select * from abook where abook_xchan = '%s' and abook_channel = %d limit 1",
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ function vcard_from_xchan($xchan, $observer = null, $mode = '') {
 			$connect = t('Connect');
 	}
 
+	if(array_key_exists('channel_id',$xchan))
+		$a->profile_uid = $xchan['channel_id'];
+
 	$url = (($observer) 
 		? z_root() . '/magic?f=&dest=' . $xchan['xchan_url'] . '&addr=' . $xchan['xchan_addr'] 
 		: $xchan['xchan_url']

mod/settings.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require_once('include/settings.php');
 
 
+
 function get_theme_config_file($theme){
 
 	$base_theme = get_app()->theme_info['extends'];
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ function get_theme_config_file($theme){
 	return null;
 }
 
+function settings_init(&$a) {
+	$a->profile_uid = local_user();
+}
+
+
 function settings_aside(&$a) {
 
 

view/theme/redbasic/php/style.php

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   // This needs changing now, if we're going for global settings.  Admin settings have been removed in preparation, You *should* just be able to remove all 
   // the get_config bits, though this is untested.  
   // We also need to eventually.  Use the page owners settings for everybody - get_pconfig(page_owner()) or whatever that would look like.
-    load_pconfig(local_user(),'redbasic');
+
+	$uid = get_controlling_channel_id();
+
+    load_pconfig($uid,'redbasic');
 
     $line_height = false;
     $redbasic_font_size = false;
@@ -31,25 +34,25 @@
 	if($x !== false)
 		$radius = $x;
     
-    if (local_user()) {
+    if ($uid) {
-        $line_height = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic","line_height");
+        $line_height = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic","line_height");
-        $redbasic_font_size = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "font_size");
+        $redbasic_font_size = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "font_size");
-        $colour = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "colour");
+        $colour = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "colour");
-        $shadows = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "shadow");
+        $shadows = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "shadow");
-        $navcolour = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "navcolour");
+        $navcolour = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "navcolour");
-        $displaystyle = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "displaystyle");
+        $displaystyle = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "displaystyle");
-        $linkcolour = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "linkcolour");
+        $linkcolour = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "linkcolour");
-        $shiny = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "shiny");
+        $shiny = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "shiny");
-		$x = get_pconfig(local_user(),'redbasic','radius');
+		$x = get_pconfig($uid,'redbasic','radius');
 		if($x !== false)
 			$radius = $x;
 
-        if (! feature_enabled(local_user(),'expert')) {$colour_scheme = get_pconfig(local_user(), "redbasic", "colour_scheme");}
+        if (! feature_enabled($uid,'expert')) {$colour_scheme = get_pconfig($uid, "redbasic", "colour_scheme");}
     }
 
     // In non-expert mode, we just let them choose font size, line height, and a colour scheme.  A colour scheme is just a pre-defined set of the above variables.
     // But only apply these settings in non-expert mode to prevent confusion when turning expert mode on and off.
-    if(! feature_enabled(local_user(),'expert')) {
+    if(! feature_enabled($uid,'expert')) {
 	    if ($colour_scheme === 'fancyred') {$shadows = true; $navcolour = 'black'; $displaystyle = 'fancy'; $linkcolour = 'f00'; $shiny = "opaque";}
 	    // Dark themes are very different - we need to do some of these from scratch, so don't bother setting vars for anything else
 	    if ($colour_scheme === 'dark') {$colour = 'dark'; $navcolour = 'black';}
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@
 }
 
 // This is probably the easiest place to apply global settings.  Don't bother with site line height and such.  Instead, check pconfig for global user settings.  
-// eg, if ($redbasic_font_size === false) {$redbasic_font_size = get_pconfig(local_user(), "global", "font_size");  If it's not set, we'll just use the CSS with no changes.
+// eg, if ($redbasic_font_size === false) {$redbasic_font_size = get_pconfig($uid, "global", "font_size");  If it's not set, we'll just use the CSS with no changes.
 // Then all you need to do is add a "Global Settings" tab to settings/display, and make an equivalent of theme_settings.tpl and config.php to be loaded there.  Easy.
 
     if ($line_height === false) {$line_height = $site_line_height;}