TG wrote:
> You could use PHP and cookies (session variables are only useful until the
> browser is closed, so it's not as persistant as it sounds like you may
> want).

Persistent sessions are possible.

The way I'm doing it in the CMS I am working on is via GET which saves
selection in session.

I can't use a selector because I tailor the web page to the style sheet
and some of them require different page design (IE search bar in aside
opposed to header)

I don't use persistent sessions, but session is kept in cookie and you
can configure it to be a persistent cookie if you want.