admin options

Site:
the site
Case:
I have options set up in the admin panel of a child theme allowing the user to change background colors. Those colors are in one of 3 skin.css files that should get called based on user input.

Problem:
the skin.css file is not being recognized, as I can see using developer tool. According to the developer tool, the path looks something like this: theme_folder/wp-content/themes/skins//skins.css ( error 404).
In-between the double slashes (above) is where the variable ($my_path_color_variant) should be yielding the appropriate skin.css file.

I have this working in a child theme of Thematic. However, even though the options panel gets loaded and is functional (in current child theme of path), the skin.css file isn’t loading. I’m pretty sure it’s a global variable in the options.php file that I’m doing something wrong with; possibly something with the theme name being different (which I’ve changed respectively.

<?php

// Set some theme specific variables for the options panel
$childthemename = "my-path Theme";
$childshortname = "mt08";
$childoptions = array();

function childtheme_options() {
  global $childthemename, $childshortname, $childoptions;

  // Create array to store the Categories to be used in the drop-down select box
  $categories_obj = get_categories('hide_empty=0');
  $categories = array();
  foreach ($categories_obj as $cat) {
    $categories[$cat->cat_ID] = $cat->cat_name;
  }

   // the color variants array
  $color_variants = array(
    "blue" => "blue",
    "red" => "red",
    "steel" => "steel"
  );

  $childoptions = array (

  	 array( "name" => __('Color Variant','path'),
           "desc" => __('Select which color scheme or variant you would like to use.','path'),
           "id" => "my_path_color_variant",
           "std" => 'skin',
           "type" => "radio",
           "options" => $color_variants
    ),

    array( "name" => __('Link Color','path'),
           "desc" => __('Change the color of links by entering a HEX color number. (e.g.: 003333)','path'),
           "id" => "my_path_link_color",
           "std" => "999999",
           "type" => "text"
    ),
    array( "name" => __('Show Header Image','path'),
           "desc" => __('Show an image in the header. Replace the header.png file found in the /my-path/images/ folder with your own image, up to 120x100px.','path'),
           "id" => "my_path_show_logo",
           "std" => "false",
           "type" => "checkbox"
    ),
    array( "name" => __('Featured Category','path'),
           "desc" => __('A category of posts to be featured on the front page.','path'),
           "id" => "my_path_feature_cat",
           "std" => $default_cat,
           "type" => "select",
           "options" => $categories
    )
  );
}
add_action('init', 'childtheme_options');

//    Make a Theme Options Page
function childtheme_add_admin() {
  global $childthemename, $childshortname, $childoptions;

  if ( $_GET['page'] == basename(__FILE__) ) {

    if ( 'save' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
      // protect against request forgery
      check_admin_referer('childtheme-save');
      // save the options
      foreach ($childoptions as $value) {
        if( isset( $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ) ) {
          update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ]  );
        } else {
          delete_option( $value['id'] );
        }
      }

      // return to the options page
      header("Location: themes.php?page=options.php&saved=true");
      die;

    } else if ( 'reset' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
      // protect against request forgery
      check_admin_referer('childtheme-reset');
      // delete the options
      foreach ($childoptions as $value) {
        delete_option( $value['id'] );
      }

      // return to the options page
      header("Location: themes.php?page=options.php&reset=true");
      die;
    }
  }
  add_theme_page($childthemename." Options", "$childthemename Options", 'edit_themes', basename(__FILE__), 'childtheme_admin');
}
add_action('admin_menu' , 'childtheme_add_admin');

function childtheme_admin() {

  global $childthemename, $childshortname, $childoptions;

  // Saved or Updated message
  if ( $_REQUEST['saved'] ) echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong>'.$childthemename.' settings saved.</strong></p></div>';
  if ( $_REQUEST['reset'] ) echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong>'.$childthemename.' settings reset.</strong></p></div>';

  // The form
  ?>

  <div class="wrap">
  <h2><?php echo $childthemename; ?> Options</h2>

  <form method="post">

  <?php wp_nonce_field('childtheme-save'); ?>
  <table class="form-table">

  <?php foreach ($childoptions as $value) {

    // Output the appropriate form element
    switch ( $value['type'] ) {

      case 'text':
      ?>
      <tr valign="top">
        <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
        <td>
          <input name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo stripslashes(get_option( $value['id'], $value['std'] )); ?>" />
          <?php echo $value['desc']; ?>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <?php
      break;

      case 'select':
      ?>
      <tr valign="top">
        <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?></th>
        <td>
          <select name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>">
            <option value="">--</option>
            <?php foreach ($value['options'] as $key=>$option) {
              if ($key == get_option($value['id'], $value['std']) ) {
                $selected = "selected=\"selected\"";
              } else {
                $selected = "";
              }
            ?>
            <option value="<?php echo $key ?>" <?php echo $selected ?>><?php echo $option; ?></option>
          <?php } ?>
          </select>
          <?php echo $value['desc']; ?>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <?php
      break;

      case 'textarea':
      $ta_options = $value['options'];
      ?>
      <tr valign="top">
        <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
        <td>
          <?php echo $value['desc']; ?>
          <textarea name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" cols="<?php echo $ta_options['cols']; ?>" rows="<?php echo $ta_options['rows']; ?>"><?php
            echo stripslashes(get_option($value['id'], $value['std']));
          ?></textarea>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <?php
      break;

      case "radio":
      ?>
      <tr valign="top">
        <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
        <td>
          <?php foreach ($value['options'] as $key=>$option) {
            if ($key == get_option($value['id'], $value['std']) ) {
              $checked = "checked=\"checked\"";
            } else {
              $checked = "";
            }
            ?>
            <input type="radio" name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" value="<?php echo $key; ?>" <?php echo $checked; ?> /><?php echo $option; ?><br />
          <?php } ?>
          <?php echo $value['desc']; ?>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <?php
      break;

      case "checkbox":
      ?>
      <tr valign="top">
        <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?></th>
        <td>
          <?php
          if(get_option($value['id'])){
            $checked = "checked=\"checked\"";
          } else {
            $checked = "";
          }
          ?>
          <input type="checkbox" name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" value="true" <?php echo $checked; ?> />
          <?php echo $value['desc']; ?>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <?php
      break;

      default:
      break;
    }
  }
  ?>

  </table>

  <p class="submit">
    <input name="save" type="submit" value="Save changes" class="button-primary" />
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="save" />
  </p>

  </form>

  <form method="post">
    <?php wp_nonce_field('childtheme-reset'); ?>
    <p class="submit">
      <input name="reset" type="submit" value="Reset" />
      <input type="hidden" name="action" value="reset" />
    </p>
  </form>

  <p><?php _e('For more information about this theme, check out <a href="https://sitepoint.com/books/wordpress1">Build Your Own my-path WordPress Themes</a>. If you have any questions, visit the <a href="https://sitepoint.com/forums/">SitePoint Forums</a>.', 'path'); ?></p>

  <?php
} // end function

?>

Style sheet:

<?php

function my_path_load_custom_styles() {
  // load the custom options
  global $childoptions;
  foreach ($childoptions as $value) {
    $$value['id'] = get_option($value['id'], $value['std']);
  }

  wp_enqueue_style(
    'my-path-skin',
    get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory').'/skins/'.$my_path_color_variant.'/skin.css',
    '', '', 'all'
  );

  // output a style sheet with the options
  ?>

  <style type="text/css">
    /* <![CDATA[ */
    /* Color Options */
    a, a:link, a:visited,
    #content a,
    #content a:link,
    #content a:visited {color:#<?php echo $my_path_link_color; ?>;}

    <?php if ($my_path_show_logo  == 'true') { ?>

    #blog-title {
      background:transparent url('<?php echo get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') ?>/images/Logo.png') left top no-repeat;
      padding-left: 120px;
      height: 120px;
    }

    <?php } ?>

    /* ]]> */
  </style>

  <?php
} // end function

add_action('wp_print_styles', 'my_path_load_custom_styles');

add_action('wp_head', 'my_path_load_custom_styles');

?>