Kathy

add_action('admin_menu', 'test_add_theme_page');

function test_add_theme_page() {
    if ( isset( $_GET['page'] ) && $_GET['page'] == basename(__FILE__) ) {

        add_action('admin_head', 'test_theme_page_head');
    }
    add_theme_page(__('Test Admin'), __('Test Admin'), 'edit_themes', basename(__FILE__), 'test_theme_page');
}


function test_theme_page_head() {
?>

    <script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {

      jQuery('form#test_form').submit(function() {
          var data = jQuery(this).serialize();
          jQuery.post(ajaxurl, data, function(response) {
          //alert for debugging
          alert(data);
              if(response == 1) {
                  show_message(1);
                  t = setTimeout('fade_message()', 2000);
              } else {
                  show_message(2);
                  t = setTimeout('fade_message()', 2000);
              }
          });
          return false;
      });

    });

    function show_message(n) {
        if(n == 1) {
            jQuery('#saved').html('<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Options saved.'); ?></strong></p></div>').show();
        } else {
            jQuery('#saved').html('<div id="message" class="error fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Options could not be saved.'); ?></strong></p></div>').show();
        }
    }

    function fade_message() {
        jQuery('#saved').fadeOut(1000);
        clearTimeout(t);
    }
    </script>

<?php
}

function test_theme_page() {
?>

<div class="wrap">
    <h2><?php _e('Test Admin'); ?></h2>

    <div id="saved"></div>

    <form action="/" name="test_form" id="test_form">
        <input type="text" name="test_text" /><br />
        <input type="checkbox" name="test_check" /><br />
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="test_theme_data_save" />
        <input type="hidden" name="security" value="<?php echo wp_create_nonce('test-theme-data'); ?>" />
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>

</div>

<?php
}

add_action('wp_ajax_test_theme_data_save', 'test_theme_save_ajax');

function test_theme_save_ajax() {

    check_ajax_referer('test-theme-data', 'security');

    $data = $_POST;
    unset($data['security'], $data['action']);

    $diff = array_diff(get_option('test_theme'), $data);

    if(!empty($diff)) {
        if(update_option('test_theme', $data)) {
            die('1');
        } else {
            die('0');
        }
    } else {
        die('1');
    }
}