Auto Add Template To All Skins

[Zero Tolerance]

This mod will enable you the feature to add a template to all skins installed
automatically, very good if you have multiple skins

Features:
- Option To Add To All Installed Skins
- Doesn't Add Template To Skin If It Already Exists

Enjoy :)

[gamevn]

very nice mod,i will install it now
thz for sharing :D

[colicab-d]

interesting and usefull :D, more plz lol

* colicab-d installs

[iggy123]

Very useful mod, thnx for releasing it.

[FleaBag]

About time. Great work. :D

[AN-net]

this is great! definately should be added to the next version of vb3;)

[Zachery]

I think this shows how little people take advatage of how vBulletin 3 now works with child and parrent styles :)

with parrent and child styles any change made to the parrent style will flow down to all other styles

Global
-Style A
-Style B
-Style C

So any template added to Global will also appear in A B and C.

The system already functions like this, with out this hack :)

[OmaniMan]

Thanks Alot ...
Install :)

[Hobbes]

I think this shows how little people take advatage of how vBulletin 3 now works with child and parrent styles :)

with parrent and child styles any change made to the parrent style will flow down to all other styles

Global
-Style A
-Style B
-Style C

So any template added to Global will also appear in A B and C.

The system already functions like this, with out this hack :)
*nods* yeah..

[gmarik]

Nice one ...

[paulomt1]

Great hack, thanks:)

[Zachery]

Great hack, thanks:)
Dont wish to be rude or anything but this is a highly useless hack :P

[Zero Tolerance]

Yeah if your using child skins, but im not and i don't want to, so this helps me out a s**t load (since currently i have 8 skins) so yeah, its useless but usefull too

[Zachery]

Yes, you should ALWAYS have a Parrent child setup

Master
-SkinA
--SkinA Child
-SkinB
-SkinC
-SkinD
--SkinD Child
---Child of Skin D Child

Now adding a template to the master (defautl vB templates) makes things simple, and i dont mean the vB's Master either


Besides if i understand how your doing it now, what happens when you upgrade vBulletin to 3.0.0RC5 or 3.0.1
and the master style gets rewritten?

[Link14716]

Yes, you should ALWAYS have a Parrent child setup

Master
-SkinA
--SkinA Child
-SkinB
-SkinC
-SkinD
--SkinD Child
---Child of Skin D Child

Now adding a template to the master (defautl vB templates) makes things simple, and i dont mean the vB's Master either


Besides if i understand how your doing it now, what happens when you upgrade vBulletin to 3.0.0RC5 or 3.0.1
and the master style gets rewritten?
Agreed 100%.

[Kumaro]

it would be nice to be able to edit templates and it will alter all the styles if the template is present in it.

[Zachery]

You can already do this, its part of vBulletin 3's default features, its called Parrent and Child inheirtence.

Make a at the top most level, and all templates under the top most level will be changed, UNLESS a child already has this template changed.

[tanhadil]

where is the automatic template add option in admincp??

[Zero Tolerance]

When you go to add template, theres a drop down menu to add to all templates, but it seems this hack is pointless if you have a prent skin, if not then i suppose it is of some use

- Zero Tolerance

[Beermonster]

I've installed it, I've been wanted to add other skins but couldn't be bothered redoing the hacks, this has saved loads of time :)

[bonnmac]

i'm lost please help i addes this as it says but what do i do next ??? i'm a little new at this please help

[SaN-DeeP]

havent installed this yet.
but it is one of the best hacks :)

no need to add ALL templates to skins again now.

major time saviour :)
nomiate this hack for best hack of month

[Zachery]

.... sadly youve not read any of this thread.

[weitalia]

Nice hack but..a little useless ;) By the way I installed it :)

;)

[kall]

You can already do this, its part of vBulletin 3's default features, its called Parrent and Child inheirtence.

Make a at the top most level, and all templates under the top most level will be changed, UNLESS a child already has this template changed.
I have to ask:

If I have the vBulletin Style as a parent, I can have child styles that have different colours and all that jazz, but if I attach an entirely new style, say the vbulletin.nl one, isn't it that I have to install that one with NO parent style?

I just tested this, and it looks pretty horrible when I attach it to my default vB style.

[Zachery]

I have to ask:

If I have the vBulletin Style as a parent, I can have child styles that have different colours and all that jazz, but if I attach an entirely new style, say the vbulletin.nl one, isn't it that I have to install that one with NO parent style?

I just tested this, and it looks pretty horrible when I attach it to my default vB style.
Not nessarly. depends.

[kall]

Not nessarly. depends.
When the new style is added to the Parent, which attributes of the Parent does it inherit at that point?

[Zachery]

When the new style is added to the Parent, which attributes of the Parent does it inherit at that point?
it would inherit anything that is customized in the parent style, but not customized in the vB.nl pro style.

[PtP]

"Installed" Thanks mate great hack! and just ignore the knockers mate it is a must for us people that use heavily modded styles as running them as a child screws them over.

[Zachery]

"Installed" Thanks mate great hack! and just ignore the knockers mate it is a must for us people that use heavily modded styles as running them as a child screws them over.
Not really....

[kall]

it would inherit anything that is customized in the parent style, but not customized in the vB.nl pro style.
I think I've got it now...

Staying with the vb.nl example:

If Floris made absolutely no changes to the threadbit template, then it would inherit the changes that have been made to its parent style's threadbit, but the FORUMHOME one, which he has modified, would not inherit anything?

* kall thinks he should have really worked this out in the beginning :)

[Zachery]

I think I've got it now...

Staying with the vb.nl example:

If Floris made absolutely no changes to the threadbit template, then it would inherit the changes that have been made to its parent style's threadbit, but the FORUMHOME one, which he has modified, would not inherit anything?

* kall thinks he should have really worked this out in the beginning :)
Yes :)

[kall]

Yes :)
*claps happily*

Right so, a really useful hack would be one that added new stuff on template EDITS, inserting the new stuff in the correct place on child templates with modified content.

Now there's a challenge. :)

[Creed]

How about a modification to this hack to copy new templates that were added to a child style, to be applied to the global style? Because I use a child style to customize quite a bit, then if I want to apply it to all styles (globally) I have to go and copy all the new/edited templates to the global style. THAT would save me a lot of time ;)

[csidlernet]

why thanks i've been looking for something like this!

[unkemone]

why thanks i've been looking for something like this!

thanks this is a great hack regardless of all the bashing going on.

[phiber]

There is avaiable anything that do this for 3.5.1?
Sorry, I didn't find it, either I don't know if is included in 3.5.1.
Thanks!