Don't say you don't know the well known Template Modification System ? It's one of the best hacks ever and I use it since a long time. With using it I've never gotten any problems in Template changes. Really too bad that this hack never got the MOTM status :( It's simply the best. So I've installed your hack and created the Template modifications and needed less than 1 minute ;)

BTW: Your hack is really great and I installed it. Thank you very much for this, Bob :) -Mike

I've never used that. I went straight form 3.5.4 to the latest version, doing a fresh install. I've been out of the loop way too long, it seems. First, will that work on 3.7.0 beta 4? And second, being Kirby write that, [s]I'm hesitant to use it as I'm not sure he knows that much about coding for vb[/s], then it must be good. ;)

And, Mike, do I know you from the old days here?

TMS? Yep it does :) Admittedly I needed really a long time to understand what TMS does and where all the power is. At the first sight it's really complex to understand it. And I needed really some months to understand exactly how it works. Once you have it installed you'll never miss it an also you can't live without it ;)

Bob: I've created 2 TMS Files for you! You can choose whatever you'd like to do. The first one "Product-local_time_bh-TMS" contains the additional TMS Code and its separate Template Codes within your hack. When you have TMS installed all you have to do is to import your Product. That's all :)

The second one "TMS_Code_Local_Time" is the small Template Code itself and will imported under TMS itself.

Dunno what you mean about "old days", because I'm a member since '06 in that forum. Unless you know me from my US friends at the Acura Legend Forum in the USA. Then you're right because I'm a member since 6 years over there ;)

So this will edit the template automatically when you insert the xml? How does it know which template edits go with which hack? This looks like a dream come true on upgrades for template changes. What's the learning curve on it?

I don't know the Acura Legend Forum, so I must have been wrong about knowing you. Better for you, anyway, as knowing me doesn't bring a lot of good luck to anyone. Ask around, you'll see. ;)

Exactly that's the way of TMS!

Till today I've never seen a hack, which won't work with TMS!!! For example: I have installed really complex hacks and most of them are Statistic hacks and some special Database hacks. And I've never seen that TMS won't work. All you have to know is, that TMS does not work with MySQL 4.0! But I recommend you to read the whole TMS thread. Just because there are lots of infos.

You hit the nail on the head, Bob :) This does not looks like a dream: It's really a dream for all user who are not able or willing (what I can understand) to re-edit all her Template changes after any vB Upgrades. Whenever you have made Template changes in the course of time without TMS, it's always a pain to re-edit all Template changes after vB Upgrades. Not in doing with TMS! TMS work always transparent on each Template you have changed!!! And this is exactly the way.

The learning curve? Well for the first time it's a lil bit complex to understand how TMS works. But it's kinda different how each people does understand how it works. For example: I'm a person who thinks always too complex whereby others always think easy. Probably you're such a person. Then it should no problem for you. Give it a try and you'll never live without it. That's a promise ;)

Na I don't think so, because you are a great coder in my eyes. I've read and studied many hacks from you and your ideas are always very instructive and great. So please don't have a false modesty, Bob :)


Sorry for being in the wrong thread. I do know that this do not belong where it belongs to, but I'm strongly convinced about the TMS hack. So I will try to do my best that this hack deserve what it deserves: MOTM

I will give that a try. Sounds good. ;)

You'll never regret it, Bob. Trust me ;)

Another one of yours installed :D

Works great,as a uk site we have quite a few US based users and this is handy in knowing what time there at..

Thanks :up:

I have to admit, this is my favorite of all my hacks. It saves me trying to bother someone who might be in bed. ;)

/me clicks install