If you are a vB owner just register with the same email as here and you will get access.

Nice To see You Back Andreas ...:)

Well I had to remove a few plugins in order for this to stop breaking all my admin pages, but I got it working. Just in time for 3.6.8, too. Thanks!

Are you sure? I'm not able to post questions there because of the new rulesets and I didn't saw you there too.

Absolutely sure. vBHacks-Germany.org is the official german vBulletin hacks community and I will not support or release german modifications anywhere else.

@thincom
Which plugins specifically?
Can you post your phpinfo()?

And how R-U doing :D

Keep the ball rolling...

Tausend Dank!

Hi Andreas,

finally English speaking users can enjoy this great hack too.

For me this is THE most important feature since the introduction of the plugin system.
I know I was a pain in the a.. with all my requests but the product is simply beautiful.
(Still missing a code search inside all modifications though :p)

I just want to say thank you and keep up your great work.
You are a real asset to this community

Nominated for the Hack of the month of course

Best regards

StarBuG

ps: do you still develope the german version or will this now be the most up to date version?

looks interesting :)

@StarBug
This version is the same as the german version (well, except for the language ;)).
A search feature is already planned, but there is no ETA yet.
The german version will be maintained the same way as the english version.

Great to see the Hack here at vb.org too!

So with this MOD are template edits done within TMS and no longer by pulling up the template from the appropriate style and then doing the edits? Also, after each template edit, are you supposed to export the template edit to use in the future should there be upgrades to the vBulletin software, thus not needing to redo all of your previous template edits?

Also, I noticed that the only style I have on my board is the Default style; I do not see a Master style. Should I have both?

Finally, on my board so far I have the following MODs installed along with all of the required template (and file) edits:
Thread Prefixes
Move Display Options Above Threads
Change Thread Prefix Inline
ibProArcade
vBadvanced CMPS
vBCredits
vBCredits with ibProArcade
Vb Save Drafts (MOD from vBHackers.com)
Project Tools

Do I need to uninstall these MODs beofre installing TMS or is there something I need to do with them after I install TMS?

TMS applies template modifications to compiled templates; the template source is not being modified.
If you use TMS for all your template modifications, it is not necessary to manually edit templates.

You do not have to export template edits. This is only necessary if you want to copy template edits to another vBulletin installation or share them with other users.

MASTER style is only visible in debug mode, but it is not necessary to turn on debug mode to add template modifications in MASTER style.

Do NOT uninstall these modifications! If you do so, you will loose the data.
However, you can undo the template edits you did manually for those modifications and add them to TMS instead. This is recommended to avoid having to manually update templates on vBulletin upgrades.

I don't quite understand what it means to "add them to TMS instead" after I undo (revert) the template edits I have done manually. Should I revert all of my templates that I have edited? And if so, afterwards, what do I have TMS do? I am not familiar with TMS just yet so any guidance would be appreciated.

One other question I have is this MOD has nothing to do with files (i.e., .php files) that are edited as a result of adding MODs, correct? These will have to be re-edited regardless if an upgrade is done to the vBulletin software?

See FAQ:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....59&postcount=2

This explains what to do with manually applied template modifications.

In some case the code that you are asked to search for may not be exactly what is in your template, so what should one do in these cases. For instance if I add a Template-Modification and put something in the for the search and replace text fields, what happens if the search text doesn't exactly match what the existing template has?

Then it won't work :)
If the instructions do not work for your Template, it most likely means your template has been customized.
So you have to modify the search/replace text to meet the requirements for your template - as you would do if you are manually editing templates.

Are plugins & products supposed to be uploaded through the Plugins & Products sections of the AdminCP, while Template Modifications get uploaded through this MOD. Also, and maybe this question is off target, but when importing plugins, aren't template modifications being made, and if so, how are these edits separated from the edits a Template MOD makes?

You can import & export templates modifications through Styles & Templates / Template-Modifications Manager.
However, if a product directly supports TMS you don't have to do anything - the template edits are contained within the product XML and will be imported as well.

Great Mod, Thx for your hard work Andreas.

Regards
Funboy

I have just a few more questions so I can understand exactly what this MOD does before I install it. From what everyone else is saying it seems like this MOD is a must have for vBulletin owners considering the constant upgrades with this software. If this MOD saves board adminstrators the time it takes to redo template edits after an upgrade, then it should be included with the vBulletin software package.

1. If a MOD calls for more than one template edit does each one need to be added separtely as a Template-Modification; and if one template needs to have more than one edit applied to it do these need to be added separately as well?
2. How exactly does the Template-Modification system work when a vBulletin upgrade is performed? Stated in the release notes is the fact that edited templates aren't affected when an upgrade is done. So does this mean that a board with MODs is running off of the edited and original templates?
3. Don't some MODs have a plugin that you need to install and also have template edits that need to be done for the MOD? For these MODs, I would assume you would add the edits through TMS. But how are the template edits that are done from the plugin added in to TMS?

Hopefully I am not sounding too confused with the above questions. Again, just trying to figure out what seems to be a very handy tool when it comes to template editing.:D

Thanks. This is very useful addon for those who edit templates much.

I'll give it a try later. :)

Agreed.

Can someone please share the Template-Modification XML file for Thread prefixes

The xml-file is included in the .zip-file of TMS.

That is amazing. Thanks!

This IS great!

Installed!

Would it be possible to provide an English version of the demos? Shouldn't be too hard...only rename the different edits.

Am I understanding this correctly?

If I have a mod that needs manual template edits....

1. I must add it to the MASTER template, thus eliminating the need to perform manual template edits.

OR

2. Add the manual entries directly to the template, then Add them to the template we want it used on in the Manager? Obviously, the mod doesn't show as being there until it's directly added manually to the template.

Just like you would apply templay modifications manually:
If a mod required edits for 2 templates - you have to add 2 template modifications.
If it requires 2 modifications in 1 template, you have to add 2 template modifications, etc.


TMS detects if a vBulletin upgrade was performed and template for which there are template modifications are defined in TMS. If there are sucgh templates, a warning mesage is being displayed on ACP home.
By clicking the link, those template modifications will be tested if the do still work.
If not you must modify the template modifications (this happens when search text is modified in the new vBulletin version and can't be found anymore).

There are products that edit templates at runtime.
You can either leave that as-is, or disable the plugin and add the necessary template modifications to TMS.

As stated in the FAQ:
1. Click Styles & Template / Template-Modifications Manager
2. Next to the Style where you want to add the template-modification (normally this would be MASTER) select 'Add Template-Modification'
3. Select the Template and Product
Set Active to Yes
Enter a varname and descriptive Title
4. Paste the seach text from the mod instructions into the 1st textarea
5. Paste the replace text from the mod instructions into the 2nd textare and choose the appropirate method as stated in teh instructions (eg. replace, insert above/below)
5. Click Save

Repeat these steps for all necessary template modifications.

Done.

Rename the titles?
Not really ;)

I can't get it to work on 3.6.8 I click on the Template mod. manager, clik on the master style, add template mod. and nothing happens. On the bottom left corner of IE I have an "Error on page" Message..

See post # 19.

EDIT: Figured it out. Will try it shorty! Thank You!

Just to let you know, it's working for me with mySQL v4.0.26-standard.

The only thing is I keep getting this error:

I'll put up with having to come up with workarounds for this to keep this fantastic mod, however!

Andreas,

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

That error has nothing todo with tms that's caused by your PHP configuration increase your memory limit in php.ini (root access requirerd or you can't do this)

Ah grand so. I'll try that.

It just keeps coming up in relation to TMS, like when adding/editing modifications in certain templates:

OMG if you were here i'd kiss you!
this is the perfect modification for my board...
if only i could nominate for mod of the month!

one question does this work on 3.6.X or only versions 3.6.7 and above?
cause i run a 3.6.2 3.6.4 3.6.5 and 3.6.8 board(3 of them being development boards)

Any 3.6 is fine.

Hi again.
I'm getting some troubles, when i go to "Add Template Modification" or any of the drop down menu items, they dont go any where at all.. but the links on the bottom of the frame such as up/download a template modification works.

Perhaps i need to do something else?

p.s. i must say how super easy it is to install your mod

Works great now. This is a fantastic mod. Thank you very much!

I'm getting an odd error on the main page of the admincp.

yeah i get it to quite annoying