^Oh! Good to know!

Where is this voting on vbulletin.com that they are talking about? There are Template modification systems in vb4, but none as good as this one.

*edit: I found it, and voted for it. Come on... we need this thing people go and vote.

Nice of you to give the link then. :)

After updating to 4.1.2 and seeing most all my edits carried over, I'm wondering if this isn't actually included in vb now? Maybe not, as I don't have any styles that aren't parented to the default style.

Actually it's on the side next to the reported bug, it's been linked to several times on the thread.

Hi i'm using vb3.8.6, i currently have tons of manual template modifications, there's no way i can revert all those templates and then add them to this system, i want to use this system as it will be easier to keep track of the modifications in future, could someone tell me what i need to do to keep ALL my current edits but have them managed by this system so i can revert the templates?

Personally I think this mod is worth it. I even paid to remove the links in the footer.

It will make it so you can upgrade without having to revert, save, etc. modifications you make to the templates as they are made in a "Master Template" that will simply apply the changes you make at upgrade. It makes upgrading simple and quick. As long as you are in the 3.x.x version you will have the easiest upgrades you will ever have. If you have many styles and mods this is the mod for you.

What I would do is take each modified template and copy them into a file (you can export them but then you'd have to open and read them to do this), print them out and apply them in the Master Template which copies all the modifications to all the styles. Once you have it done, you are golden.

So you are saying that i DO have to find every modification i've ever done, save them seperately . revert the templates and then add all those back?? that would be weeks of work as i have made many many changes over the years.

That's exactly what you'd have to do. Don't you essentially do that already when you upgrade?

The other option is to just leave those edits, and use this system going forward...

Yes i have done that previously which is why i know it took a very long time :), but you gave me the answer i was looking for, i can simply use this tool for all future edits or modifications.

One last thing, how about if i export the style, install this mod and then re-import the style, would that work?

That wouldn't help you. You need to use the TMS UI to make template edits. The reason for this, if I remember correctly, is that TMS makes the changes to the default (hidden) base templates.