including templates with a product
 

This may be a dumb question, but it's the last thing I'm trying to figure out for this little hack I'm working on.

As part of my product, I want to include one change to a calendar template. I can create the new template as part of MASTER STYLE and associate it with the product, but how do I make sure the end user ends up with it enabled? It is a replacement for calendar_showeventsbit.

Once I get this together I'll post it for you all to pick apart. ;)

I'm also having problems whith templates.

I'm creating a product addon ti which belong some templates.
But when I try to export the product, the templates won't be includes in the product-XML.
I checked the templates, and the all belong to the product "vBulletin" instead of my own product. This happens although I create the template and assign it to the product. But when I open the template after its creation, it belongs to vBulletin instead of my product!?

How can I make a template to be stuck on my product and not switch back to vB??

Edit your template again and set it to your product.

Hm ... when I open the template editor, I cannot change the product. There is no select box, the value "vBulletin" ist written in plain text.

And if I create a new template and set the product to MyProduct, it will be stored for the product vBulletin, no matter what I selected...

If you are developing plugins you should be running your dev board in debug mode ;)

Hm ... things can be so easy! :D

Thanks.


//EDIT:

OK, doesn't seem to be so easy at all. :(

I activated the debug mode, but I still can't change a template's product assignment, and I still can't create a template belonging to a different product than vBulletin.
I can select my Plugin's name from a dropdown box, but the product will change back to vBulletin after saving.

I gave my Product a name beginning with "vB". This should not be an issue, since you just are not allowed to let the Product ID begin with "vB2, but not the title. Also, I checked it with another Product named "test", and the Style manager won't "remember" the product assignment, too.

Does anybody know the reason for this strange behaviour?

//EDIT 2:

OK, I figured it out: I have to create the new templates in the MASTER-STYLE.
;)

All Templates, Phrases, Settings must be created in the MASTER set if you want to include them with your product.

if i am modifying existing templates for my product, and modify the master set templates, will importing my product completely over-write the existing forum's templates?

it seems like this would be the case. as such, is there another way to provide these changes or do i basically have to explain the detailed template modification instructions (ie find this line: $attachoption. insert this code after line: ... )?

For modifications you will need to write instructions yes.

thanko marco

Hmm... MASTER STYLE set, meaning the default style? All i have in my style manager is "Default Style" and 1 "custom style". I still don't see the option to associate a custom template with my new product. Can anyone shed a little more light please?

my bad... I overlooked about having to be in debug mode :)

No, the MASTER STYLE, which can only be edited/ seen in debug mode.

Can somebody explain why vbulletin has this behaviour? I've created a new style, added new templates and made changes to templates imported at the time of creation from MASTER STYLE. Why can't I edit these and change their products? If I start editing the MASTER STYLE then I diminish the orgainzation of my site...

If it was possible to change the product association for non-Maste-Style Templates, this could end up in a total chaos.
Therefore, this is only possible in the master style.

Is there anywhere that explains the reasons the developers chose to design in this way? I'm just curious since it seems counter-intuitive to me; limiting built-in functionality because of (possibly) poor implementation...

I guess now the real question is, do I figure out some batch procedure to move all my style changes into the MASTER STYLE or do I export twice, once for the Product and once for the Styles...