I agree on some parts of your complaints. This templates system is for users with advanced/semi-advanced experience with php/html/vB, unless of course you are just using the prebuilt ones that Logician has included herein. Logician usually is good at responding to questions, but it seems as if sometimes he forgets that novice users may be implementing this and trying to use it. Nevertheless, I appreciate his work here. I can tell you that MANY hours were eaten up building this system and he should be complimented for that. Luckily I had someone asisst me in building something that I could use with this system. Now I just plug in info and it works. I, for one, love the permissions implemented for use with this.
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Originally Posted by jeffj
since no one has ever responded to my prior post asking a question about this mod, I'll make the following observation and someone can dispute it if they like.
it appears to me as though you have to generate custom links in vb to get any of this code to work (if you want to display a page using the web templates mod)
I asked if templates created with this mod could be used in certain forums (as the forum template) and no one responded.
Since then I have download and installed this mod and found out that the answer is NO - you cannot use this mod to create custom templates for certain fourms.
To be honest - without generating custom links inside VB I'm sure what what use this mod is.. I see the benefit for custom pages on your site, but you have to generate custom links inside your html/menuing system or vbcode to display these templates.
I exported my default style and changed the name - then re-imported the style and applied that style to my new forum on my website. I will simply change the templates that need to be changed inside that style to accomplish what I need.
Unless someone can tell me an easy way to use the templates in this mod and apply those templates to one of my forums I will be removing this mod since it does not need my needs without hacking other code.
This is a very nice mod if you have need for it... very straight forward, well thought out and very comprehensive...
- jeff
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