[King Internet]

Originally Posted by SirAdrian

PHP Code:

$top = top();
$bottom = bottom(); 


Much easier IMO. Or, do it properly, and actually USE the templates.

Well no, you are assuming thats how it works and assumptions are never nice. top() and bottom() take parameters depending on what page they are called from, and I don't want to use the template system. That means I have to keep two seperate copies of the current template of my site and I surely don't like redundancy. Please read my previous (and very long) post.

<? if ?> is useless if I can just type <if>. Plus, it's pretty much still XHTML, so you can use it in editors easily. As far as maintenance goes, I would say this is a step in the wrong direction.

<else /> is dumb, and I'd rather not be limited in what comparison functions I can use.

What do you mean about having to use multiple _start plugins? You should only have to use global_start. One plugin. You can even have it include a PHP script you can edit/upload to change the code. This way, it is all in one central location, and it keeps your templates as templates, rather than code soup.

Well no, you are assuming thats how it works and assumptions are never nice. top() and bottom() take parameters depending on what page they are called from, and I don't want to use the template system. That means I have to keep two seperate copies of the current template of my site and I surely don't like redundancy. Please read my previous (and very long) post.

I would like to see how your templates are holding up in a years time.

Much better than your way, as I am not having to maintain two sets of templates. Please read my previous (and very long) post, get off your high horse and get out of my topic.

I don't really want to bruise egos here, so I will reserve the majority of what I have to say. All I will say is that you can't even do something simple like zebra-striping tables with vBulletin's templating functionality, and it is embarrassing. Please don't talk to me like I am new and stop hijacking my thread with your nonsense. Thanks.

And once again, thanks to everyone who installed!