[downloadsuk]

Originally Posted by The Vegan Forum

Thanks, downloadsuk. Unfortunately, that document contains errors, hasn't been updated since last year, is very incomplete and most of all: Neither this document, the manual or any other source provided by IB contains a system that links up the stylevar names with names of obvious text strings used in the elements we are working on.

Even with a stylevar system which is as incomplete as the current system is, a proper, searchable document would help a lot.

It should have been this simple: If I want to change the font, background or hover-values for the area which says "Post New Thread", "Who's online", "Quick Reply" or "Permission Groups", I should be able to type in that text somewhere, eg. in a pdf file, and find a page which explains all stylevar names and parameters related to eg. "Who's online" or "Permission Groups".


I'm pretty sure the lack of such a simple document, which could be created in a few days, costs IB a lot of money, because now many confused users send in support tickets instead, which leads to a situation where each of these questions has to be responded to manually, by a paid employee. It's a lose/lose situation for everybody.

I agree. Fully.

I was aware it hadn't been updated, but at least I thought it was correct what they had there. Jesus, I understand trying to help nublets use the program, but don't they realise its actually technical folk who end up modifying their code, so they shouldn't try and dumb it down and in the long run make it more complicated....

Man, a glossary of all terms, including hook locations, hook execution order, style var dictionary, that is searchable, variable dictionary and scope listing would come in ridiculously handy for us developers, but to be honest, I really don't think that they're listening....

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Firebug for firefox is definitely the way to go to.

You can see which CSS file and selector added the property you are looking for and it will give you a computer style. you can also edit the CSS on the fly in browser. At least this way you can narrow it down to which selector it is and then possible find the style var in the template that way. Good luck!