[FASherman]

Not even close to being the same. Why would you create a template per forum when you can just enter HTML directly into a text box via the ACP, keep the data in the database and have it protecting with backups?

Also nothing about footer or restricting the headers and footers individually to just guests.

Would you suggest two additional templates per forum to have both a header and a footer? Not to mention the headache of having to check forumid's before modifying a template if you have several forums. Or having to remember to delete templates if a forum gets deleted.

This is a much more managable, elegant solution. You want to edit the header/footer of a particular forum, you edit the forum. You want to limit either the header or footer to just guests, select that option as you edit the forum. You delete the forum, the header/footer info goes away at the same time. Whats the cost? One SQL querie, same as adding a new thread.

What exactly are you objecting to?