[KuraFire]

Originally Posted by Nikidala

So, to answer your question, it would be similar to your Excel file, but available through the Admin CP of your forums and a whole lot more helpful and cool...

And much more powerful, too. The HTL can do a variety of things that your Excel sheet cannot possibly provide for.

Think of:

• at-will importing/exporting of a Hack's phrases;
• automatically generating the menu items for larger Hacks (prevents many future file edits);
• automatically creating template groups for Hacks (prevents many future file edits);
• Importing all phrases, templates and settings for a hack (during Installation);
• giving a complete and easy-to-access overview for all changes a Hack makes (new/modified files, templates, settinggroups, db tables, db columns);
• Keeping track of not only file- and template modifications, but also of all phrases a Hack inserts, all queries it runs, the custom php code it runs, etc. etc. etc.
• ...and more

The Hack Tracking Log will not do any automatic file- and template edits. You will have to modify your files and your templates manually.

This is because most people (by far) prefer to do file- and template edits manually, but nobody will want to manually add 250 phrases or 40 templates, and that's where the HTL comes in.


I'm sorry about the teasing, but I'll get cracking on the Documentation ASAP!