Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Fix-it: Template Edition

A common method of defacing vBulletin sites is to edit the parsed template html directly via the database. It makes it harder for administrators to find the issue, and can be a pain in the ass to cleanup if you're not familiar with working with the database.

This tool will make it easier to clean your defaced site.

What it does:
Checks all of the templates in the database:
- Makes a new compiled version from the uncompiled template.
- Compares the current compiled template to the new compiled template
- If they differ, it updates the template, then rebuilds all of the styles.

How do you use it?
- Upload to your admincp, modcp, install, or root forums folder
- Browse to it
- Let it run
- Delete tool_recompiler.php after you are done using it.

This tool now works on vB3 and vB4.

vB4 Thread

[Link14716]

Here's a version that doesn't require admin privileges to run.

As for the unrelated question of whether it works on 4.0 - probably. I looked at how vB4 compiles templates and it is the same function call. I don't guarantee that something bad won't happen, but it'll probably work just as smoothly as it does on vB3. Maybe.

[Bashar]

still asks for login

[Link14716]

Put it in the forum root directory instead of the admincp directory. Sorry, I forgot to mention that.

[Bashar]

Originally Posted by Link14716

Put it in the forum root directory instead of the admincp directory. Sorry, I forgot to mention that.

thanks a bunch!

[Gargi]

Does it cause any troubles using the TMS (template modification system)?

[Zachery]

It shouldn't, but a link to the product would help

[Gargi]

Originally Posted by Zachery

It shouldn't, but a link to the product would help

This one from Andreas: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=152931

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Gargi

[Zachery]

I would say backup first. but this is intended to fix defaced sites.

[gsmlover4u]

Originally Posted by Link14716

Here's a version that doesn't require admin privileges to run.

As for the unrelated question of whether it works on 4.0 - probably. I looked at how vB4 compiles templates and it is the same function call. I don't guarantee that something bad won't happen, but it'll probably work just as smoothly as it does on vB3. Maybe.

not working on vb 4.0.2

[warezgen.com]

Can you please make it work on vbulletin 4.02 or give me some alternative?