Non-Compatible Templates after 3.6.0

[tEChniiQue]

I have already applied 3.6.0 from 3.5.4 and this is what I'm getting in the AdminCP. Before, there were about 50 of these, but I got rid of things that I felt positive about. Now 5 are left and I would just like some advice on what to do (revert or leave).

I only use one template on my site and it's custom, no parent template. So my biggest fear is that something will be effected negatively by changing the last few options I have left. What do you think? Can I revert these and nothing be negatively affected like my template being reverted to a default look or anything else drastic? If I choose to do nothing, what will be affected?

Yes, I did look at the list of these on vB.com but since I have some mods installed, I didn't wanna post this there since they have nothing to do with mods. So please, I've posted quite a few questions here in the past day or two and I've only gotten one response, someone please don't leave this thread out to dry, I'm just trying to learn how this works so I can contribute helping others.

Thanks in advance.

[Freesteyelz]

By reverting these 5 templates: 1) Any hack that used them will no longer function and 2) All custom edits will be removed; they will go back to vB's default (bluish) style. You'll need to re-apply any custom work that you've put into. That's the only drawback whenever upgrading vB versions.

Since you've already gone over the (50) templates by reverting or by making the necessary changes do so with these last 5 templates. This is to ensure that all of your templates are 3.6 compliant. You've already gone this far. I had too a fully customized site but I've scrapped everything on the site and now in the process of rebuilding from the ground-up.

Hawaii represent. Keep the Aloha spirit alive.

[tEChniiQue]

Mahalo. I'm not from here but will be living here for about 4 years. Firefighter for the Air Force.

O.K. After reading your post: I went ahead and reverted the last 5. Nothing major happened to my site graphic wise "THANK GOD"!! Take a look: http://www.xtreme-source.com, still customized. Now the setbacks I did experience...
* I had to create my own buttons for: quick reply, multiquote_on, and multiquote_off
* A few lines were off but that was an easy fix
* A box at the top of the forum appeared out of nowhere

2 out of 3 ain't bad for a noob to any type of coding, scripts, etc...That last one is kicking my butt. How can I get rid of the box that appears atop my forum home page.

http://www.xtreme-source.com/forum.php It's just below the shoutbox on the link here. It contains the words: Forum (to the far left), and Last Post, hreads, & Post (to the far right). To me it's an eyesore. Any solutions to rid myself of this box I would appreciate.

Thanks in advance!

*Sniff Sniff...just realized my Activity MOD is gone as well. Hope it's compatible with the new 3.6...time to reinstall that bad boy!

[slappy]

Here's a suggestion for "next time."

BEFORE hitting [Revert] you should take a look at the [View History] button. After clicking the [View History] button you click Compare Versions and you will see the two versions, old and new, side by side. This has a VERY USEFUL color coding, identifying "Text Removed from old version;" "Text changed between versions;" and "Text added to new version". This will assist you is trying to figure out where your current changes are placed within the code of the "new" version and may assist you in making the updates.

You could also copy and paste a copy of the side by side view to your local machine to assist you with "re-installing" your edits.

Essentially what you do next, after noting where your current changes were installed, is [Revert] the templates and then go about "re-installing" the edits in the appropriate places, as you are doing now, but with the added assistance of the comparison from "View History."

Regards,

[firstrebel]

In the 8 months I have been using vB there have been 3 upgrades, 3.6 being the biggest. I had 23 modified templates. What I do each time is set up a dev site with its own db all copied from the live site (don't forget to edit config.php and settings in ACP for the new url).

I then run through the upgrade and note which templates are reverted. If any match my list of mods (yes, it's worth keeping a record of these) I then simply re do the edits. When I am happy all is OK I copy/paste those templates to a file so that when I do my live site I just copy/paste those templates over to the live site. Speeds things up.

The same applies to any file changes.

Bob

[tEChniiQue]

Thank you gentlemen for the tips but in all honesty, I'm not a coder. But I do know how to read, copy, and paste which is pretty much all vB requires "plus" directions are provided with every mod, install, etc...but; in this case, I have a border/title category going across the top of my forumhome and I'd like to get rid of it. Please take a look at it and tell me where I can find this or what to look for in the template info. This is one of those things that the tips don't tell you, lol...

So please...help me to get rid of the bar across the top of my forumhome. It just doesn't belong Thanks in advance.

Here is the link again: http://www.xtreme-source.com/forum.php

[firstrebel]

Is the offending bar the one in my attachment? If so it may be you need to take these lines from the FORUMHOME template

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
</if>

[tEChniiQue]

No Sir, it's the one just below my shoutbox in the forum home page...
thanks for the quick replies.

Sorry, I would've done a screenshot but I'm limited to sites I can access from work.

[firstrebel]

<!-- main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	
	<!-- guest welcome message -->
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="5">Welcome to the XTREME-SOURCE.</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1" colspan="5">
			If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the <a href="faq.php"><strong>FAQ</strong></a> by clicking the link above.
You may have to <a href="register.php"><strong>register</strong></a> before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
		</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- / guest welcome message -->
	
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="left">Forum</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="175">Last Post</td>
	  <td class="thead">Threads</td>
	  <td class="thead">Posts</td>
	  
	</tr>
</thead>
</table>

The offending code is everything under <!-- main --> It may be some duplication caused by the skin. Check with the skin author.

Bob

[tEChniiQue]

So what of those lines could I delete to make it go away??

Home on Lunch So now I can give a screenshot: Below is the section I want gone. Any ideas??



Thank you but I got it figured out:

This:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>

and...

<tr align="center">
<td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
<td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>

I removed and it's fine now...I just looked for anything that might be a border and any text relative to what was being displayed, copied the existing template and did trial and error to see what deleted what.

Thanks for your input.