Should products that only perform template edits be in "Add-ons"?

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

I think that the term "template modification" implies that you must edit the template manually, since that is what it has always meant in the past. If a plug-in automatically modifes the template then it is a plug-in. The reason being that some people choose not to add any manual template edits (or file edits) to their forum, and use only products and plugins, to make upgrading their vb (when updates are released) much easier. If you choose to make manual template edits then it makes your vb install "less pure," (out of the box) so there should be a way for people to distinguish between plug-ins/products that modify the templates automagically, and those that require manual edits. If you start putting plugins in the template edits area, but they do not require any manual template edits then it tends to muddy those waters more, and makes the differentiation between the cateogries meaningless.

As I told before, there are numerous addons that require manual template modification.