Most Edited Templates

Alright, first off, this hack will probably only be of use to those who edit their templates with any kind of regularity. It's useful to me, so I figured it might be useful to others who like to tweak their templates and such constantly as well.

What's it do?
It tracks the number of times you've edited each of your templates. It also tracks the time of the last edit, and displays the top ten most edited templates on your CP home page. I find this saves a lot of time in template editing, as, otherwise, you've got to scroll to the bottom of the left-hand frame...besides; the templates you're always going back to will be the ones right there near the top anyway.

How do I install it?
Follow the instructions in the attached text file. It entails two very short queries to be run on your forums DB, And a couple of modifications in just two files. The whole thing should only take a few minutes.

Enjoy.

[TWTCommish]

Oh, that's not what I mean. It doesn't track the times you view the template to edit it...just the number of times you go in and click the "Save" button.

[Xelation]

yeah, I want it in the modify template section.... I find myslef clicking there all the time.... is there a way you can take it off the homepage of the cpanel and put it where I just said I wanted it?

[TWTCommish]

Well, just take the block of code from the very last step in the instructions.txt file, remove it from the index.php file, and place it wherever you like in the template.php file -- if you want some help with that, just let me know where you want it to go, and I'll find out what line it should go after.

[Xelation]

yeah I need some help, where should I put the script in the template.php

[TWTCommish]

That depends on where you want the list of most edited templates to show up.

[Xelation]

well I included and image.... the red line is where I want it.


http://www.xelation.com/personal/red.jpg

so can you help me?

[TWTCommish]

Find this in template.php:

PHP Code:

  echo "<ul>";

  if (!$expandset) {
    $expandset=-1;
  } 


Right before it, add the code from the last step...the code you added to index.php. I think that oughtta work.

[Xelation]

ah, worked perfectly! Great Hack! this will be a real time saver. ... i too find myself editing the same templates over and over again.

[Boofo]

Fantastic hack, TWTCommish ! I must have missed this one. Thank you.

[BigJohnson]

I love this feature. Do you think it can show the name of the TEMPLATE set for the edit. I think that would be useful also. Thanks.