Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Template Modification System

Template Modification System
Description
This modification allows easy management of template modifications.
Hack authors can define the necessary template modifications for their products.
When exporting a product, all template modifications assigned to this product
in MASTER style will be embedded into the product XML and imported on the
end-user vBulletin installation automatically if TMS is available.
Alternatively, it is also possible to create separate XML files for template modifications.
This way, 3rd parties can provide Template-Modification XML files for existing hacks.
Hack authors can also export standard template modification instructions as
textfiles to package them with their hacks, which allows users that do not
have TMS to also install them

In case the author defined modifications do not work (eg. the user uses a custom style),
the users can easily customize the modifications for their style(s).

TMS modified templates transparently, e.g. all Templates can still be modified
manually in style manager - they will appear unchanged there.


System Requirements
This Modification requires MySQL 4.1 or higher - it does not work with MySQL 4.0!
If you use MySQL 4.1 series, MySQL 4.1.10 or higher is required
If you use MySQL 5.0 series, MySQL 5.0.3 or higher is required
TMS 1.2.0 Beta 1 or higher requires vBulletin 4.1.5 or higher

vBulletin Compatibility
Versions up to and including 1.1.5 are compatible with vBulletin 3.6.X, 3.7.X and 3.8.X
Version 1.1.5 is partly compatible with vBulletin 4.0.X and 4.1.X
Version 1.2.0 Beta 1 or higher is compatible with vBulletin 4.1.5 or higher
vBulletin 4.1.11 or higher is currently not fully supported by TMS. If you use this version please apply the following patch: tms_patch120b4.zip

Branding:
Please note that TMS puts a small branding/copyright notice in footer - see readme.txt for further details.

Version History
1.2.0 Beta 4

• Bugfix: Database error when trying to add a template modification (this bug was introduced in TMS 1.2.0 Beta 3)

1.2.0 Beta 3

• Changed: Converted hardcoded text to phrases
• New Feature: Added doubleclick for editing style variables
• Bugfix: Database error when trying to add a template modification with an existing varname to a different style
• Changed: Fixed formatting of templateedits.php
• Bugfix: Fixed erors when manually modifying a template with template modifications

1.2.0 Beta 2

• Bugfix: Fixed errors in style variable editing code

1.2.0 Beta 1

• Changed: Ported to vBulletin 4.1
• New Feature: If an error occurs while trying to compile a template this error is now being disaplayed when trying to save the template modification
• New Feature: Styles variables used in templates can be edited via AJAX from the modify template screen

1.1.5

• Fixed Bug: Fixed incorrect variable type
• New Feature: Box 'Template-Modifications' (shown on editing a template) can now be collapsed/expanded

1.1.4

• Fixed Bug: Fixed HTML error/XSS in Template Modifications Manager

1.1.3

• Fixed Bug: Added missing phrase on ACP home

1.1.1

• Fixed Bug: Fixed Error with conflicting Template Modifications when importing a product
• Fixed Bug: Removed Pre-Selection of processing mode when adding new modifications
• Fixed Bug: Fixed Bug with zlib.output_compression AND vBulletin internal gzip being both turned on
• Fixed Bug: Display search results correctly
• Fixed Bug: Added missing phrase 'varname_x_already_exists'
• New Feature: Automatically rebuild template modifications after vBulletin Upgrade

1.0.0

• Changed: Several files renamed
• Fixed Bug: Fixed incorrect handling of product ids that contain only numbers
• New Feature: Search text can be search in template when editing a Template-Modification in Style Manager
• Changed: Multiple Template-Modifications can be loaded via AJAX
• First Release on vBulletin.org

1.0.0 RC 1

• Fixed Bug: All Bugs reported for Beta 4 have been fixed
• Changed: Display of modified Templates with HTML comments has been modified
• Changed: Debug-Mode is no longer required
• New Feature: It is now possible to export/import style-specific Template-Modifications

1.0.0 Beta 4

• Fixed Bug: All Bugs reported for Beta 3 have been fixed
• Changed: Sorting in Template Modifications Manager has been changed
• New Feature: When adding or editing a Template-Modification, the Template can now be displayed and searched via AJAX
• Changed: When exporting as Text, the original instructions (eg. insert below/above) are retained
• New Feature: It is now possible to test each Template-Modification
• New Feature: Testing improved. It is now being display if a Template is OK after applying a Template Modification
• New Feature: When editing a Template, it is possible to activate/deactvate multiple Template-Modifications
• New Feature: Template-Modifications can now also be exported and tested from withing Product Manager
• New Feature: Function to display a template with all Modifications applied.
  This function can also display embedded comments to make it easier to identify changed parts

1.0.0 Beta 3

• Fixed Bug: All Bugs reported for Beta 2 have been fixed
• New Feature: Simplified adding Template-Modifications by allowing to select how to handle replacement text (eg. replace or insert above/below)
• New Feature: Each Template-Modification can now be disabled
• Changed: Testing Template-Modifications has been reworked:
  Column ordering can now be set through vBulletin Options; column headers are clickable to sort results
  Output has been separated by styles
  It is now possible to test only selcted products
• New Feature: TMS now integrates with 'Style Manager' and 'Product Manager'
• New Feature: The language can be selected when exporting Template-Modifications
• New Feature: Weh TMS gets deactivated, all Template-Modifications will be deactivated too
• New Feature: Display of Template-Modifications while editing a Template in Style Manager has been improved:
  It is now being display if a Template-Modification could be applied
  Template-Modifications can be edited via AJAX

1.0.0 Beta 2
First public Beta

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

So something is really wrong there. It should be possible to also use that template in TMS, shouldn't it?

Yes - for a Non-Master Style.

So if you customized the template and added foo in there you can use TMS to replace that foo with bar.

If you add a modification for this template in MASTER style (where it will always be empty) you will obviously get an error when you test the modification (searching for smth. in an empty template does fail).

[Black Tiger]

Ah oke, thank you Andreas, now I understand.
I need the change in all styles, so I would have to do them seperately in all styles then.

In that case I can better use TMS in the Master Style on the Footer template and add the images around the $ad_footer_end variable because that works also, and without the error notice.

Thank you for your explanation and your patience with me.

[ndahiya]

this mod appears to work in vb4 without any change, thought a lot of the mods have to reapplied (coz of code changes, search strings can not be found).

[fly]

Aww man, you had to install it on 4.0? I was hoping Andreas would be able to slip this into production.

[AWJunkies]

This should be standard in vBulletin for sure. So we 100% this works in 4.0 any confirmation from developer?

[lgnd]

It's working on my test board but it's recommended to completetly uninstall before upgrading to 4.x.x I had problems when upgraded my test board with TMS installed even with removed template mods.

The best mod for vB ever!

[Videx]

Originally Posted by lgnd

It's working on my test board but it's recommended to completetly uninstall before upgrading to 4.x.x I had problems when upgraded my test board with TMS installed even with removed template mods.

The best mod for vB ever!

yes, I understand I'll have to disable hooks entirely in the config.php file when upgrading. But if you remember what the troubles were and how you fixed them, could you let us know? Had you disabled hooks?

[lgnd]

I completly uninstalled TMS before the upgrade. There are few files you'll have to manually delete after uninstallation, check the readme file. First time I forgot to delete those files and it caused problems after the upgrade on my test board.

So I did my template mods in my test enviroment with tms and after upgrading my live site I imported the template mods from the test forum into the live forum tms.

Side note the branding notice is not visible in the footer I hope Andreas will fix this problem!

[Videx]

Originally Posted by lgnd

I completly uninstalled TMS before the upgrade. There are few files you'll have to manually delete after uninstallation, check the readme file. First time I forgot to delete those files and it caused problems after the upgrade on my test board.

That's just odd. Why would a few files sitting there, being called by nothing, cause trouble? Oh well, I'll do as told.

[fly]

I fear that I have done something very, very wrong. This mod seems to work great on vB4. However, I just disabled and then enabled this hack. After re-enabling it, I get nothing but a blank page in the admincp.

I'm trying not to panic, but can anyone help?

edit: Odd. It was suhosin, if anyone cares. I made some changes to it yesterday. I guess TMS didn't like the changes...