Version: 1.0.0, by cermi
Developer Last Online: May 2010
Category: Mini Mods -
Version: 3.6.8
Rating:
Released: 02-11-2008
Last Update: Never
Installs: 7
Uses Plugins
Re-useable Code Translations
No support by the author.
Hi devs/designers, did you get tired with modifying templates in vB admincp? I did, so I made this mod, which enables you to store files in [forum_root]/!templates/[tempate_name].html so you can edit them with your favourite HTML editor and you dont have to put them back into admincp after each edit.
Warning:
This mod is for dev purposes only and because the templates are compiled every time you reload the page, it slowes down the forums a bit (nothing significant on dev machine, but significant on production machine with many users).
Enjoy it and gimme feedback
Show Your Support
This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without author's permission.
Cool! I've been thinking that a mod that will export/import the individual templates at text files would be great, but this seems like it would be even better!
Just so I understand -- You enable this mod and work on the HTML files -- Then disable it so that VB will use the templates and NOT the HTML files -- Is that right?
Is there any way to modify this to store template as files only and not have them re-compiled? Chen did a hack way back in vb 3 something, I think, that stored the template as files just so you had a backup copy of them in case the forum went bye-bye somehow. More for archival purposes.
Just so I understand -- You enable this mod and work on the HTML files -- Then disable it so that VB will use the templates and NOT the HTML files -- Is that right?
Yes, just don't forget to copy the content of the html files to vB templates in admincp otherwise your vB templates wouldn't be changed.
The idea of the mod is simple:
after loading the templates from database by vB, it reads all the files in the !template folder and rewrite the templates in $vbulletin->templatecache
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChurchMedia
Cool! I've been thinking that a mod that will export/import the individual templates at text files would be great, but this seems like it would be even better!
Yea, I might add this feature too (in future), so you won't have to make the initial database->files and final files->database copy. (But 2 copies are still better than copy after each change )
Is there any way to modify this to store template as files only and not have them re-compiled? Chen did a hack way back in vb 3 something, I think, that stored the template as files just so you had a backup copy of them in case the forum went bye-bye somehow. More for archival purposes.
Well, you rewrite the template system, which wouldn't too difficult.
But for backup purposes you can use the standard vB export/import style feature, can't you?
Templates in files (useful for development) Details »»
About Developer
Uses Plugins 
No support by the author.
02-12-2008, 06:14 PM
)
