OOPs! I'm confused

[darnoldy]

okay, cyberfolks--

i'm not a coder (and don't think I wanna be one)--I'm a page designer. I know javascript, not PHP.

When I hear people talking about OOP, I think object models and elements and properties... is that what's happening?

Will I, when modifying templates, be able to use things like forum.thread.message.parent.poster?

I know that the Hooks and plugins are very exciting for developers, but what kind of impact should the UI guys expect--little, none?

--don

[darnoldy]

Originally Posted by darnoldy

okay, cyberfolks--

i'm not a coder (and don't think I wanna be one)--I'm a page designer. I know javascript, not PHP.

When I hear people talking about OOP, I think object models and elements and properties... is that what's happening?

Will I, when modifying templates, be able to use things like forum.thread.message.parent.poster?

I know that the Hooks and plugins are very exciting for developers, but what kind of impact should the UI guys expect--little, none?

--don

maybe, noe that the vBTemplate crowd has moved in, somebody might want to discuss this question? <hopeful gaze>

--don

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Not 100% sure, but i think that there are no significant changes to the template system.

[merk]

Unfortunatly the OOP of javascript you're talking about is not the OOP that vbulletin is using or leveraging.

Expect very little difference except variables you use change from $vboptions[blah] to $vbulletin->blah (from memory).

[Brad]

The OOP begin discussed currently are the changes to the php source code. Coding in the templates will not change much, save a few changes in the way you access things (re-named vars/arrays etc.)

[darnoldy]

Originally Posted by Brad.loo

Coding in the templates will not change much

I read somewhere that php_include_start had gone away. That's where I would put a line of code so that vBulletin would utilize custom templates I created--where do I do that now?

--don

[Brad]

Originally Posted by darnoldy

I read somewhere that php_include_start had gone away. That's where I would put a line of code so that vBulletin would utilize custom templates I created--where do I do that now?

--don

You can do that via hooks, IIRC the replacement for php_include is the global_start hook.