What did 3.8 wreck for you?

[ETDC]

Originally Posted by Lynne

What do you mean? Update your template and you should be fine.

I just don't want to spend weeks trying to remember how to modify the menu bars, drop-downs et al then having to spend days re-doing them. Not to mention all the other tweaks I've made to the forums I run.

[trickfly]

My image resizer got wrecked!

Does anyone know any image resizer for 3.8 ?

[Vaupell]

nothing love it,, upgraded from 3.6.1 to 3.8.x rc1, -> rc2 -> 3.8.0 -> 3.8.1

so just found alot of great old mods, i could use but isent supported

[BigJohnny]

I keep a complete detailed list of every hack i install, version, and the link to the hacks thread.

I also keep track of what modifications ive made, or things ive changed, and in which templates/files Ive changed.

This way if i ever have to go back and fix something, I can look at my list and know exactly whats been done and where.

Commenting is also a good thing to do.

[fattony69]

I made sure I deleted all mods for 3.8 that didnt work. Then I had ones that did and installed them. Thankfully no major problems besides one database error

[Spank]

Originally Posted by BigJohnny

I keep a complete detailed list of every hack i install, version, and the link to the hacks thread.

I also keep track of what modifications ive made, or things ive changed, and in which templates/files Ive changed.

This way if i ever have to go back and fix something, I can look at my list and know exactly whats been done and where.

Commenting is also a good thing to do.

I wish I was as organised as you are.

[Alfa1]

There should be a hack to keep track of all modifications installed.

[Dismounted]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

There should be a hack to keep track of all modifications installed.

What do you mean "keep track"? You can see all your modifications from the Admin CP.

[BigJohnny]

Originally Posted by Spank

I wish I was as organised as you are.

It's not hard, When you start a new board, begin keeping track of everything as soon as you start modding it.

If you have the hacks kicking around on your HD, then dig up the hack thread on vb.org and put the url on your list.

Same with code changes, if you make a change, write it down, and what you did.... if its a file edit, write down the line #'s you were working with.


I learned this lesson the hard way having spent TONS of time totally customizing a board, and not tracking changes...... when I came back 2 years later to re-use some of my customizations, I had no idea what had been done, or how it was done.


Now I always know

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

What do you mean "keep track"? You can see all your modifications from the Admin CP.

• You can see all products on the products page.
• You can see all plugins on the plugin page.
• You can find out what templates have been edited, by browsing your templates in your various styles in the style manager.
• There may be an efficient way to see modified phrases in the phrase manager, but I have not found it yet.

But AFAIK you can not get an overview of all your modifications on one page.

With 'keep track' I referred to the wish for a system that allowed to keep track of the history of all of the above.