Creating Addons

[Scanu]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

That is not advised.

Why? If that is a public board you mean?

[cellarius]

Because the master style will be overwritten when he next upgrades. And I don't imagine he fancies redoing all his styling after every upgrade

[Black Snow]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Try doing it this way then:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=307739

One plugin could seemingly manipulate all styles to suit, you can define differences there as well.

Edit: Do not turn on debug mode and edit your master style, no!

Thanks for the link and info. It's not simply just the CSS I want to change, it's the template I want to change too. I have edited the Post Thanks box template and renamed certain <DIV> classes and added new div's also. So I want to make a plugin OR addon which will overwrite the default code/template.

[ozzy47]

O create a new template, in each style, with the exact contents you want. Then create this plugin using the hook location, template_render_output

PHP Code:

    if ($this->template == 'OLD TEMPLATE NAME')
    {
        $this->template = 'NEW TEMPLATE NAME';
    } 


[ozzy47]

Ohhh, I should also add you will need to cache that new template, using the hook location, cache_templates like so.

PHP Code:

$cache = array_merge($cache, array
        (
            'NEW TEMPLATE NAME',
        )
    ); 


[tbworld]

For a single template, just append to the end of the existing array. Use:

   cache[] = 'NEW_TEMPLATE_NAME';

[ozzy47]

Yeah that's true.

[Black Snow]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

O create a new template, in each style, with the exact contents you want. Then create this plugin using the hook location, template_render_output

PHP Code:

    if ($this->template == 'OLD TEMPLATE NAME')
    {
        $this->template = 'NEW TEMPLATE NAME';
    } 


It didn't work. It doesnt do anything.

[ozzy47]

Sure it does, I have used this for a couple of years now. Did you make sure to add the correct template names?

[Black Snow]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Sure it does, I have used this for a couple of years now. Did you make sure to add the correct template names?

Yup. I made the plugin:

    if ($this->template == 'post_thanks_box')
    {
        $this->template = 'custom_post_thanks_box';
    }

Made a new template called "custom_post_thanks_box" and put my code in it.