Version: 1.00, by TWTCommish
Developer Last Online: Dec 2022
Version: 2.2.x
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Released: 03-02-2002
Last Update: Never
Installs: 32
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NOTE: This hack involves the modification of your template admin files. You may want to backup any files involved in this hack to guard against any major problems. Alright, on with the hack.
What's it do?
Ya know those template groups you see when you're modifying templates? The ones with titles like "Calendar templates" or "Forum Display templates" that reveal the templates they contain when you click on the "[expand]" link next to them? Well, this allows you to create, edit, and delete those easily through your admin CP. In addition, it allows you to switch ANY template from standard (like the way the default templates are displayed) to custom, or custom to standard...which means that you can have it placed as a "normal" template, and not under the "Custom template" heading.
I've attached an archive containing the files you'll need, and a text file containing the instructions. No screenshot is necessary, really, as I think the description tells you all you need to know.
Some Specifics
First off, if you add a new template group, and it doesn't show up, don't worry: that doesn't mean it isn't working. You need to create a standard, matching template before the group shows up. Here's a quick example (using a hack of mine called vBGlossary very shamelessly. ):
Create a template called glossary_template
Specify it as a standard template by clicking "[make template standard]" on the Edit Template screen.
Notice that it's now among the "Default templates" that come standard with vBulletin.
Create a template group. Enter "glossary" in the "Group Text" field, and "vBGlossary" in the "Group Title" field.
Go back to your templates: now, near the bottom, you should see "vBGlossary [expand]" -- clicking on it will expand the group...in which you'll see the glossary_template template! Create any more standard templates beginning with "glossary" and they'll show up under the same group.
The ability to group as you please is nice, but in my opinion, the real value here lies in being able to make templates custom or standard, and then managing them with the groups. If you install a lot of hacks, you probably have a lot of custom templates. It's a big mess, in my opinion, to have them all stuffed together under one heading at the top. This hack lets you organize them easily with the rest of the "standard" vBulletin templates! I dunno if ya'll like it...but I love it.
One more quick example: vBulletin comes with 3 Avatar-related templates. I believe they are avatar. avatars, and avatarbit. Creating a template group called "Avatars" with a "Group Text" value of "avatar" will place these three templates in their own group. No switching is necessary, because they come standard with vBulletin...which means they're already standard templates.
Potential Cause For Confusion
It's not really a bug, because I think it's unavoidable: if you have a standard template, and you edit it, thus creating two templates (your current one, and the default template, which you can, of course, revert to or view as needed), switching it to standard will have BOTH templates show up under the custom heading...two, instead of one.
This hack has been tested by several others, but due to its specific nature, and the files and such involved, it is HIGHLY recommended that you backup the /admin/template.php file before proceeding with installation.
I hope this isn't too confusing. Enough talk: enjoy the hack!
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Yeah, that's one of the reasons I wrote it...I had a TON of custom templates lying around that needed organization badly...and I plan to build my next site all around vB's templating system. I'm glad you like it.
hehehe ok, im gonna give it a shot, also I have like 4 themes on my board, im looking for a utility that if I make a change to one template it will update to the other tempates will this do the trick as well
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03-05-2002, 02:08 AM
