Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Fix-it: Template Edition

A common method of defacing vBulletin sites is to edit the parsed template html directly via the database. It makes it harder for administrators to find the issue, and can be a pain in the ass to cleanup if you're not familiar with working with the database.

This tool will make it easier to clean your defaced site.

What it does:
Checks all of the templates in the database:
- Makes a new compiled version from the uncompiled template.
- Compares the current compiled template to the new compiled template
- If they differ, it updates the template, then rebuilds all of the styles.

How do you use it?
- Upload to your admincp, modcp, install, or root forums folder
- Browse to it
- Let it run
- Delete tool_recompiler.php after you are done using it.

This tool now works on vB3 and vB4.

vB3 Thread

[thecelticway]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

You have it in your website root right now...

http://www.thecelticway.net/tool_recompile.php

You need to move it to your forum root

http://www.thecelticway.net/forum/tool_recompile.php

sorry joe~~~~ same message....

Your search - http://www.thecelticway.net/forum/tool_recompile.php - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:

Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Try different keywords.
Try more general keywords.

[BirdOPrey5]

Clicking on the link works-
http://www.thecelticway.net/forum/tool_recompile.php

You just need to turn on your forum for the tool to work. It doesn't work with the forums turned off.

Once you run it be sure to delete it.

[thecelticway]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Clicking on the link works-
http://www.thecelticway.net/forum/tool_recompile.php

You just need to turn on your forum for the tool to work. It doesn't work with the forums turned off.

Once you run it be sure to delete it.

thanks Joe~~~~ got it:up:

but does this mean~~~~please

Template Recompiler Tool! ? Geeky Designs

You should remove this file from your server when you are done with it.
While it poses no substantial risk to your site's security, recompiling every template in the database is intensive on your server.
Keeping this file on your server would allow anyone to hammer your server with requests to this file.

Recompiling templates...
Template updated: error_summary (id: 2847, styleid: -10)
Uncompiled template could not be compiled due to error: newpost_preview (id: 2537, styleid: -10)
Uncompiled template could not be compiled due to error: post_thanks_javascript (id: 4030, styleid: -1)
Templates recompiled! Rebuilding styles...

Rebuild Style Information

Updating style information for each style

Default Style (vB3 Style - Incompatible) ... (Templates) !D?:6Г?u(Replacement Variables) $p(Controls) Done.

vB4 Default Style ... (Templates) !D?:6Г?u

[BirdOPrey5]

well you might as well delete your VB3 templates, they will never work on VB4... and try again.

[thecelticway]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

well you might as well delete your VB3 templates, they will never work on VB4... and try again.

thanks Joe..... does this look any better:up:

Template Recompiler Tool! ? Geeky Designs

You should remove this file from your server when you are done with it.
While it poses no substantial risk to your site's security, recompiling every template in the database is intensive on your server.
Keeping this file on your server would allow anyone to hammer your server with requests to this file.

Recompiling templates...
Uncompiled template could not be compiled due to error: newpost_preview (id: 2537, styleid: -10)
Uncompiled template could not be compiled due to error: post_thanks_javascript (id: 4030, styleid: -1)
No templates needed recompiling.

Thank you for using our tool!

[BirdOPrey5]

It looks better... note sure about these errors, I got a couple myself, didn't notice any issues afterwards- maybe the mod authors can chime in.

[thecelticway]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

It looks better... note sure about these errors, I got a couple myself, didn't notice any issues afterwards- maybe the mod authors can chime in.

defo: forum pages loading faster... lot faster
virus warning from Firefox no longer showing...... dont know about IE
:up:

[thecelticway]

SHIT!!!!!!.... virus warnings are back

anybody any idea how to remove this script......

[Link14716]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Wasn't the file named tool_reparse.php at one time?

Yeah, it was.

[SgtSling]

Originally Posted by Link14716

It means that the compile_template function returned an error. I should probably look into making it display a more specific error, but I honestly didn't think it'd pop up that often.

I am having the same problem with the styleid: -10) error.
I want to run this script because I had a template hack (or so I think)
Is there a fix for this?