Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Template Modification System

Template Modification System
Description
This modification allows easy management of template modifications.
Hack authors can define the necessary template modifications for their products.
When exporting a product, all template modifications assigned to this product
in MASTER style will be embedded into the product XML and imported on the
end-user vBulletin installation automatically if TMS is available.
Alternatively, it is also possible to create separate XML files for template modifications.
This way, 3rd parties can provide Template-Modification XML files for existing hacks.
Hack authors can also export standard template modification instructions as
textfiles to package them with their hacks, which allows users that do not
have TMS to also install them

In case the author defined modifications do not work (eg. the user uses a custom style),
the users can easily customize the modifications for their style(s).

TMS modified templates transparently, e.g. all Templates can still be modified
manually in style manager - they will appear unchanged there.


System Requirements
This Modification requires MySQL 4.1 or higher - it does not work with MySQL 4.0!
If you use MySQL 4.1 series, MySQL 4.1.10 or higher is required
If you use MySQL 5.0 series, MySQL 5.0.3 or higher is required
TMS 1.2.0 Beta 1 or higher requires vBulletin 4.1.5 or higher

vBulletin Compatibility
Versions up to and including 1.1.5 are compatible with vBulletin 3.6.X, 3.7.X and 3.8.X
Version 1.1.5 is partly compatible with vBulletin 4.0.X and 4.1.X
Version 1.2.0 Beta 1 or higher is compatible with vBulletin 4.1.5 or higher
vBulletin 4.1.11 or higher is currently not fully supported by TMS. If you use this version please apply the following patch: tms_patch120b4.zip

Branding:
Please note that TMS puts a small branding/copyright notice in footer - see readme.txt for further details.

Version History
1.2.0 Beta 4

• Bugfix: Database error when trying to add a template modification (this bug was introduced in TMS 1.2.0 Beta 3)

1.2.0 Beta 3

• Changed: Converted hardcoded text to phrases
• New Feature: Added doubleclick for editing style variables
• Bugfix: Database error when trying to add a template modification with an existing varname to a different style
• Changed: Fixed formatting of templateedits.php
• Bugfix: Fixed erors when manually modifying a template with template modifications

1.2.0 Beta 2

• Bugfix: Fixed errors in style variable editing code

1.2.0 Beta 1

• Changed: Ported to vBulletin 4.1
• New Feature: If an error occurs while trying to compile a template this error is now being disaplayed when trying to save the template modification
• New Feature: Styles variables used in templates can be edited via AJAX from the modify template screen

1.1.5

• Fixed Bug: Fixed incorrect variable type
• New Feature: Box 'Template-Modifications' (shown on editing a template) can now be collapsed/expanded

1.1.4

• Fixed Bug: Fixed HTML error/XSS in Template Modifications Manager

1.1.3

• Fixed Bug: Added missing phrase on ACP home

1.1.1

• Fixed Bug: Fixed Error with conflicting Template Modifications when importing a product
• Fixed Bug: Removed Pre-Selection of processing mode when adding new modifications
• Fixed Bug: Fixed Bug with zlib.output_compression AND vBulletin internal gzip being both turned on
• Fixed Bug: Display search results correctly
• Fixed Bug: Added missing phrase 'varname_x_already_exists'
• New Feature: Automatically rebuild template modifications after vBulletin Upgrade

1.0.0

• Changed: Several files renamed
• Fixed Bug: Fixed incorrect handling of product ids that contain only numbers
• New Feature: Search text can be search in template when editing a Template-Modification in Style Manager
• Changed: Multiple Template-Modifications can be loaded via AJAX
• First Release on vBulletin.org

1.0.0 RC 1

• Fixed Bug: All Bugs reported for Beta 4 have been fixed
• Changed: Display of modified Templates with HTML comments has been modified
• Changed: Debug-Mode is no longer required
• New Feature: It is now possible to export/import style-specific Template-Modifications

1.0.0 Beta 4

• Fixed Bug: All Bugs reported for Beta 3 have been fixed
• Changed: Sorting in Template Modifications Manager has been changed
• New Feature: When adding or editing a Template-Modification, the Template can now be displayed and searched via AJAX
• Changed: When exporting as Text, the original instructions (eg. insert below/above) are retained
• New Feature: It is now possible to test each Template-Modification
• New Feature: Testing improved. It is now being display if a Template is OK after applying a Template Modification
• New Feature: When editing a Template, it is possible to activate/deactvate multiple Template-Modifications
• New Feature: Template-Modifications can now also be exported and tested from withing Product Manager
• New Feature: Function to display a template with all Modifications applied.
  This function can also display embedded comments to make it easier to identify changed parts

1.0.0 Beta 3

• Fixed Bug: All Bugs reported for Beta 2 have been fixed
• New Feature: Simplified adding Template-Modifications by allowing to select how to handle replacement text (eg. replace or insert above/below)
• New Feature: Each Template-Modification can now be disabled
• Changed: Testing Template-Modifications has been reworked:
  Column ordering can now be set through vBulletin Options; column headers are clickable to sort results
  Output has been separated by styles
  It is now possible to test only selcted products
• New Feature: TMS now integrates with 'Style Manager' and 'Product Manager'
• New Feature: The language can be selected when exporting Template-Modifications
• New Feature: Weh TMS gets deactivated, all Template-Modifications will be deactivated too
• New Feature: Display of Template-Modifications while editing a Template in Style Manager has been improved:
  It is now being display if a Template-Modification could be applied
  Template-Modifications can be edited via AJAX

1.0.0 Beta 2
First public Beta

[TriMe]

Can someone post some easy to follow steps for using this mod with template edits in place?

[fly]

Originally Posted by TriMe

Can someone post some easy to follow steps for using this mod with template edits in place?

You can just use it for all new template edits if you want. But dude, this thing is awesome for updates. Its really worth it...

[TriMe]

I would love to use this, but there isn't any good documentation on what to do or how it's used once installed.

[SuperTaz]

I take it that version 1.1.2 is compatible with 3.7.3 PL1? or no?

[Black Tiger]

Yes it does.

[ExTincTi0N]

Will this come out for 3.7?

[Black Tiger]

Seems reading is difficult for some people.

vBulletin Compatibility
Those asking for a vBulletin 3.7 release will be feathered, tared and blown up - this is the vBulletin 3.7 release.
The same goes for those asking if it is compatible with vBulletin 3.6.whatever - it is compatible.

[Black Tiger]

I would love to use this, but there isn't any good documentation on what to do or how it's used once installed.

What documentation do you need? If there are template edits, it always have this kind of documentation in the mod you download: "get this template, find this line, below it add that line" or "find such and replace with this".

Now take your TMS, just do exactly the same as you would with a normal template edit.
In the first box you place the text you have to find in the template.
Then, on the left side you have a selection box to choose from "place above, replace with and place below".
And last on the second box, you place the text which should come above, below or instead off. That's all!

Believe flypaper and believe me. First you do a couple, then you get use to it, and after that (especially when upgrading) you ask yourself why this is not a standard option in vBulletin.
It saves you HOURS of work when you have a lot of mods.

Originally Posted by Trime

Crap. I was affaid someone was going to say that.

Then why ask the question? He is right you know. Just try with a couple of mods.
The nice thing is that you can do them one by one. A few today, another few tomorrow. You don't need to convert them all at once. So you can do it in your own time.
And if you're done, the first forum upgrade you will perform, you will indeed thank yourself.

[fly]

hmmm...

After upgrading, I'm no longer seeing all my templates with TMS enabled. I had this issue before, but am unable to find what I had to change last time. Cant find it in this thread, nor in PMs. Andreas?

[fly]

Originally Posted by Andreas

I can only assume that output_buffering is too low (4 KB).
As this is a php.ini setting and can't be changed at runtime, there is not much I could do.

Ah-ha! This was it. I originally changed it to 8k, which worked at the time. I tried doubling it again to 16k, but that didn't work (neither did setting it back to 4k). Any suggestions?