Easy Template Update

Easy Template Update

Description
This Hack helps you to update your templates, by allowing you to semi-automatically merge changes into your templates.

Details
1 Product XML (5 Phrases)

This Hack is unsupported! All support requests except proved Bugs will be ignored.

[jj]

Thx for this... saved me some work and worked without errors.

[FROGGYJ]

Question for anyone that can help as I know this isn't supported. Great mod btw. Anyways I only had a few templates needed updating so good testing...I selected the old one and the new one and did the compare and then merged the changes and saved. Now there were 7 in total and I did every one. Now it still shows 7 template changes are required....they look something like this now.

"MEMBERINFO
Default Template Updated in 3.5.1 by Template Merge System
Your Custom Template Last Edited in 3.5.0 by Paypal Donations"

However if you compare them, there is nothing different. Is this normal?

[Antivirus]

Has anyone used this when upgrading to 3.5.3 yet?

[Billspaintball]

Just used it (sorta) in my upgrade to 3.5.3

Great hack.......
In Theory.....

A few instructions to save any confusion would have been nice. :disappointed:

[nitro]

Seems to work ok in 3.5.4.

What I dont get as it seems backardws imo is why Jelsoft have the new version templates are listed as the old and the and the old customised templates are listed as the new ? And if your used to reversing the radio buttons prior to comparing which would seem to be a normal way to veiw the compare window this mod will apply changes but doesnt remove it from the templates require attention listing.

I also think this should be added as standard to vb its a great addon.

Edit:

Actually it does not work properly, if you leave the old/new radio buttons as per default it will just delete your custom code not merge it, if you switch the radio buttons to what would seem to be normal (new = latest default template version/ old = old template version with custom code) it will merge the custom code with the new template but it doesnt update the templates status meaning it still shows as requiring reverting. I dont think its the hack that is the issue but how Jelsoft is labeling whats old whats new

Edit 2:

And hopefully the final edit.

Dont reverse the radio buttons you may well stiff your Default style and perhaps the master style, fortunately easy to fix.

Leave radio buttons as is:
Treat the one saying new as your new custom target

Green blocks will mostly be on the right and often contain the custom code you want to keep, checking these will drop that code into one of the magical bit bins of nowhere

Your really interested in the red blocks on the left and yellow blocks that span both sides. Check wether the red block is new code needed before checking those items, yellow will need a closer look to ensure your not going to kill a bit of custom code with an updated line, if its not, fine check it else you will need to edit this block of code manually. Save your merger and cross your fingers.

I do wonder now wether its should be left as is and not dropped in to vb as standard, could cause considerable supoort posts for newcomers who use it.

[FROGGYJ]

weird ever since upgrading to 3.5.4 I don't have the merge column anymore. I even reinstalled the product and allowed overwrite......nadda. I can view the changes no problem, but there is no merge function. Anyone else have this problem? I'm going from 3.5.1 to 3.5.4 if that makes a difference.

[k40tic]

Originally Posted by FROGGYJ

weird ever since upgrading to 3.5.4 I don't have the merge column anymore. I even reinstalled the product and allowed overwrite......nadda. I can view the changes no problem, but there is no merge function. Anyone else have this problem? I'm going from 3.5.1 to 3.5.4 if that makes a difference.

Mine done this also because I uploaded all the new files and overwrote template.php. Once I applied the changes to this file again then everything worked for me.

[Antivirus]

I would ddo the pee pee dance if this were fully supported feature in a future release of vb.... god i hate updating my templates when upgrading.

I had this installed for the last 2-3 upgrades, however i found it rather complicated to utilize and it just seems that it is easier to revert the templates and do the template edits manually (for me).

(Antivirus wishes that Andreas brings this to dev team in next dev meeting and it becomes implemented in future versions...)

[FROGGYJ]

Originally Posted by k40tic

Mine done this also because I uploaded all the new files and overwrote template.php. Once I applied the changes to this file again then everything worked for me.

lol I guess if I re-read the instructions I might get a clue, sorry.

So before I go ahead....leave the radio buttons alone? Even though it says the current default is 3.5.3 (old) and the current version is 3.5.1 (new). Ignore that even though it seems backwards?

[FROGGYJ]

bump anyone? just want to make sure I merged them properly.