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customization all gone? [message #4880] Mon, 12 August 2002 13:06 Go to next message
computer_dan is currently offline  computer_dan   Canada
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I had 2.2.4RC3 installed and just upgraded to 2.3.0RC1. My forum has lost the customized theme.

This hasn't happened when I upgraded before.

Is this an issue?
Re: customization all gone? [message #4882 is a reply to message #4880] Mon, 12 August 2002 13:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What do you mean 'lost'? Has the layout been altered, if so yes that is intentional because core templates have changed.

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Re: customization all gone? [message #4884 is a reply to message #4882] Mon, 12 August 2002 13:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I see. Yes, the theme was set back to the original FUDForum look.

If I reupload the theme, file by file in the file manager, do you forsee any issues doing so?
Re: customization all gone? [message #4887 is a reply to message #4884] Mon, 12 August 2002 13:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, that will break the forum. To restore the changes simply modify the existing files with your previous changes. Normally this is not needed because the layout templates like forum.css.tmpl are rarely changed. However, this time they were, hence you need to do a little bit of work.

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Re: customization all gone? [message #4900 is a reply to message #4880] Tue, 13 August 2002 01:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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So does this mean that if the the core templates change at all in any future new version, we will lose our customizations?

I had a post on this before - just about each version since 2.0 has destroyed my templates.

We need a way to retain our custimizations. I cringe at the thought of anyone who has done extensive custom work and has to re-enter everything, style by style. Shocked


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Re: customization all gone? [message #4911 is a reply to message #4900] Tue, 13 August 2002 13:26 Go to previous message
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You do not loose your template per say, the old file is backed up for easy reference. The reason the files are replaced during upgrade is because the templates have changed and in order to work properly need to be replaced.
There is ultimately no way to avoid this, since it would be impossible to import the changes made by user, plus it won't take more then 1-2 minutes to put the changes back.
Keep in mind that core templates (forum.css.tmpl) change VERY rarely, in fact the only reason they changed recently was to make sure that the forum complies fully with HTML 4.01 Transitional standard.


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