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Template Modification System (TMS) 1.3.1
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polle
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Thanks guiltar.
If anyone else want to know what is the correct way to import the language for the addon, go to languages, import language, select as a child for your language.
So if you want to import German, select as a child of German.
guiltar
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Really? I imported not as child but as itself language
polle
Active member
Well, then how its the correct way ? I imported it as a child for spanish.
Thats why I asked 3 times to get it right but it seems I did not, just getting a "Import it" does not help. Can you please explain how its the correct way for a complete idiot ?
Telling "Just import" assuming everybody will know whats the import button and all the options to choose from does not help, so how is the correct way ?
Go to ...
Click on ...
Select ...
Choose ...
Click ...
Click import.
Something like that must be in the main description to help users.
Thanks.
polle
Active member
And then all your board will not have a language, so its not like that.
Anyone else that can share how to importa an addon language ?
Thanks.
principia
Well-known member
No, the new phrases will than be filled in. i have done it several times.
all phrases from all addons will be managed from this one language file.
polle
Active member
So let me try to understand.
I install xenforo.
I install a language for it (spanish). Now my forum is in spanish.
I install an addon.
Then I go to languages, import the addon language and overwrite the main spanish language.
Thats what you say to do ?
Thanks.
principia
Well-known member
Yes.
polle
Active member
1- Ok, selecting overwrite will just add the new phrases, right ?
2- If the addon by any chance has the same string as something else in the forum, that will be overwrited, right ?
3- If you want to delete tha addon and imported the language overwriting, you will not be able to delete the language, you will have to search by hand and delete, right ?
4- If you import as a child will work the same as overwriting or whats the difference?
5- Whats the correct way to import addon languages?
Thanks.
Adam Howard
Well-known member
OK, maybe I'm missing it... But where is the export option?
I don't want to export the whole skin and it's not an add-on. I just wish to export a few things and can't seem to find out where.
Please and thank you in advance
I don't want to export the whole skin and it's not an add-on. I just wish to export a few things and can't seem to find out where.
Please and thank you in advance
It's surprisingly simple!
All you need to do is:
1) Have a server on which you can enable debug mode in your config.php
2) Create an add-on (Development tab is available in Admin CP once Debug mode is on)
3) When you create your Template Modification, ensure "Master Style" is selected and from the drop down list labelled Add-On select your newly created Add-On.
4) Finish creating your modifications ensuring for each one it is in the Master Style and your Add On is selected.
5) Once finished, go to your list of Installed Add Ons, find your own, click the drop down and select Export.
The XML file that downloads now contains all the information about your Template Modifications. If you package that up along with any other files (you might have some images or javascript, put these in their own folder in styles for images and js for javascript) you can then upload the whole lot to the Resource Manager.
Once downloaded, a user will just go to their Admin CP and Install Add On with your XML file and as long as they have the TMS add-on the template modifications will be available.
The template modifications you have done so far have been great. The TMS is a great way to make things easier for people.
You also have to bear in mind that manual template edits can sometimes be a bad thing. If you go into a template and manually add something, you have to think about what might happen if that template is updated in a subsequent version of XenForo. What happens is, the template becomes "Outdated". It becomes Outdated because XenForo knows you've changed it and wouldn't want to delete changes you've made to it. This means you're left with a template that has your changes in it, but has no new changes added by the developers. That means you then have to go through and work out what the devs have changed vs what you have changed and almost start again.
The TMS alleviates this issue... Sort of. The templates are never directly modified and so will be happily updated in subsequent versions of XenForo automatically. But as the TMS is a search and replace system - what happens if the thing you're searching for is removed in the new version or has changed? Well your Template Modification stops working and you will then need to work out why and update it to work with the new code.
So then there's the third option: Proper add on with template hooks. This allows you to inject a new template you've created into an existing one. I would strongly recommend looking at doing this as well. There's guides all over this forum about it. It's quite daunting at first because all of a sudden you're creating PHP files and you feel completely out of your depth. But actually it's quite straight forward once you've done it a few times. The downside to this option, aside from getting your hands dirty in PHP, is there isn't a template hook for everything. But the good news is, if a subsequent version of XenForo updates the template you're hooking in to, it is more likely to merge the changes better than the other two options.
Wow... I didn't intend this to be so long...
tl;dr: Avoid direct template edits. TMS is definitely better. Also consider a traditional add-on with template hooks.
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You have to click a button and type a name. What's the big deal?
You just have to click Create Add On and fill in the two sections I've circled in red:
Takes about 5 seconds
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