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Hyperonic
Joined: 19 Sep 2005
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Location: Winchester, VA
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 Posted: 9/19/2005, 8:14 pm Post subject: Best way to add new templates to a heavily modded board? |
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I was thinking, that if you kept using the subSilver template, too, you could compare your modded subsilver with a fresh install of one...
...but what would be the best way to do that? I use Textpad to edit all my files and it offers a Compare Documents function...but only one comparison at a time.
Any tips? |
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Thoul
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
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| Posted: 9/20/2005, 8:26 am Post subject: |
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It really depends on how different the new template is from the original. If the files are nearly identical, you can just copy over your existing ones.
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| ...but what would be the best way to do that? I use Textpad to edit all my files and it offers a Compare Documents function...but only one comparison at a time. |
If you use Windows, you could look for a program called WinMerge. It's a neat document comparsion util I found a little while back. It can compare whole directories or individual files.
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Cited
Joined: 27 Sep 2005
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Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: 9/27/2005, 2:47 am Post subject: |
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I have honestly found that nine times out of ten, when you add a new mod the template file is pretty much irrelevant to the template you are using.
Like say the helpdesk mod.
You get a helpdesk.tpl file
I have put that in 11 different templates and it always seems to work fine. I havent had it look really odd yet.
Same with most of the other files in the templates.
If the overall_header and footer, and the simple header and footer files are fine, then the others you can pretty much copy over and they all work the same...... |
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