gobbly2100 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Hey folks, I have just updated to the latest version of WHMCS and according to the notes there are some template changes, my question is this: As I have a custom design which I made myself what do I actually need to do to update my templates without affecting my design? Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Poulter Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I am in a very strange position of having setup my template on a free trial of the previous version, before moving it to a licensed copy of the current version! The main thing I have noticed so far is that the url for the password reminder is different. I am wondering if I may have missed anything important, however... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsoftHosting - Tom Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 As I have a custom design which I made myself what do I actually need to do to update my templates without affecting my design? Backup your current template folder, then put it back once you have upgraded 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAJI26 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Use WinMerge! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS Support Manager WHMCS John Posted October 8, 2009 WHMCS Support Manager Share Posted October 8, 2009 Yes use Winmerge on the files listed in the release notes. If you continue to use your templates for a previous version, you will find new features are missing or incomplete. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro67 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Just to highlight what these mean by "using Winmerge", her's how we do it when an update comes out. First we take 2 backup copies of our existing templates Next, we use Winmerge to run a comparision (locally) between the standard templates of the new version, and the standard templates of the version that wwe are using (not our 'in-use' templates) of all tpl files to highlight the differences in each template. Then we the take the 'changes' that are highlighted in each template, and apply them to each tpl in one of the local backup sets of our templates (the other set remains unaltered for safety purposes) Then we upload the templates in a new directory name within the templates directory next we test them to make sure we haven't made any basic syntax errors.We expect to see errors for mssing functionality - we don't expect to see blank pages Only then do we run the upgrade. Once completed we test the new templates for the new functionality (in the alternative directory name) Finally if we are happy, we delete the original custom template, and rename the new custom templates to the orignal directory name. I'd be happy to hear how other manage this process for highly ciustomised templates. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS Support Manager WHMCS John Posted October 8, 2009 WHMCS Support Manager Share Posted October 8, 2009 I'd recommend following the procedure for updating the templates Zorro suggests, but then upload the templates on a separate development installation and you can test them thoroughly without touching your live install. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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