suggestion: template set parent

[Ahmad]

Hi,

I've been customizing a vB template for a long time. When I finished customizing it, i wanted to create another version based on it with slight variations. Then I discovered that I can't do that :(

Is there a way to make a custom template set inherit its undefined templates from another custom template set instead of the default one? I think it would be a very cool feature.

Especially that vB2 doesn't have any multi-lingual features. The changes I was makeing was an Arabic template. But I can't base any changes on that, if i need another Arabic template, I will have to translate it all over again.

[Steve Machol]

This isn't currently a feature but it will be in vB3. Meanwhile the only thing you can do is download the style containg the template set you want to duplicate, then upload it again. Then rename the newly uploaded style, replacement and template sets.

[Xenon]

you can also enable debugmode (add $debug=1; in config.php) and add a template to the global set, so it'll be in all other sets and you can customize it like other standart templates

[Freddie Bingham]

And when you upgrade you will lose any template you place into the global set.

[Xenon]

that's why you should save them to disk also ;)