vBulletin Manual - Downloading a Style

If you have created a style of which you are proud, you may want to share it with other vBulletin administrators. Alternatively, you may simply want to back up all your templates and style settings to a file on your computer.

Both of these actions are catered for by the Style Download system, which allows you to download all the customized StyleVars, CSS, Replacement Variables and Templates into a single XML file which can be imported to any other site running the same version as it was created in.

Note:

While the style downloaded will be compatible with the version it was created in, it may also work on other versions of vBulletin depending on the level of customisation and changes made to the software between versions. Issues caused by styles created in different versions of vBulletin to that the style is being imported to won’t be officially supported.

***SCREENSHOT OF DOWNLOAD OPTIONS PAGE***

The Style Download form is relatively simple, with only a few controls to manipulate.

Style
Use this menu to pick the style you want to download
Product
Select the vBulletin product for which you want to download. If you have additional products installed via add-ons, you should use this option to download any specific style changes for that add-on.
Title
By default, the downloaded XML file will contain the title of the style as it exists on your web server. If you would like the XML file to store a different name for the style you are downloading, enter it here.
Filename
This field allows you to specify the name of the XML file vBulletin will send to your web browser when you click the [Download] button. Note that most browsers allow you to rename a file as you download it, so you can leave this as it is.
Options
The options give you a choice of two types of style download.

If you choose to Get customizations made only in this style, then the style XML file you download will contain only items that are customized specifically in the style you are downloading. Items that are inherited from parent styles will not be included.

On the other hand, if you choose to Get customizations made in this style and all parent styles, the style XML file will contain not only items customized specifically in the style you are downloading, but also any items that have been customized in a parent style.

Clicking the [Download] button will instruct vBulletin to package your style up into an XML file and start downloading it to your web browser.

Note:

The XML file you download can not contain any image files. If your style includes custom images, you should download these separately using an FTP client.