This system will read an XML file, convert the data inside it into StyleVars, CSS, Replacement Variables and Templates and write the data into your database.
***SCREENSHOT OF UPLOAD OPTIONS PAGE***
The Style Download form is relatively simple, with the following controls:
- Either Upload XML File from your computer
If the XML style file you want to import is located on your own computer, press the ‘Browse’ button and use the popup navigator to find the file and upload it. - Or Import XML file from your server
If the XML style file you want to import is located on your web server, enter the file path to the file here. This should be the path relative to the directory where vBulletin is installed. - Merge Into Style
If you are restoring a style backup, you will probably want to import the XML file over the top of the style of which it is a backup. To do this, select the style you want to merge into from the list provided. If no style is chosen from the list, a new style will be created and the data in the XML file will be imported into this new style. - Ignore Style Version
When a style file is downloaded from vBulletin, the version number of the vBulletin exporting the file is included. If the version number included in the style file you are importing does not match the version number of the vBulletin doing the import a warning will be shown to alert you to possible incompatibilities. If you are confident that no errors will occur as a result of importing a style from a different version of vBulletin, use this control to force vBulletin to accept the file regardless of the stored version number. - Title for Uploaded Style
If you chose to create a new style rather than overwrite an existing style, vBulletin will use the style title included in the XML file as the title for the new style unless you specify an alternative title using this control. - Parent Style
When importing a style as a new style, this allows you to set whether the newly imported style should be a parent style or the child of another style. Select the option you wish from the dropdown. - Display Order
This text box expects you to enter a whole number (0, 15, 99, 1007 etc) to affect the position at which this style will appear in any style lists. It corresponds to the display order text box on the main Style Manager interface. - Title for Uploaded Style
This Yes/No choice corresponds to the checkbox next to each style on the main Style Manager interface, and affects whether or not your visitors will be able to use this style to view the board.
Note:
XML style files can not contain image files, so no images will be imported when using this system. If the style you are importing requires special images, you will need to upload them to your web server using an FTP client.