Templates Management

[Raptr]

I can't code and was wondering if someone could make a mode for managing templates so you could have more that one ready and change it without having to edit the file. Kind of like ikonboard or phpBB2

[sydney078]

Or even a way for each person to choose what template they would like out of a few choices

[Damien]

the ability to let users choose a template would be great.

all you do is drop a complete directory into a directory called Templates and have it automaticaly show up in a menu, like the avatars.   phpnuke uses a similar method.

wish I knew how to create this mod.  

[andrea]

phpnuke uses a similar method.

Yes they have a feature like this, its called "Themes". The themes are a little less than the YaBB template, they are just color shemes.

I think it would maybe not be hard to code this, if one did follow this technical idea:

Do the YaBB css style sheet stuff not directly in the "template.html" but in a "template.css". Replace the template stuff in the "template.html" by calling this "css" file. Make a field in the user table, where the uesr can choose sevaral "my-color-sheme.css". Dynamically create the  different YaBB SE pages interpretating the entry in this user field. If the "my-color-sheme.css" is not found use the standard "YabbSE.css"

Would be a small code for the programmer, but a big step for  YaBB SE.  
Just someone needed, that did code that. Joseph?  

P.S. its anyway time to eliminate the redundancies between template and settings color definitions  

[Aiur2]

Only some template.css with a different colour scheme?
Why not some Template.html with different graphics?
THIS would be a big step for yabb se (the multi-css support is not very interesting...).

This would be very simple to code too.  

[RobDownSouth]

I agree with Andrea 100%...a template.css would be huge! It's very high on my wish list, too.

[Matt Siegman]

Are you guys trying to kill us devs?

[andrea]

Are you guys trying to kill us devs?

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[Matt Siegman]

If I did write this mod, I'd have to add a hell of a lot of stuff to the admin center, and not the simplest stuff either.  Maybe we should save template in MySQL

[andrea]

If I did write this mod, I'd have to add a hell of a lot of stuff to the admin center, and not the simplest stuff either.  

You would have to put 1 new field into the admin: "allow individual templates for users"
and 1 more new field in the user profile: "select your favourite template".
The idea is not that each user is making his own template, but just that each user is able to select his favourite from a set of predefined templates.

Maybe we should save template in MySQL

Dont think one should do that. The current ansatz of having the template a normal html file, where the yabb tags are inside, is perfect. I like this ansatz a lot. You would loose flexibility if putting template table/fields into the db.

P.S. Besides, I have lots more ideas re. the template stuff, made a lot thoughts about that the last days, it would go beyond this thread. And would take me some time to write down. But if you say already the mods described in this thread would be big work, the more I would like very much to pass some additional ideas to you, before you start changing any template stuff. Just to give you some idea: one of my dreams is invoking yabb with some command line option in order to dynamically change the template. Furthermore I would like to split the <yabb main> into more sub-tags, for example tags like this:

• <yabb category=1> go directly into board category "1"
• <yabb forum=17> go directly into forum "17"

[Dave Smulders]

I'll add it.
First going to figure out how it would be best used...I also want to add the possibility for the user to select his/her own language pack.

Does anybody have other things the user should be able to choose?

[andrea]

Yes, there are more. I'll post them here, need some more time.  

[Surfy]

woahh, i need this mod :-)

i hope for a soon release :-)

Surfy

[Nemesis]

ummm check out the dates of the post...