Wouldn't it be nice... updates without problems
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- Adi Heutschi
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Hi
Having yet again updated a template with bug fixes only to discover that the logo has been overwritten and that some setting I'd altered were overwritten, I started to think about template update patches and how nice it would be, if that could also be done via the joomla updater, the same as the gantry framework.
It would be great wouldn't it?
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David - Adi
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- Tyndie
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Hi,
If you look at the changelog in the download details where a template has been updated, it should say which files have been changed.
So rather than just uploading a whole new set of template files which will overwrite the existing files on your system, just replace those that have been changed in the changelog.
If there isn't a changelog, just post in the forum asking for one.
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- Adi Heutschi
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Well, I appreciate what you're saying, but perhaps you need to remember the steps involved:
- Check RSS reader for info on updates
- go to rockettheme site and log in
- navigate to download area for the specific template
- download the template
- unpack the template
- start ftp program and connect to relevant site
- navigate to template folder
- identify in the unpacked template the files and locations and connect to relevant folders on the site
- upload the new file
- repeat the last two steps untill the individually changed files have been replaced
This is what I'm talking about: a nice indicator on the site that an update is waiting and clicking the button to update just the files affected. - that does sound easier, doesn't it?
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David - Adi
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- Adi Heutschi
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- In what way is this supposed to make me feel better or feel that rockettheme is moving towards autoupdate not only on the framework and it's extensions, but also it's main bread and butter area of templates?
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- James Spencer
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The templates are VERY different to extensions and Gantry. You don't typically amend the core files of those, or at least rarely, and in such cases, its typically via a template override. Therefore, you can just override files through the autoupdater without a problem.
Now the templates are typically very customized from images to the CSS/LESS files and even the PHP/JS from time to time. Your changes would be wiped out. Now, we are looking into a solution for this, but its by no means simple as it has to factor in the different types of templates we have plus the potential modifications you have on your server. It will also require some manual oversight, but in future, we would like some type of update system. But you won't see that for such time as isn't simple and would require some reworking from our end of our entire inventory. - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- Adi Heutschi
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Thanks James
My only point was to say "wouldn't it be nice if this was the case".
It's good to hear that the team is working on appropriate ways and means. Thanks for the feedback.
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David - Adi
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