updating a theme for the first time.

[rcane]

If a theme is updated (mine has an update for 2.0.18), besides backing up everything, are there losses in settings, custom menu items and mods that are in jeopardy?

[Kindred]

possibly....  it depends on what mods you have installed and what files the custom theme has defined

(in other words, any mods which have adjusted code in a custom theme would have to be reapplied - manually - to that theme's template files ---   or, be uninstalled and reinstalled after the theme us updated (same holds true for adding a custom theme AFTER mods are installed)

[Steve]

Question answered satisfactorily rcane? 

[rcane]

Question answered satisfactorily rcane? 

For now?  Yes.  I'm just trying to mark down the changes I've made (like not allowing guests to see the news items).  Don't want to open things back up the moment I upgrade.

One last question:

When I check the Themes installed, next to Ant's it says 2.0.14.   Would it be correct to say that was the last SMF it was written for?  Because, the latest version of Ants is 1.0.7.

I'll mark solved if you can pen a wee bit on that last question.

[Kindred]

Well, yes and no.

Many files are not updates from release to release. Those files remain at the version which they were last updated in.

So, the 2.0 14 means that the files in the theme package were built off tge 2.0.14 set...   but that doesn't mean there needs to be changes,  unless one of those files was updated between .14 and .18

[rcane]

Ok. 

My concern was, I'm close to 2000 members now (i backup daily), I didn't want to update Ant's to 1.0.7 unless I needed--fearing I'd screw something up.

That iOS sub-menu thing is my only concern right now.

I've never updated a theme before, and aside from a few mods I've not changed much:

[Dave J]

If you haven't got it already download a copy of Notepad++. You can then open both the old and new template files and then use the compare function to see what changes have been made between the old and new before you commit to installing the new version.

[rcane]

If you haven't got it already download a copy of Notepad++. You can then open both the old and new template files and then use the compare function to see what changes have been made between the old and new before you commit to installing the new version.

Notepad++?  Ok, I'll take a look.

But, the real question then becomes, how many template files are to be checked?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

That depends on the theme, but usually themes don't pack very many template files. I'd guess most themes up on our theme site have one to three template files included. When a theme doesn't include a certain template file, then the one in  /Themes/Default is used.

[shadav]

when it comes to ant though, don't forget to check the css files for differences