Debugging templates

been meaning to get around to making a list of the templates and exactly which bit of the page they're all for.. but never seem to get around to it, so here's a quick and dirty alternative:

1) make a backup copy of bb_functions.php and put it somewhere safe (so you can put it back when you're done playing with the templates).

2) open up bb_functions.php and replace:

$tpl = fread ($fd, filesize ('./templates/'.$name.'.'.$ext));

with:


#--
# $tpl = fread ($fd, filesize ('./templates/'.$name.'.'.$ext));
$tpl = '<!-- BEGIN '.$name.'.'.$ext.' -->'.fread ($fd, filesize ('./templates/'.$name.'.'.$ext)).'<!-- END '.$name.'.'.$ext.' -->';
#--


3 ) upload it to your server, visit your forum and take a look at the page source. each time a template is parsed, the beginning and end will appear commented in the html, e.g:

<!-- BEGIN user_logged_in.html --><table class=tbTransparent>
<tr>
<td class=tbTransparent><span class=txtSm>Logged as: <b>4days</b> » <a href="index.php?mode=logout">Logout</a></span></td>
</tr>
</table><!-- END user_logged_in.html -->

Ah, that is really handy! Thanks for sharing, 4days.
- mb

nice.
i have been wonderin' what all the templates were used for...

YAY!! You have no idea how much headache this has saved me. Thank you very much

Humm, probably good idea for our next release :)

i've got v1.7d running, and i can't find the line in the bb_functions.php.

can someone tell me what the new line to edit would be, or somethin?

it in the root directory of your forum

nvm. looked harder, and i found it.

Is there a way to make this work in v2.0 ?
It seems the code has changed and I don't see how to use this.

_Marco

The idea for 2.0 is the same - instead of

return $tpl;

you need to paste

return '<!--BEGIN '.$name.'-->'.$tpl.'<!--END '.$name.'-->';

Thank you! This works very well :-)

_Marco