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[michelmin Friend michelminJoin date: April 2010Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3]

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hello all, I have a problem. I have a template installed purity II version 1.1 and I want to upgrade to version 1.2, but do not know how I can keep my current design, I have changed many things in the template and I have fear of losing all changes when I upgrade. Is there any tutorial to upgrade? Anyone can help me? Forgive for my English I am Spanish
greetings

[John Wesley Brett Moderator John Wesley BrettJoin date: July 2013Posts: 2142Downloads:17Uploads:26 Thanks: 175 Thanked: 645 times in 426 posts]

#342411

Hi,
You will need a [FONT=”Arial Black”]Winmerge[/FONT] like application to find code changes between versions, mark them, and also apply them in your customized template.

Should take no more than 15 minutes. Of course, you have to back-up.
TIP: most code changes are in the js and libs folders, then some changes in the layouts folder, then some minor changes in the CSS needed for the animated megamenu.

[toymaker Friend toymakerJoin date: April 2010Posts: 123Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 10 Thanked: 45 times in 32 posts]

#342514

Hi Michelmin,
A small piece of advice…
BTW, I speak spanish too, so I’ll provide translation services as well 😀 lol

Spanish:
Siempre vas a tener la posibilidad de trabajar con templates y modificar su diseño para conseguir los resultados que buscas. Ahora… si tienes suficiente conocimiento, es posible que no te interese actualizar ya que despues de todo hiciste un diseño original, PERO si tus cambios no son tan radicales y lo que quieres es poder mantener tus templates actualizados, entonces debes asegurarte que todas las modificaciones se encuentren fuera de los archivos originales del template. Una de las tecnicas que personalmente uso es crear un nuevo archivo CSS (custom.css) y colocar la directiva que invoca este CSS a continuacion del ultimo css en la pagina principal del template. De esta forma, te vas a asegurar que TUS CAMBIOS sean los que prevalecen y el template original se mantenga intacto. (es posible que aveces tengas que utilizar la directiva !important, para asegurarte que tus modificaciones sean las que se hereden por sobre las originales)

English:
Whenever you build a template from an existing one, you can make huge customizations that will end up with a totally different and custom design or you can make subtle changes and keep updating functionality into it. If your changes are subtle, the way I deal with it is creating a custom.css file and making sure the template calls it last in the header. This way, your custom directives will prevail and the original template will remain untouched, making the update process quick and flawless. (You will have to use the !important directive sometimes to ensure your mod sticks)

Peace,
Gabriel

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