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[elektrastudio Friend elektrastudioJoin date: April 2010Posts: 61Downloads:0Uploads:19 Thanks: 18 Thanked: 5 times in 1 posts]

#166048

Hello Folks at JoomlArt.

I would like to make a suggestion to greatly improve the ability to update the templates without losing your changes. I have membership in other Template Clubs, and one in particular (starts with a G) have a handy option in the template manager: “use override.css”.

This option will activate the “override.css” file, were you should put all your template modifications. Just copy the CSS statement from the template.css, k2.css, etc, and paste on the override.css and make your mods. It will load along the other CSS.

At the time of update, the system will update everything else on the template but not update override.css file, thus keeping all your changes.

I use, for joomlart templates, the extension CustomHD-CSS, but it is very slow to load, and normally users on slow connections get a glimpse of the unmodified template before the CSS on CustomHD kicks in. This can keep me from losing changes in the CSS on update, but as I said, it is slow, and I can’t afford to have my clients getting a glimpse of the real template.

But I would like very much to have the option to use a system like that (this is one of the most used and appreciated features of the other club). I often refrain to update templates because of this particular problem of having to rebuild (or at least do a time consuming file compare) the CSS files on template update.

Better yet, if you do care to implement my suggestion, you can add several overrides, one for each profile (and subsequent profile clones) in the template manager (because building a custom theme is too much time consuming).

Thank you, and I sincerely hope you do work on my suggestion.

Jonathan Roza.

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1. TomC

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

#400265

Welcome to the site where “G” got its framework.
Joomlart is original home of T3v2 awesomeness.

Allow me to point you:
http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/gavick-made-themes-using-t3-framework/

And later when you’re ready:
http://wiki.joomlart.com/wiki/JA_T3_Framework_2/Overview

Let us know if we can be of further assistance!

Have fun!
John.

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1. TomC

[elektrastudio Friend elektrastudioJoin date: April 2010Posts: 61Downloads:0Uploads:19 Thanks: 18 Thanked: 5 times in 1 posts]

#400269

Hi JBrett.

Thank’s for the fast answer.

I’m well aware of G’s use of T3 framework, but it seem that Mr. G. has improved some things in it, namely, the override.css function on template admin (plus a fancy, very nice, stylish admin layout and buttons).

Anyway, I’m not here to talk about G, but to ask about a much needed feature.
I saw your links, but nothing in there points me to the function I need.
I don’t want to do a custom theme, it’s too much work for a simple thing.
I just need a simple, basic button, that activate an extra CSS file (named override, custom, whatever you want) that contains my custom code. Better yet if I have this option in a “per profile” basis.

If T3v2 does indeed have this funcion, can you please point me to the specific help?
Also, I never found and override.css or similar file inside my quickstarts, so I assume the function doesn’t exist.

Thank you.

Jonathan Roza.

[sharpdome Friend sharpdomeJoin date: December 2010Posts: 247Downloads:6Uploads:4 Thanks: 62 Thanked: 5 times in 1 posts]

#400324

I also would like to see this function available. It’s a major pain to have to re-edit all the .css files to replace my customizations every time a new version of a template, jat3 or ja typo is released.

Can this be done?

[elektrastudio Friend elektrastudioJoin date: April 2010Posts: 61Downloads:0Uploads:19 Thanks: 18 Thanked: 5 times in 1 posts]

#400340

Hi Sharpdome.

Thank’s for adding to the quest fo better functions on JAt3.

Jonathan Roza.

[sharpdome Friend sharpdomeJoin date: December 2010Posts: 247Downloads:6Uploads:4 Thanks: 62 Thanked: 5 times in 1 posts]

#400767

Can this feature please be added?

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