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November 19, 2015 at 8:16 am #725107Hi, I have Biz template installed in a website from a year ago, and since then the template has upgraded and my site says to update. I’m concerned as I have made changes to the css of the template styling, and if I upgrade, those styling changes will be overwritten. Some templates from other companies I’ve used have a place in managing the template, where they add custom code, and this doesn’t change the templates .css files, it just overrides, I’m guessing by adding to the <head> of every site page? How can I find what changes I’ve made to the css of this template that needs updating as I believe I’ve made changes to the actual .css files, and how do you recommend as the correct way of making css changes for the future?
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November 19, 2015 at 4:29 pm #725238Unless you’ve kept some kind of log and/or remember yourself which CSS files/rules you’ve modified, it will be very difficult to identify which particular elements you’ve changed. Your BEST BET is to conduct a COMPLETE BACKUP of your entire site – and then upgrade/update things.
I would strongly recommend using AKEEBA BACKUP for this.
Then, once you’ve upgraded your template, you should be able to utilize either the CUSTOM.CSS method to make/protect your CSS modifications, or (depending on the T3 Framework version you’ll be using, utilize TEMPLATE OVERRIDES.
Either way, it is ALWAYS a smart thing to completely back up your entire site before initiating ANY updates/upgrades.
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November 19, 2015 at 4:29 pm #754955Unless you’ve kept some kind of log and/or remember yourself which CSS files/rules you’ve modified, it will be very difficult to identify which particular elements you’ve changed. Your BEST BET is to conduct a COMPLETE BACKUP of your entire site – and then upgrade/update things.
I would strongly recommend using AKEEBA BACKUP for this.
Then, once you’ve upgraded your template, you should be able to utilize either the CUSTOM.CSS method to make/protect your CSS modifications, or (depending on the T3 Framework version you’ll be using, utilize TEMPLATE OVERRIDES.
Either way, it is ALWAYS a smart thing to completely back up your entire site before initiating ANY updates/upgrades.
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November 20, 2015 at 1:48 am #725277Thankyou, I had hoped there would be a way to compare my theme’s original css with the modified css so that I can see where the changes were made, copy them to a custom.css file and then update. (Backed up of course). If not, then I’ll have to try to identify them, copy the changes to a custom.css file and hope for the best. Luckily, many of the changes I’ve commented out the originals and then typed in the changes ( // ), so I can find quite a few. Thanks for the reply.
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November 20, 2015 at 1:48 am #754994Thankyou, I had hoped there would be a way to compare my theme’s original css with the modified css so that I can see where the changes were made, copy them to a custom.css file and then update. (Backed up of course). If not, then I’ll have to try to identify them, copy the changes to a custom.css file and hope for the best. Luckily, many of the changes I’ve commented out the originals and then typed in the changes ( // ), so I can find quite a few. Thanks for the reply.
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