Quote Originally Posted by Miff View Post
Neither my old or new templates overwrote and edited any of my 1.3.9h core files and my site and databases are both up to date.
My add ons however are not. Firstly I will remove any add ons I no longer require. I have downloaded fresh copies of all my add ons since many are outdated. Some I will also want to remove as they have no use within my new template.
My problem is that many instances of my add ons had folder names which I has to update with my template name. Is it possible to update all of my add ons whilst changing the folder names (if any) to my new template name. I will be deleting all of the old templates files and folders afterwards anyway which should hopefully remove any rogue files. If any add ons require any sort of sql updates during installation then this to will be done.
Is it possible to do in this way or not?
"Is it possible to update all of my add ons whilst changing the folder names (if any) to my new template name."

If you mean "re-installing add-ons to my new theme"... then the answer is yes.

For example:-

Let's say you have ImageHandler2 installed and you now want ImageHandler2 on your NEW theme...

All you need do (on your LOCAL MACHINE), is change the relevant directory (folder) names in a copy of IH2, and then port everything to your server.

NB: There is usually NO NEED to re-run SQL patches for add-on modules... just change the folder names where appropriate, in order to get the PHP files into the correct location for your new "theme".

As always... make sure you back-up before doing changes, or at least make sure you know what core files to re-invoke if there are "problems".