Confused about template_default

[Alex123]

Hi everyone,

Even though I am working on the default template (http://74.54.252.194/~aktis) I am still a bit confused as to why we have two directories "classic" and "template_default" and wthat is the deffernce between them ?

Could someone please clarify this ?

Thank you

[chuck]

There is much documentation about templating available in the "tutorials/FAQs" pages -- there's a link in the top right corner for that.

"template_default" is the master set of template files. Don't touch these (except when doing an upgrade).

"classic" is a sample custom template. You can create many custom templates. "classic" is just an example. Anything that's not in your custom template but exists in template_default will be automatically loaded from template_default for you. Thus, when you're building a custom template, all you need in your custom template folder is the files/folders that you've customized/changed/added.
If you need to customize the "specials" page for example, you would copy the template_default version of the specials template into your custom template's folders (using same folder structure as template_default), and make your changes to your custom copy. Same with images. and Stylesheets. and Buttons. etc.
It's pretty slick once you get the hang of it.

[afo]

Please save yourself time and follow the tutorials on creating a custom template. If you change the files in the template_default or classic folders, your changes will be overwritten with the next upgrade/update.

[Alex123]

Thank you both very much for your explanations/suggestions.

Alex

[mtimber]

There is much documentation about templating available in the "tutorials/FAQs" pages -- there's a link in the top right corner for that.

"template_default" is the master set of template files. Don't touch these (except when doing an upgrade).

"classic" is a sample custom template. You can create many custom templates. "classic" is just an example. Anything that's not in your custom template but exists in template_default will be automatically loaded from template_default for you. Thus, when you're building a custom template, all you need in your custom template folder is the files/folders that you've customized/changed/added.
If you need to customize the "specials" page for example, you would copy the template_default version of the specials template into your custom template's folders (using same folder structure as template_default), and make your changes to your custom copy. Same with images. and Stylesheets. and Buttons. etc.
It's pretty slick once you get the hang of it.

Thank you :-)

Very clear description of the difference between the template_default directory and its use and the classic directory.

I think I get it now :-)

This is a very confusing issue for newbies it would seem :-)

Mark