Confused about template_default

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

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.

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.

Thank you both very much for your explanations/suggestions.

Alex

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.

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