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[Rafa]

Is there any guidelines on how to customize PHPVIBE? I would like to customize the theme and still be able to keep up with new releases and improvements from you guys. Would it be too much to ask for a tutorial with one simple example on how to do that?

... always taking into account whether or not the user is using a theme or the backbone files.

Perhaps there is something like that out there, if so, could you point me to it?

Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks

[ollipaust]

hi i can only suggest "learning by doing". this is what i do and if you spend enough time dealing with it you find the parts you want to modify easier. im just a designer but not a programmer but i can say if you try you can do it too and when you walk into a wall and you have this nice forum to ask help for =)
what I suggest you to *MUST HAVE*: firebug & editor!

[Rafa]

Thanks for the response Ollipaust, you are right about everything, However, coding for coding is not the concern I am having. The problem is how to do it correctly or, better yet, in a way that would not affect the new releases from PHPVIBE.

For instance, I customized a few things on my website, but soon they will be releasing the new Brazilian Theme. If I were to buy it, I might lose all these customization that are unique to my website. See my point?

What I am saying is... It would be nice to have some guidelines on how to customize the theme without affecting future script/theme upgrades. That's what I'm looking to get.

Makes sense?

[PHPVibe A.]

For now there is no way to way to not touch further updates, my advice is to backup step by step, because on updates restoring changes it should be an copy&paste thing (also a file compare tool is very good).
Maybe in the future we will integrate vqmod or something similar, but when it comes to this stuff usually the load goes up and the website becomes really heavy, so it's a continuous dilemma : easier for users vs the right thing to do for heavy traffic...

[Rafa]

No worrires mate.. and I see your point too!
I'll do what I can to keep every change documented and follow the new developments closely.

Thanks

[PHPVibe A.]

I think for a period we will settle down with upgrades, just some integration and small patches, so people don't swear at us
Plugins will be coming (free/paid).