My Developer Tools skin cloner is not working right
Ning To Jamroom
Hi Brian,
Yes, I understand how the compare tool works. I think it's a great feature and I'm glad enhancements are coming. The problem I have is not the tool itself, but with the lack of documentation.
1) We are not given any substantial info about what the changes do. Therefore, as non coders we don't know if it's something we want to incorporate into our clone, or pass on. Non-coders need a plain English statement.
2) Also, template comparisons, don't tell us anything about any CSS or Javascript mods that Jamroom might have made. Those cannot be seen by the tool, so unless they are documented, how do we know?
So what I would like to see, is better accompanying or supplementary information in plain English.
Example: The index file change in this release decreases the width of the site activity feed, and increases the width of the Top blogs feed. A 3D effect is created around the header logo border, by adding this section (XXXXX) to the header.css file found in your c-panel =>public html=>skins=>Ningja 1.12=>css.
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I wouldn't want to see the "changesets" routine come back again either, since it was hard for non coders to understand and implement. However, some elements of it might be useful in the new system.
For one, the level of documentation and the archive that provided was handy. Also, I fail to see how a somewhat similar procedure can be avoided, for changes outside of the templates - CSS for instance.