Joomla Templates Club 406,261 posts

[chaimk Friend chaimkJoin date: December 2010Posts: 33Downloads:10Uploads:1 Thanks: 14]

#193276

What is the recommended method to preserve template customizations when performing an upgrade (we are talking about custom css (in the template style file) and custom php code in the index.php (both will get overwritten during an upgrade)?

Also included in this question is preserving the sites logo and ICO files (as well as any custom themes) without having re-upload them every time we update the site

Another question related to upgrades, will upgrading the T3 system plugin have any effect on the CSS output of the template?

Thanks in advance,
Chaim 🙂

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#516627

I think the method you’re looking for is utilizing TEMPLATE">

😎

[Saguaros Moderator SaguarosJoin date: September 2014Posts: 31405Downloads:237Uploads:471 Thanks: 845 Thanked: 5346 times in 4964 posts]

#516637

Hi Chaim,

custom.css is a special file which contains your custom CSS code, it will not be overwritten when you update the template.

For other files(CSS, PHP), when performing an update, they will be overwritten. It’s recommended to use our JA Extension Manager (JAEM) component to update. This component provides option to compare current files in your site and new files in update package. You will see which files are modified then you can decide to update or not.

Regarding your question: <blockquote>”will upgrading the T3 system plugin have any effect on the CSS output of the template?”</blockquote>

A few elements will be not styled by the template and they inherit style from T3 framework. Only these parts are affected when you update T3 plugin.

It’s always best if you take a BACKUP of your site first before updating.

1 user says Thank You to Saguaros for this useful post

1. chaimk

[chaimk Friend chaimkJoin date: December 2010Posts: 33Downloads:10Uploads:1 Thanks: 14]

#516686

<em>@Saguaros 403526 wrote:</em><blockquote>
custom.css is a special file which contains your custom CSS code, it will not be overwritten when you update the template.
</blockquote>

Where do we place the custom css file?

[Saguaros Moderator SaguarosJoin date: September 2014Posts: 31405Downloads:237Uploads:471 Thanks: 845 Thanked: 5346 times in 4964 posts]

#516820

Hi Chaim,

<blockquote>custom.css is a special file which contains your custom CSS code, it will not be overwritten when you update the template.</blockquote>

Please ignore this sentence because this is applied for templates which use new T3 framework only, while you’re using JA University which is based on old T3v2 framework.

With this JA University template, you could add your own custom CSS code into /templates/ja_university(your_default_template)/css/template.css file. When proceeding an update, you should take a BACKUP first (this is an important task) and use JAEM to update.

Regards

[Author]

Posts