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[joomla] How hard can it be to make an override?

Helvécio da Silva helvecio.rj at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 15:59:30 EDT 2012


I'm referring to 3rd party extension overrides. Here and there I noticed
it's harder to find quickly where and how to change things.

As Stephen mentioned, extensions have become more code heavy.

I must say I'm not a programmer, but I feel it's taking longer for me to
figure out how to make an override than it was in 1.5.

2012/6/21 Stephen Britton <sbritton at gmail.com>

> I agree the new YooTheme templates undergone major changes. The 2.5
> versions are far more code heavy than 1.5. The Warp framework has added
> another layer to figure out.
>
> I am pulling my hair out trying to make a custom background work in
> Symphony. YooTheme says you can create a "styles" folder and override the
> CSS, but it doesn't work.
>
> As for the regular HTML overrides, like com_content and com_contact, I
> have noticed no or very little difference between the two. It is not a
> problem.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Donna Marie Vincent <
> donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you speaking of template overrides?  If so, which template are you
>> using?  I noticed on the Yootheme templates the template overrides were not
>> where I was expecting them to be.  This was a function of their warp
>> system, not Joomla.
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Helvécio da Silva <helvecio.rj at gmail.com>
>> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:22 PM
>> *Subject:* [joomla] How hard can it be to make an override?
>>
>> I just started a project where I needed to do some overrides.
>>
>> I've been doing this for years, as it was extremaly easy find the piece
>> of HTML code I wanted to change, then do it, while keeping functions
>> around.
>>
>> Now, with 2.5 it seems things have changed drastically. I cannot find the
>> HTML as easy as I used to. Thus, it is impossible to change things to look
>> like I want to. If this is true, Joomla won't be a flexible CMS as it was
>> before because non-programmers WON'T know what and where to change.
>>
>> As I am NOT a programmer, I'm having a hard time with this issue, that I
>> never had before.
>>
>> Geez...
>>
>> --
>> Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva
>> Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio.rj at gmail.com
>> http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com
>>
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>
>
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Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio.rj at gmail.com
http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com
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