Upgrade Theme from 9.2 to 9.6
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CreatedSeptember 1, 2012
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Upgrade Theme from 9.2 to 9.6
Upgrade Datalife Engine theme from 9.2 to 9.6 is our upgrade guide project to help users upgrade the theme in single tutorial without having to worry about 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5 upgrade process, this tutorial will cover the theme upgrade in versions 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.6. Usually when you upgrade Datalife Engine from version 9.2 to 9.6 you have to upgrade theme from 9.2 to 9.3, then upgrade 9.3 to 9.4, then upgrade 9.4 to 9.5 and then upgrade 9.5 to 9.6, our all in one tutorial series will make it easy for you so that you can easily upgrade theme for 9.2 to 9.6 step by step in single tutorial.

Files to change:

  1. addcomments.tpl (add tag question/answer)
  2. addnews.tpl (add tag question/answer)
  3. comments.tpl (Change and add editor style)
  4. fullstory.tpl (add topnews list style)
  5. login.tpl (add tag do not remember me option)
  6. pm.tpl (add google reCaptcha)
  7. profile_popup.tpl (add tag subscribe to user RSS feed and change tags)
  8. registration.tpl (add tag question/answer)
  9. shortstory.tpl
  10. userinfo.tpl (add ignore list and change tags)
  11. preview.css (add pre code style)
  12. /style/engine.css (add pre code style)
  13. /style/styles.css (or your theme main css style file)
  14. .htaccess (change structure for template protection)

Files to add:

  1. frame.css (popup windows page)
  2. print.tpl (articles print page)
  3. relatednews.tpl (additional files for related news module)
  4. static_print.tpl (static print page)
  5. topnews.tpl (additional files for top news module)
  6. dleimages/delete.png
  7. dleimages/no_image.jpg
  8. dleimages/videopreview.jpg
  9. dleimages/youtubepreview.jpg
  10. images/complaint.png
  11. bbcodes/typograf.gif
  12. images/button.png
  13. images/loading.gif
  14. images/offline.png
  15. images/online.png
  16. images/shadow.png
  17. images/tableft.gif
  18. images/tabright.gif

Files to change

1) Open addcomments.tpl

Find

[sec_code]

Add before

[question]
<tr>
<td class="label">Question:</td>
<td><div>{question}</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="label">Answer:<span class="impot">*</span></td>
<td><div><input type="text" name="question_answer" id="question_answer" class="f_input" /></div></td>
</tr>
[/question]

2) Open addnews.tpl

Add the following code on the beginning of the file:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="engine/skins/chosen/chosen.css"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="engine/skins/chosen/chosen.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
	$('#category').chosen({allow_single_deselect:true, no_results_text: 'No category found or not selected'});
});
</script>

Find

[sec_code]

Add before

[question]
<tr>
<td class="label">Question:</td>
<td><div>{question}</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="label">Answer:<span class="impot">*</span></td>
<td><div><input type="text" name="question_answer" class="f_input" /></div></td>
</tr>
[/question]

3) Open comments.tpl

Find

<li>[com-edit]Edit[/com-edit]</li>

Add before

<li>[complaint]Report Abuse[/complaint]</li>
The theme design will be different, but the point to modify this file is to add complaint module button to report inappropriate comments to the site administrator, you can use your own languages, image or icon that suite to your theme design but you must keep the tags [complaint] and [/complaint] for the link to click for report
<li>Registration: {registration}</li>

Add before

<li>Status: [online]<img src="{THEME}/images/online.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Currently Online" alt="Currently Online" />[/online][offline]<img src="{THEME}/images/offline.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Currently Offline" alt="Currently Offline" />[/offline]</li>
The themes are different designed, but the reason of modification is add the online/offline status next to registration, however, you can add the status to anywhere you want the status icon to display

4) Open fullstory.tpl

Find

<li>{favorites}</li>

Add after

<li>[complaint]<img src="{THEME}/images/complaint.png" title="Report Error" alt="Report Error" />[/complaint]</li>
The theme design will be different, but the point to modify this file is to add complaint module button to report inappropriate comments to the site administrator, you can use your own languages, image or icon (DLE also provide icon for the function, please download it below) that suite to your theme design but you must keep the tags [complaint] and [/complaint] for the link to click for report

Find

<div class="ratebox"><div class="rate">{rating}</div></div>

Replace with

[rating]<div class="ratebox"><div class="rate">{rating}</div></div>[/rating]
The themes are different designed, but the reason of modification is add the open/closed tags for [rating] and [/rating] to cover rating tag so if the article rating enable or disable then the rating style will be removed
Start: Skip this step if you are not using "Default" theme

Find

<a class="addcombtn" href="javascript:ShowOrHide('addcform')">

Replace with

<a class="addcombtn" href="#" onclick="$('#addcform') .toggle();return false;">
End: Skip this step if you are not using "Default" theme

5) Open shortstory.tpl

Find

<div class="ratebox"><div class="rate">{rating}</div></div>

Replace with

[rating]<div class="ratebox"><div class="rate">{rating}</div></div>[/rating]
The themes are different designed, but the reason of modification is add the open/closed tags for [rating] and [/rating] to cover rating tag so if the article rating enable or disable then the rating style will be removed

6) Open login.tpl

Find

<label for="login_name">Name:</label><input type="text" name="login_name" id="login_name" />

Replace with

<label for="login_name">{login-method}</label><input type="text" name="login_name" id="login_name" />

Note: the theme design maybe vary, so don't worry if you can't find the code above, this upgrade instruction is base on the "Default" theme that comes with script, so if you are not using Default theme then please note this option is for "Login" method, the tag is only to let your site members know that which method your website is setting to login by using "Username" or "E-mail", so the exactly purpose of tag {login-method} is to switch between method text, so if you have special design on your theme, you just need to put the text to tell your members which method you use for login in your website, so that you don't have to put the tag {login-method} in your theme, for example www.dlestarter.com is using email login method and we use icon for login input, so we just use email icon and text to tell our members that we use email login, not username...so that's good example.

Find

<li class="lbtn"><button class="fbutton" onclick="submit();" type="submit" title="Login"><span>Login</span></button></li>

Add before

<li class="lfield lfchek"><input type="checkbox" name="login_not_save" id="login_not_save" value="1"/><label for="login_not_save"> Do not remember me</label></li>
Note: the theme design maybe vary, so don't worry if you can't find the code above, this upgrade instruction is base on the "Default" theme that comes with script, so if you are not using Default theme then please note this option is for "Login" cookie either to save cookie or not saving cookie on the local computer you are using to login to your website, the tag input ID "login_not_save" is to give the option for you and your members the option for "Do not save me" if this option is check when you and your members login to your site, the cookie session for your site login will not be be saved on that computer, this option is very helpful if you and your members using ublic computers or friends' computers. The code can be placed anywhere within a login form in login.tpl file, the only require tags are:
<input type="checkbox" name="login_not_save" id="login_not_save" value="1" />
And text for checkbox label:
Do not remember me
So you can apply them to your own design theme without having to worry some tags and code maybe missing like I said above, the theme designs are different from Default theme...!

7) Open pm.tpl

Find

<li>[del]Delete[/del]</li>

Add before

<li>[complaint]Report Abuse[/complaint]</li>
<li>[ignore]Add Sender to my block list[/ignore]</li>
The theme design will be different, but the point to modify this file is to add complaint module button to report abusive users and spammers to the site administrator, you can use your own languages, image or icon that suite to your theme design but you must keep the tags - [complaint] and [/complaint] for the link to click for report.
- [ignore] and [/ignore] for the link adding the sender to the ignore list or black list.

Find

<div class="dpad">[inbox]Inbox[/inbox] | [outbox]Outbox[/outbox] | [new_pm]Send New PM[/new_pm]</div>

Replace with

<div class="dpad">
<div class="pm_status">
	<div class="pm_status_head">PM Statistics</div>
	<div class="pm_status_content">PM for your account usages:
{pm-progress-bar}
{proc-pm-limit}% out of ({pm-limit} allowed)
	</div>
</div>
<div style="padding-top:10px;">[inbox]Inbox[/inbox]<br /><br />
[outbox]Outbox[/outbox]<br /><br />
[new_pm]Send New PM[/new_pm]</div>
</div><br />
<div class="clr"></div>
The themes are different designed, but the reason of modification is add the PM box status, this status will show you how hoch space you have used for your PM limit assigned to your usergroup account, the following tags are added to this file:
- {pm-progress-bar} this is the bar to show the level of pm box in your account
- {proc-pm-limit}% this is the percentage of usages
- {pm-limit} this is the total PM message allowed for your user account (Set in usergroup manager)

8) Open profile_popup.tpl

Find

{news_num} [ {news} ]

Add after

[rss]<img src="{THEME}/images/rss.png" alt="rss" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 5px;" />[/rss]

Find

{news_num}

Replace with

{news_num}

Find

{comm_num}

Replace with

{comm-num}

Find

<li><span class="grey">Last Visited:</span> <b>{lastdate}</b></li>

Replace with

<li><span class="grey">Last Visited:</span> <b>{lastdate}</b>, <span class="grey">Status:</span> [online]<img src="{THEME}/images/online.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Currently Online" alt="Currently Online" />[/online][offline]<img src="{THEME}/images/offline.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Currently Offline" alt="Currently Offline" />[/offline]</li>
The themes are different designed, but the reason of modification is add the online/offline status next to last visited, however, you can add the status to anywhere you want the status icon to display

9) Open registration.tpl

Find

[sec_code]

Find

[question]
<tr>
<td class="label">Question:</td>
<td><div>{question}</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="label">Answer:<span class="impot">*</span></td>
<td><div><input type="text" name="question_answer" class="f_input" /></div></td>
</tr>
[/question]

10) Open userinfo.tpl

Find

{news_num}

Replace with

{news-num}

Find

{comm_num}

Replace with

{comm-num}

Find

			<tr>
				<td class="label">Location:</td>
				<td><input type="text" name="land" value="{land}" class="f_input" /></td>
			</tr>

Add after

			<tr>
				<td class="label">My Black list:</td>
				<td>{ignore-list}</td>
			</tr>
The theme design will be different, but the point to modify this file is to add ignore list in user profile also known as "Black List" or "Block List", this option requires for block/black/ignore list management, each user will have their own list and they can manage the list to remove the users from the list. You can use your own languages, image or icon that suite to your theme design but you must keep the tags {ignore-list} for the list of users who have been added to the list so the members can manage them

Find

<li><span class="grey">Last visited:</span> <b>{lastdate}</b></li>

Add after:

<li>Status: [online]<img src="{THEME}/images/online.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Currently Online" alt="Currently Online" />[/online][offline]<img src="{THEME}/images/offline.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Currently Offline" alt="Currently Offline" />[/offline]</li>
The themes are different designed, but the reason of modification is add the online/offline status next to last visited, however, you can add the status to anywhere you want the status icon to display

11/12) Open the file /style/engine.css and preview.css

Add the following code at the end:

/*--- Code tag highlight [ code ]---*/
pre code {
  display: block; padding: 0.5em;
  background: #f9fafa; 
  border: 1px solid #dce7e7;
  overflow:auto;
  white-space: pre;
}
pre .comment,
pre .template_comment,
pre .diff .header,
pre .doctype,
pre .lisp .string,
pre .javadoc {
  color: #93a1a1;
  font-style: italic;
}
pre .keyword,
pre .css .rule .keyword,
pre .winutils,
pre .javascript .title,
pre .method,
pre .addition,
pre .css .tag,
pre .lisp .title {
  color: #859900;
}
pre .number,
pre .command,
pre .string,
pre .tag .value,
pre .phpdoc,
pre .tex .formula,
pre .regexp,
pre .hexcolor {
  color: #2aa198;
}
pre .title,
pre .localvars,
pre .function .title,
pre .chunk,
pre .decorator,
pre .builtin,
pre .built_in,
pre .lisp .title,
pre .identifier,
pre .title .keymethods,
pre .id {
  color: #268bd2;
}
pre .tag .title,
pre .rules .property,
pre .django .tag .keyword {
  font-weight: bold;
}
pre .attribute,
pre .variable,
pre .instancevar,
pre .lisp .body,
pre .smalltalk .number,
pre .constant,
pre .class .title,
pre .parent,
pre .haskell .label {
  color: #b58900;
}
pre .preprocessor,
pre .pi,
pre .shebang,
pre .symbol,
pre .diff .change,
pre .special,
pre .keymethods,
pre .attr_selector,
pre .important,
pre .subst,
pre .cdata {
  color: #cb4b16;
}
pre .deletion {
  color: #dc322f;
}
pre .tex .formula {
  background: #eee8d5;
}

13) Open style/engine.css

Add the following code at the end:

.pm_progress_bar {
    border: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
    padding: 1px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.pm_progress_bar span {
    background: #000000;
    font-size: 0em;
    text-indent: -2000em;
    height: 10px;
    display: block;
    overflow: hidden;
}
Different theme designs are different, some of theme use /style/engine.css, some use /styles/engine.css, some use /css/engine.css, some don't use engine.css file but use different name or file, but the point is to add this tag within the theme anywhere in css file

14) Open style/styles.css

Add the following code at the end:

.pm_status {
	float:left;
	border: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
	padding: 0px;
	background-color: #fff;
	width: 280px;
	height: 100px;
	margin-left: 20px;
	margin-right: 5px;
}
.pm_status_head {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
	font-size: 0.9em; 
	background: #fff url("../images/bbcodes.png") repeat-x 0 100%;
	height: 22px;
	padding: 0;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-align: center;
	color: #4e4e4e;
}
Some themes use different folders like "styles" or "css", but what you need is add the code to styles.css or style.css within those folders, if your theme doesn't have styles.css, you can add the code to one of your css files

15) open the {THEME}/.htaccess

The .htaccess file in your "templates/your_theme" folder and replace all the code inside the file with the following contents:

htaccess

Order allow,deny
Deny from all
<FilesMatch ".(css)$|^$">
   Order deny,allow
   Allow from all
</FilesMatch>
For example if you are using theme "WStarter" then the file /templates/WStarter/.htaccess must contain the code above

Files to add (Download from attached file)

Please download the attached file and place them within folder /templates/YOUR THEME/

The following files are included in the package (You can use your own images if you like)
  1. frame.css (popup windows page)
  2. print.tpl (articles print page)
  3. relatednews.tpl (additional files for related news module)
  4. static_print.tpl (static print page)
  5. topnews.tpl (additional files for top news module)
  6. dleimages/delete.png
  7. dleimages/no_image.jpg
  8. dleimages/videopreview.jpg
  9. dleimages/youtubepreview.jpg
  10. images/complaint.png
  11. bbcodes/typograf.gif
  12. images/button.png
  13. images/loading.gif
  14. images/offline.png
  15. images/online.png
  16. images/shadow.png
  17. images/tableft.gif
  18. images/tabright.gif

topnews.tpl

topnews.tpl This file is used for the tag "{topnews}" in either main.tpl or sidebar.tpl (depending on design), the purpose of this file and the additional tags are exactly the same as relatednews.tpl above, you can use tags {image-X} and {text limit="XXX"}, you can also use xfield as same as relatednews.tpl, so please refer to the details above the additional tags
Both files are using the default tag

Example Code:

<li><a href="{link}">{title}</a></li>
  • {link}: is the full link url for the article, it will automatically converted to any link formats of your SEO settings or none SEO
  • {title}: is the actual article title

Additional Tags for DLE 9.5,9.6 in user profile and commnets

There are a few tags added in 9.5,9.6 but we don't seem to find the information anywhere, even the themes come with the DLE 9.5,9.6 package don't even add these tags in the themes so this information you can only find in DLEStarter.com!...

The following tags are applied to template files userinfo.tpl and comments.tpl

  1. [fullname]xxx[/fullname] is used for open and close tag if full name field {fullname} was input, for example, in templates/Default/userinfo.tpl,

    Find:

    <li><span class="grey">Full name:</span> <b>{fullname}</b></li>

    Replace with:

    [fullname]<li><span class="grey">Full name:</span> <b>{fullname}</b></li>[/fullname]
    If the user input the information in Full name filed then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments
  2. [icq]xxx[/icq] is used for open and close tag if icq field {icq} was input, for example, in templates/Default/userinfo.tpl,

    Find:

    <li><span class="grey">ICQ:</span> <b>{icq}</b></li>

    Replace with:

    [icq]<li><span class="grey">ICQ:</span> <b>{icq}</b></li>[/icq]
    If the user input the information in icq filed then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments
  3. [land]xxx[/land] is used for open and close tag if location field {land} was input, for example, in templates/Default/userinfo.tpl,

    Find:

    <li><span class="grey">Location:</span> {land}</li>

    Replace with:

    [land]<li><span class="grey">Location:</span> {land}</li>[/land]
    If the user input the information in location filed then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments
  4. [info]xxx[/info] is used for open and close tag if short information field {info} was input, for example, in templates/Default/userinfo.tpl,

    Find:

    <li><span class="grey">Information:</span> {info}</li>

    Replace with:

    [info]<li><span class="grey">Information:</span> {info}</li>[/info]
    If the user input the information in short information filed then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments
  5. [signature]xxx[/signature] is used for open and close tag if signature field {signature} was filled, for example,

    Example Code:

    [signature]<hr /> <b>{signature}</b>[/signature]
    If the user filled the information in signature filed then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments
  6. [news-num]xxx[/news-num] is used for open and close tag if the user have posted article in your website for example,

    Example Code:

    [news-num]<li style="margin-top:10px;">Posts: <b>{news-num}</b>  <span class="button">{news}</span> 
    [rss]<img alt="" src="{THEME}/images/ico/ico_rss.png" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle; margin-bottom: 3px;" title="Feed - Bookmark Posts" />[/rss]</li>[/news-num]
    If the user had posted at least 1 article in your website then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments
  7. [comm-num]xxx[/comm-num] is used for open and close tag if the user have posted comment in your website for example,

    Example Code:

    [comm-num]<li style="margin-top:10px;">Comments: <b>{comm-num}</b> <span class="button">{comments}</span></li>[/comm-num]
    If the user had posted at least 1 comment in your website then it will show, if not then nothing will show, this tag is intended for remove empty fields in user profile and comments

Reference User Manual:
- http://dle-news.ru/extras/diffs/93/
- http://dle-news.ru/extras/diffs/94/
- http://dle-news.ru/extras/diffs/95/
- http://dle-news.ru/extras/diffs/96/
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