Question There is only one endorsed and supported Kunena template

Hello,

Since Kunena 1.5.8, if you don't use default_gray, default_green and default_red, these templates aren't copied on your filesystem and if you don't use default, you can't choose this template. If the users upgrade from previous kunena version and he using deprecated, it's this case he will be issues.

A lot of users doesn't search on the forums, but i have renammed the sticky topic, with your title. I think now this discussion is ended.

The discussion is nearly ended. Let me inform you of something that you may be unaware of.

I am currently testing both K 1.5.8 and K 1.5.9 (on different websites, obviously). On these websites I have K 1.5.7 as the base system and I am upgrading to the later version(s). On both these sites I had explicitly deleted the following file structures before performing the upgrade:

../components/com_kunena/templates/default_gray
../components/com_kunena/templates/default_green
../components/com_kunena/templates/default_red

xillibit wrote:

Since Kunena 1.5.8, if you don't use default_gray, default_green and default_red, these templates aren't copied on your filesystem ...

As I said, I deleted the file structures - I assume this means that I "don't use" them. After the upgrade these file structures were copied back again! This occurs both for both upgrades: from K 1.5.7 -> K 1.5.8 and K 1.5.7 -> K 1.5.9. The situation has not disappeared, but perhaps there's something else that I've overlooked and maybe it's not just a case of deleting the file structures as I thought? :blush: Puzzling, eh? :side:

I will try, later, installing Kunena on a totally clean website to see if these file structures are copied and let you know my findings.

I really do appreciate the help that you've given to this community, xillibit, and I thank you, most sincerely, for your help in this matter.

I can report that, if you install Kunena on a totally clean website, the default_gray, default_green and default_red file structures are not installed and the only template choice is default_ex :woohoo: as the following screenshot shows:


If, however, you are upgrading from an older version of Kunena, those file structures are installed as part of the upgrade, even if you deleted them before you perform the upgrade.

So xillibit and I are both correct ... and this is the end of my involvement in the discussion. :lol:

There's just a small correction: Kunena 1.5.8+ installer archive does not have deprecated templates, but it does not remove them either from the existing installation.

You can remove old templates (and other deprecated files) by uninstalling before installing it again.

I am reading this quite bemused. Knowing you had a loyal existing user base with a variety of sites built from a huge variety of components and templates, why didnt you inform us MUCH more clearly we would be stuck with the, quite frankly, ugly and plain default template for 11 releases?!

I would have dumped kunena and tried a more established forum with the variety of look I needed much earlier. Now I will have to reconsider my use of this board just because you didnt think the plague of issues these templates brought were as important as other fixes. Im still quite shocked you thought it viable to release something you wanted to become popular with such little choice available. How did you hope to compete in a cms where its implicit folk will not have uniform default websites? Just curious if this is a labour of love or if you were hoping to become the dominant joomla forum like many of us thought?

Vimes: I think you're modifying the intent of this thread. Kunena core needs to be fixed first before the team introduces any new templates with the default installation. Seems like sound prioritization to me - quality before quantity.

Of course this doesnt mean you can't install one of the many user contributed forums available here.