better support for upgrades

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13 years 11 months ago #7422 by ivolucien
better support for upgrades was created by ivolucien
A short FAQ on the upgrade process would be very appreciated.

Also, please add a standard way to add custom strings to language files so that upgrading doesn't overwrite them. For example, supporting a en-GB.com_eventbooking_custom.ini file, if someone creates it.

If anything along those lines already exists, please let me know. Thank you. :)

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13 years 11 months ago #7423 by ivolucien
Replied by ivolucien on topic Re: better support for upgrades
I searched for general techniques for dealing with customized strings in Joomla, and one good method is summarized in this article .

If you use that method, you don't have to worry about your custom strings being overwritten by upgrades.

Their idea is to add or update the required strings in a custom theme/template. Apparently you can override any particular string there, in Joomla or any extension, since templates are loaded last.

<waves cheerfully>

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